英語六級強化閱讀訓練題

　　想要提高英語六級的閱讀能力，離不開考前的閱讀練習積累。下面小編為大家帶來，歡迎各位同學閱讀練習。

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　　Is it possible to persuade mankind to live without war? War is an ancient institution, whichhas existed for at least six thousand years. It was always bad and usually foolish, but in the pasthuman race managed to live with it. Modern ingenuity has changed this. Either man willabolish war, or war will abolish man. For the present, it is nuclear weapons that cause the mostserious danger, but bacteriological or chemical weapons may, before long, offer an even greaterthreat. If we succeed in abolishing nuclear weapons, our work will not be done. It will never bedone until we have succeeded in abolishing war. To do this, we need to persuade mankind tolook upon international questions in a new way, not as contests of force, in which the victorygoes to the side which is most skillful in killing people, but by arbitration in accordance withagreed principles of law. It is not easy to change very old mental habits, but this is what mustbe attempted.

　　There are those who say that the adoption of this or that ideology would prevent war. Ibelieve this to be a big error. All ideologies are based upon dogmatic statements that are, atbest, doubtful, and at worst, totally false. Their adherents believe in them so fanatically thatthey are willing to go to war in support of them.

　　The movement of world opinion during the past few years has been very largely such as wecan welcome. It has become a commonplace that nuclear war must be avoided. Of course verydifficult problems remain in the world, but the spirit in which they are being approached is abetter one than it was some years ago. It has begun to be thought, even by the powerful menwho decide whether we shall live or die, that negotiations should reach agreements even if bothsides do not find these agreements wholly satisfactory. It has begun to be understood that theimportant conflict nowadays is not between different countries, but between man and theatom bomb.

　　1.This passage implies that war is now ___.

　　A.worse than in the past.

　　B.as bad as in the past

　　C.not so dangerous as in the past

　　D.as necessary as in the past

　　2.In the sentence “To do this, we need to persuade mankind” ***Para 1***, “this”refers to ___.

　　A.abolish war

　　B.improve weapons

　　C.solve international problems

　　D.live a peaceful life

　　3.From Paragraph 2 we learn that the author of the passage ___.

　　A.is an adherent of some modern ideologies.

　　B.does not think that adoption of any ideology could prevent war.

　　C.believe that the adoption of some ideology could prevent war.

　　D.does not doubt the truth of any ideologies.

　　4.According to the author, ___.

　　A.war is the only way to solve international disputes.

　　B.war will be less dangerous because of the improvement of weapons.

　　C.it is impossible for the people to live without war.

　　D.war must be abolished if man wants to survive.

　　5.The last paragraph suggests that ___.

　　A.international agreements can be reached more easily now.

　　B.man begins to realize the danger of nuclear war.

　　C.nuclear war will definitely not take place.

　　D.world opinion welcomes nuclear war

　　答案

　　AABDB

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　　In general, our society is becoming one of giant enterprises directed by a bureaucratic***官僚主義的*** management in which man becomes a small, well-oiled cog in the machinery. The oiling isdone with higher wages, Nell-ventilated factories and piped music, and by psychologists and“human – relations” experts; yet all this oiling does not alter the fact that man has becomepowerless, that he is bored with it. In fact, the blue and the white-collar workers have becomeeconomic puppets who dance to the tune of automated machines and bureaucraticmanagement.

　　The worker and employee are anxious, not only because they might find themselves out ofa job; they are anxious also because they are unable to acquire any real satisfaction ofinteresting life. They live an die without ever having confronted the fundamental realities ofhuman existence as emotionally and intellectually independent and productive humanbeings.

　　Those higher up on the social ladder are no less anxious. Their lives are no less emptythan those of their subordinates. They are even more insecure in some respects. They are in ahighly competitive race. To be promoted or to fall behind is not a matter of salary but evenmore a matter of self-respect. When they apply for their first job, they are tested forintelligence as well as for the right mixture of submissiveness and independence. From themoment on they are tested again and again – by the psychologists, for whom testing is a bigbusiness, and by their superiors, who judge their behavior, sociability, capacity to get along,etc. This constant need to prove that one is as good as or better than one’s fellow – competitorcreates constant anxiety and stress, the very causes of unhappiness and illness.

　　Am I suggesting that we should return to the preidustrial mode of production or tonineteenth-century “free enterprise “ capitalism? Certainly not. Problems are never solved byreturning to a stage which one has already outgrown. I suggest transforming our social systemform a bureaucratically managed industrialism in which maximal production and consumptionare ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of hispotentialities – those of all love and of reason – are the aims of social arrangements.Production and consumption should serve only as means to this end, and should be preventedfrom ruling man.

　　1.By “ a well-oiled cog in the machinery “ the author intends to deliver the ideathat man is ____.

　　A.a necessary part of the society though each individual’s function is negligible

　　B.working in complete harmony with the rest of the society

　　C.an unimportant part in comparison with the rest of the society

　　D.a humble component of the society, especially when working smoothly

　　2.The real cause of the anxiety of the workers and employees is that ____.

　　A.they are likely to lose their hobs

　　B.they have no genuine satisfaction or interest in life

　　C.they are faced with the fundamental realities of human existence

　　D.they are deprived of their individuality and independence

　　3.From the passage we can conclude that real happiness of life belongs to those_____.

　　A.who are at the bottom of the society