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2021年英语六级阅读理解模拟试题及答案（卷四）

Although credit cards are becoming a more acceptable part of the

financial scene, they are still regarded with suspicion by many as being a

major part of the "live now pay later" syndrome(^Jttt). Along with

hire-purchase, rental and leasing schemes, they provide encouragement

to spend more money. Of course, it is only the foolhardy who yield to the

temptation to live, temporarily at least, beyond their means, and such

people would no doubt manage to do so even without credit cards.

Advertising campaigns have, however, promoted a growing

realization of the advantages of these small pieces of plastic. They

obviate (避免) need to carry large amounts of cash and are always useful

in emergencies.

All the credit card organizations charge interest on a monthly basis

which may work out as high as 25 per cent a year, yet judicious

purchasing using a card can mean that you obtain up to seven weeks,

interest-free credit. Using the card abroad, where items frequently take a

long time to be included on your account, can extend this period even

further.

It is worthwhile shopping around before deciding on a particular

credit card. It is necessary to consider the amount of credit granted;

interest rates, which may vary slightly; the number and range of outlets,

though most cards cover major garages, hotels, restaurants and

department stores; and of course, what happens if your card is lost or

stolen. A credit card thief may be sitting on a potential goldmine

particularly if there is a delay in reporting the loss of the card.

However, if used wisely, a credit card can cost nothing, or at least

help to tide you over a period of financial difficulty.

26. Which of the following can not make you spend more money?

A. Credit cards. B. Hire-purchase.

C. Rental and leasing schemes. D. None of the above is right.

27. The foolhardy are people who_______.

A. spend more money than they have B. spend less money than

other people

C. save money D. make money

28. The disadvantage of credit cards is_______.

A. to enable you to buy things without carrying large amount of

cash

B. to encourage people to spend more money

C. to be always useful in emergencies

D. to help people tide over a period of financial difficulty

29. According to the passage, credit cards are made of_______.

A. paper B. gold

C. plastic D. tin

30. Deciding on a particular credit, you do not have to

consider______.

A. the amount of credit granted

B. the number and range of outlets

C. the possibility of loss of money

D. the department stores where you are going to use your credit

cards

26. D 27. A 28. B 29.D 30. C

More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at

the time of Rene Coty. Charles Deschanel was then the financial minister.

He stressed that workmanship and quality were more important than

quantity for industrial production. It would be necessary to produce

quality goods for the international markets to compete with those

produced in other countries. The French economy needed a larger share

of international market to balance its import and export trade.

French industrial and agricultural production was still inadequate to

meet the immediate needs of the people, let alone long-ranged

developments. Essential imports had stretched the national credit to the

breaking point. Rents were tightly controlled, but the extreme inflation

affected general population most severely through the cost of food. Food

costs took as much as 80 percent of the worker's income. Wages, it is

true, had risen. Extensive family allowances and benefits were paid by

the state, and there was fulltime and overtime employment. Taken

together, these factors enabled the working class to exist but allowed

them no sense of security. In this discouraging situation, workmen were

willing to work overseas for higher wages.

The government was unwilling to let workers leave the country. It

was feared that migration of workers would reduce the labor force. The

lack of qualified workers might hinder the improvement in the quality of

industrial products produced. Qualified workers employed abroad would

only increase the quantity of quality goods produced in foreign countries.

Also the quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able

to increase as part of its ualified labor force moved to other countries.

1. The purpose of the passage is to_______.

A. explain the French government's emphasis on quality products

B. discuss Charles Deschanel's contribution to the French industrial

development

C. compare the quality of French goods with that of foreign goods

D. show French workmen's enthusiasm to seek well-paid jobs in

foreign countries

2. It can be inferred from the passage that at the time of Rene Coty .

A. France was still at the first stage of industrial development

B. French workers were better paid than the workers in any other

European countries

C. the unemployment rate in France was comparatively higher than

that in other European countries

D. French workers were able to live better with the increase in their

wages

3. It is implied in the passage that at that time_______.

A. France had a very large share of international market

B. the import and export trade in France was making a successful

advance

C. demand and supply in France was barely balanced

D. France was experiencing economic depression

4. Which of the following is the best indicator of the extreme

inflation in France?

A. Eighty percent increase in the prices of consumer goods. B. High

cost of food.

C. High rents for houses. D. Lack of agricultural products.

5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Rents in France were tightly controlled.

B. France was flooding the international market with inferior

product s.

C. French workers were prohibited from going abroad to find jobs.

D. The migration of French workers would hinder the improvement

of quality in industrial production.

