英语六级40天突破阅读12.具体解题

1、21. It can be inferredt Americans being approached too closely by MiddleEasterners would most probably .stand stilljump asidestep forwarddraw back注：对应文章第二段TheauthorgivesmanyexamplestocriticizeAmericansfortheir.cultural self-centerednesscasual mannersindifference toward foreign visitorsarrogance towa

2、rds other cultures注：对应文章第四段首句23. In countries othern their own most Americans .A) are isolated by the local peopleare not well informed due to the language barriertend to get along well with the nativesD) needreters in hos and restaurants注：对应文章第五段，inform对应information24. According to the author, Amer

3、icans cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance will .A) affect their imagehe new eraB) cut themselves orom the outside worldC) limit their role in world airsD) weaken theition of the US dollar注：对应倒数第二段25. The authors.ention in writing this article is to make Americans realizetA) it is dangerous t

4、o ignore their foreign friendsB) it is important to maaheir leading role in world airsC) it is nesary to use several languages in public plaD) it is time to get acquaed with other cultures注：B反了Our culture has caused most Americans to ame not onlyt our languageis universal butt the gestures we use ar

5、e understood by everyone. We do notrealize to one to ot waving good-bye is the way to summonrson from the Philippinese, ort in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the fingerlf is a sign orewell.Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germanyafter World War II an

6、d marked them GIFT to escduty payments did not botherto find outt Gift means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think ofourselves as friendly, yetrefer to beeast 3 feet or an arms lengwayform others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes Americansfortable.Our li

7、nguistic（语言上的）and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us friends, business and respect he world.Even here he United Ses, we make few cons to the needs offoreign visitors. There are no

8、information signs in four languages on our publicbuildings or monuments; we do nove multilingual（多语的）guided tours. Veryfew restaurants have translations, and multilingual waiters, bclerks andmen are rare. Our transporion systems have maps in English only andoften we ourselves have difficulty underst

9、anding them. When we go abroad, we tend to cluster in hoEnglish is spoken. The attitudes and information s and restaurants where ick up are conditioned bythose natives-usually the richer-who speak English. well as the nations diplomacy, are conducted throughOur business dealings, as reters.For many

10、years, America and Americans could get by with cultural blindnessand linguistic ignorance. After all, America was the mostfree world, the distributor of needed funds and goods.erful country of theBut allt is past. American dollars no longer buy all good things, and we areslowly beginning to realizet

11、 our proper rolehe world is changing. A 1979Harris poll reportedt 55 percent of Americans want this country to play a moresignificant role in world airs; we want to have a handhe important decisof the next century, even though it may not always be the upper hand.26. What makes women blind to the dec

12、eptive nature of high heels?A) The multi-functional use of high heels.B) Their attempt to show off their sus.C) The rich variety of high heel styles.D) Their wish to improve their appearance.注：B选项show off炫耀，C是迷惑选项。27. The authors presen.to be ironicto poke fun at womenion of theitive side of high he

13、els is meantC) to be fair to the fashion industryD) to make his po注：讽刺意味的convincing28. The author uses the expres heels .those babies (Line 3, Para.2) to refer to highto show their fragile characteristicsto indicate their feminine featuresto show womens affection for themto emphasize their small siz

14、e29. The authors chief argument against high heels ist .A) theye a threat to lawnsB) they are injurious to womens healthC) they dont nesarily make women beautifulD) they are ineffective as a weapon of defense30. It can be inferred from the passaget women should .A) see through the very nature oshion

15、 mythsboycott the products of the fashion industrygo to a podiatrist regularly for adviceavoid following fashion too closelyIn department stores and closets all over the world, they are waiting. Their outward appearaneems rather appealing because they come in a variety ofstyles, textures, and colors

16、. But they are ultimay the biggest deceptiont- a theexists in the fashion industry today. What are they? They are high heelswomans worst enemy (whether she knows it or not). High heel shoesaredownfall of modern society. Fashion myths have led women to beve t theyare more beautiful or sophisticated f

17、or wearing heels, but in reality, heelcceedin ing short as well as long term hardships. Women should fight the high heelindustry by refusing to use or purchase them in order to save the world fromunnesary physical and psychological suffering.For the sake oirness, it must be noted t there is a itive

18、side to highheels., heels are excellent for aerating（使通气）lawns. Anyho has everworn heels on grass knows what I am talking about. A simple trip around the yardin a pair of those babies eliminates all need to call for a lawn care spelist, andprovides the perfect-sized holes to give any lawn oxygen wit

19、hout all those messycks of dirt lying around. Second, heels are quite functional for defense against ing enemies, who can easily be scared away by threatening them wipair of these sharp, deadly fashion acsories.Regardless of such practical uses for heels, the fact remainst wearinghigh heels is harmf

20、ul to ones physical health. Talk to any podiatrist（足病医生）,and you will heart the majority of their business comes from high-heel-wearingwomen. High heels are known to cause problemch as deformed feet and torntoenails. The risk of severe back problems and twisted or brokenles is threetimes higher for