1. A 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. B

In the 1962 movie Lawrence of Arabia,one scene shows an

American newspaper reporter eagerly snapping photos of men looting a

sabotaged of the looters,Chief Auda abu Tayi of the Howeitat

clan,suddenly notices the camera and snatches I in this?he

asks,before smashing it the dismayed reporter,Lawrence

explains,He thinks these things will steal his thinks you're a

kind of thief.

As soon as colonizers and explorers began taking cameras into

distant lands,stories began circulating about how indigenous peoples

saw them as tools for black ignorant natives may have had a

photography first became available,scientists welcomed it as

a more objective way of recording faraway societies than early travelers'

exaggerated in some ways,anthropological photographs

reveal more about the culture that holds the camera than the one that

stares into the 1950s and 1960s,many ethnographers sought

pure pictures of primitive cultures,routinely deleting modern

accoutrements such as clocks and Western paid men and

women to re-enact rituals or to pose as members of war or hunting

parties,often with little regard for Curtis,the legendary

photographer of North American Indians,for example,got one Makah

man to pose as a whaler with a spear in 1915--even though the Makah

had not hunted whales in a generation.

These photographs reinforced widely accepted stereotypes that

indigenous cultures were isolated,primitive,and

instance,National Geographic magazine's photographs have taught

millions of Americans about other Catherine Lutz and Jane

Collins point out in their 1993 book Reading National Geographic,the

magazine since its founding in 1888 has kept a tradition of presenting

beautiful photos that don't challenge white,middle-class American

dark-skinned women can be shown without tops,for

example,white women's breasts are that could unsettle or

disturb,such as areas of the world torn asunder by war or famine,are

discarded in favor of those that reassure,to conform with the society's

stated pledge to present only kindly visions of foreign

result,Lutz and Collins say,is the depiction of an idealized and exotic

world relatively free of pain or class conflict.

Lutz actually likes National Geographic a read the magazine

as a child,and its lush imagery influenced her eventual choice of

anthropology as a just thinks that as people look at the

photographs of other cultures,they should be alert to the choice of

composition and images.

main idea of the passage is______________.

[A]Photographs taken by Western explorers reflect more

Westerners’ perception of the indigenous cultures and the Western

values.

[B]There is a complicated relationship between the Western

explorers and the primitive peoples.

[C]Popular magazines such as National Geographic should show

pictures of the exotic and idealized worlds to maintain high sales.

[D]Anthropologists ask the natives to pose for their

pictures,compromising the truthfulness of their pictures.

can infer from the passage that early travelers to the native

lands often_________.

[A]took pictures with the natives

[B]gave exaggerated accounts of the native lands

[C]ask for pictures from the natives

[D]gave the natives clocks and Western dresses

author mentions the movie Lawrence of Arabia

to___________.

[A]show how people in the indigenous societies are portrayed by

Westerners.

[B]illustrate how people from primitive societies see cameras as

tools of black magic that steal their virtues.

[C]show how anthropologists portray untruthful pictures of native

people.

[D]show the cruel and barbarian side of the native people.

4.“But in some ways,anthropological photographs reveal more

about the culture that holds the camera than the one that stares back.”

In this sentence,the“one[culture]that stares back”refers to_______.

[A]the indigenous culture

[B]the Western culture

[C]the academic culture

[D]the news business culture

which of the following statements would Catherine Lutz

most probably agree?

[A]Reporters from the Western societies should routinely delete

modern elements in pictures taken of the indigenous societies.

[B]The primitive cultures are inferior to the more advanced Western

culture.

[C]The western media are not presenting a realistic picture of the

faraway societies.

[D]People in the Western news business should try not to challenge

the well-established white middle-class values.

答案: A B B A C

The British Medical Journal recently featured a strong response to

what was judged an inappropriately lenient reaction by a medical school

to a student cheating in an gh we have insufficient

reliable data about the extent of this phenomenon,its prevention,or its

effective management,much can be concluded and acted upon on the

basis of common sense and concepts with face validity.

There is general agreement that there should be zero tolerance of

cheating in a profession based on trust and one on which human lives

is reasonable to assume that cheaters in medical school will be

more likely than others to continue to act dishonestly with

patients,colleagues,insurers,and government.

The behaviours under question are multifactorial in are

familial,religious,and cultural values that are acquired long before

medical example,countries,cultures,and subcultures exist

where bribes and dishonest behaviour are almost a are

secondary schools in which neither staff nor students tolerate cheating

and others where cheating is rampant;there are homes which imbue

young people with high standards of ethical behaviour and others which

leave ethical training to the harmful influence of television and the

market place.

Medical schools reflect society and cannot be expected to remedy

all the ills of a selection process of medical students might be

expected to favour candidates with integrity and positive ethical

behaviour—if one had a reliable method for detecting such

characteristics in l schools should be the major focus of

attention for imbuing future doctors with integrity and ethical