21、a high heel wearern for a flat shoe wearer. Wearing heels alsocreates the threat of getting a heel caught in a sidewalk crack or a sewer-grate（阴沟栅）and being thrown to the ground-sibly breaking a nose, back, or neck.And of course, after wearing heels for a day, any womnows she can lookforward to a ni

22、ght of pain as she tries to comfort her swollen, aching feet.31. This .cture of the reading ability of the American people, drawn by the author,rather bleakfairly brightvery impressivequite encouraging注：选一个烂的，bleak黯淡无光32. The authors biggest concern is .A) elementary school childrens diserest in rea

23、ding classicsB) the surprisingly low rate of literacyhe U.S.the musical setting American readers require for readingthe reading ability and reading behavior of the middle class33. A major problem with most adolescents who can read is .their fondness of music and TV programstheir ignorance of various

24、 forms of art and literaturetheir lack of attentiveness and basic understandingD) their inability to focus oning input34. The author claimst the best way a reader can show admiration for a pieceof poetry or prose is _.A) to be able to apprete it and memorize itB) toyze its essential featuresC) to th

25、ink it over conscientiouslyD) to make a fair appraisal of its artistic value35. About the future of the arts of reading the author feels .upsetuncertainalarmedpessimistic注：对应最后一段It is hardly nesary for me to cite all the evidence of the depressing se ofliteracy. These figures from the Department of

26、Education are sufficient: 27 millionAmericans cannot read at all, and a further 35 million read at a level n sufficient to survive in our society.t is lessBut my own worry today is lesst of the overwhelming problem ofelemental literacy n it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the decline in

27、the skill even of he middle-class reader, of his unwillingness to afford thosespa of silence, those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentration, t tsurround the image of the classic act of reading. it has been suggestedalmost 80 percent of Americas literate, educated teenagers can no longer r

28、eadwithout anpanying noise (music) he background or a evi screenflickering（闪烁）at the corner of their field of perception. We know very little aboutthe brain and how it deals with simultaneousing input, but everycommon-senseuition suggests we should be profoundly alarmed. This violationof concentrati

29、on, silence, solitude（独处的状态）goes to the very heart of our notion of literacy; this new form of part-reading, of part-perception against background distraction, renders im sible certain essential acts of apprehenand concentration, let alonet most important tribute any human being can payto a poem or

30、a piece of prose he or she really loves, which is to learn it by heart.Not by brain, by heart; the expresis vital.Under these circumstan, the question of what future there is for the arts ofreading is a real one. Ahead of ustechnical, psychic（心理的）, and soltransformations probably much more dramaticn

31、 those brought about byGutenberg, the German inventor in pring. The Gutenberg revolution, as we nowknow it, took a long time; its effects are still begin debated. The informationrevolution will touch every facet of com reading. No one in the book industry can happen to the book as weve known it.itio

32、n, publication, distribution, and say with any confidence what will36. According to the passage, the chief pure of explorers in going to unknownplahe past was .A) to display their countrys military mightB) toplish some significant scienceC) to find new areas for colonizationD) to pursue commer注：对应文章

33、第一段l and seerests37. At present, a probable inducement for countries to initia ventures is .arge-scale spaceA)ernational cooperationnationalistic reasonsscientific researchlong-term profits注：对应文章第三段，B和D相反都排除38. What is the main goal of sending human misTo find out if life ever existed there.To see i

34、f humans could survive there.s to Mars?To prove the feasibility of large-scale space ventures.To show the leading role of science in space exploration.39. By saying With Mars the scientific stakes are arguably highern they haveever been(Line 1, Para.4), the author meanst .A) with Mars the risks invo

35、lved are much greatern any previous spaceventuresB)C)he case of Mars, the rewards of scientific exploration can be very highhe case of Mars, muore research funds are neededn ever beforeD) with Mars, scientists argue, the fundamental注：争议太多，对应末段erests of science are at ie40. The passagels ust proof of

36、 life on Mars would .A) make clear the complex chemistryhe development of lifeB) confirm the suggestiont bacterial fossils traveled to Earth on a meteoriteC) reveal the kind of conditions under whichoriginatesD) provide an explanation why life is commonhe universeFor centuries, explorers have risked

37、 their lives venturing o the unknown forreasons t were to varying degrees economic and nationalistic. Columbus wentwest to look for better trade routes to the Orient and to promote the greaterof Spain. Lewis and Clark journeyedo the American wilderness to find out whatthe U.S. had acquired when it p

38、urchased Louisiana, and the Appolo astronauts rocketed to the moon in a dramatic show of technological muscle during the cold war.Although their miss blended commerl and political-military imperatives,the explorers involved allplished some significant scienimply by goingwhere no scientists had gone before.Today Mars looms（隐约出现）as humanitys next great terra incognita（未探明之地）. And with doubtful prospects for a short-term finanl