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[历年真题] 2008年10月自考《英语阅读二》后三篇阅读原题出处以及答案

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{1999年1月大学英语六级考试真题VS英语阅读2Passage Three}Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
Many Americans harbour a grossly distorted and exaggerated view of most of the risks surrounding food. Fergus Clydesdale, head of the department of food science and nutrition at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, says bluntly that if the dangers from bacterially contaminated chicken were as great as some people believe. “the streets would be littered with people lying here and there. ”
Though the public increasingly demands no-risk food, there is no such thing. Bruce Ames, chairman of the biochemistry department at the University of California , Berkeley, points out that up to 10% of a plant's weight is made up of natural pesticides (杀虫剂). Says he :“Since plants do not have jaws or teeth to protect themselves, they employ chemical warfare. ” And many naturally produced chemicals, though occurring in tiny amounts, prove in laboratory tests to be strong carcinogens-a substance which can cause cancer. Mushrooms (磨菇) might be banned if they were judged by the same standards that apply to food additives(添加剂). Declares Christina Stark, a nutritionist at Cornell University :“We've got fat worse natural chemicals in the food supply than anything man-made. ”
Yet the issues are not that simple. While Americans have no reason to be terrified to sit down at the dinner table, they have every reason to demand significant improvements in food and water safety. They unconsciously and unwillingly take in too much of too many dangerous chemicals. If food already contains natural carcinogens, it does not make much sense to add dozens of new man-made ones. Though most people will withstand the small amounts of contaminants generally found in food and water, at least a few individuals will probably get cancer one day be cause of what they eat and drink.
To make good food and water supplies even better, the Government needs to tighten its regulatory standards, stiffen its inspection program and strengthen its enforcement policies. The food industry should modify some long-accepted practices or turn to less hazardous alternatives. Perhaps most important, consumers will have to do a better job of learning how to handle and cook food properly. The problems that need to be tackled exist all along the food-supply chain, from field s to processing plants to kitchens.
21.What does the author think of the Americans' view of their food?
A) They overstate the government's interference with the food industry.
B) They are overoptimistic about the safety of their food.
C) They overestimate the hazards of their food.
D) They overlook the risks of the food they eat.
22.The author considers it impossible to obtain no-risk food because .
A) no food is free from pollution in the environment.
B) pesticides are widely used in agriculture.
C) many vegetables contain dangerous natural chemicals.
D) almost all foods have additives.
23.By saying“they employ chemical warfare”(Line 4, Para. 2), Bruce Ames means “_______”.
A) plants produce certain chemicals to combat pests and diseases.
B) plants absorb useful chemicals to promote their growth.
C) farmers use man-made chemicals to dissolve the natural chemicals in plants.
D) farmers use chemicals to protect plants against pests and diseases.
24.The reduction of the possible hazards in food ultimately depends on .
A) the government. B) the consumer.
C) the processor. D) the grower.
25.What is the message the author wants to convey in the passage?
A) Eating and drinking have become more hazardous than before.
B) Immediate measures must be taken to improve food production and processing.
C) Health food is not a dream in modern society.
D) There is reason for caution but no cause for alarm with regard to food consumption
答案:21、C 22、C 23、A 24、B 25、D

{1998年6月大学英语六级考试真题VS英语阅读2Passage four}Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
The estimates of the numbers of home-schooled children vary widely. The U. S. Department of Education estimates there are 250, 000 to 35, 000 home-schooled children in the country. Hone-school advocates put the number much higher-at about a million.
Many public school advocates take a harsh attitude toward home schoolers, perceiving their actions as the ultimate slap in the face for public education and a damaging move for the children. Home schoolers harbor few kind words for public schools, charging shortcomings that range from lack of religious perspective in the curriculum to a herdlike approach to teaching children.
Yet, as public school officials realize they stand little to gain by remaining hostile to the home-school population, and as home schoolers realize they can reap benefits from public schools, these hard lines seem to be softening a bit. Public schoolers have moved closer to tolerance and, in some cases, even cooperation.
Says John Marshall, an education official, “We are becoming relatively tolerant of home schoolers. ”The idea is, ‘Let's give the kids access to public school so they'll see it's not as terrible as they've been told, and they'll want to come back.
Perhaps, but don't count on it, say home-school advocates. Home schoolers, oppose the system because they have strong convictions that their approach to education-whether fueled by religious enthusiasm or the individual child's interests and natural pace-is best.
“The bulk of home schoolers just want to be left alone, ”says Enge Cannon, associate director of the National Center For Home Education. She says home schoolers choose that path for a variety of reasons, but religion plays a role 85 percent of the time.
Professor Van Galen breaks home schoolers into two groups. Some home schoolers want their children to learn not only traditional subject matter but also “strict religious doctrine and a conservative political and social perspective. Not incidentally, they also want their children to learn-both intellectually and emotionally-that the family is the most important institution in society. ”
Other home schoolers contend “not so much that the schools teach heresy(异端邪说), but that schools teach whatever they teach inappropriately, ”Van Galen writes. “These parents are highly independent and strive to ‘take responsibility ’for their own lives within a society that they define as bureaucratic and inefficient. ”
26.According to the passage, home schoolers are _______.
A) those who engage private teachers to provide additional education for their children.
B) those who educate their children at home instead of sending them to school.
C) those who advocate combining public education with home schooling.
D) those who don't go to school but are educated at home by their parents.
27.Public schools are softening their position on home schooling because _______.
A) there isn't much they can go to change the present situation.
B) they want to show their toletance for different situation.
C) home schooling provides a new variety of education for children.
D) public schools have so many problems that they cannot offer proper education for all
children.
28.Home-school advocates are of the opinion that _______ .
A) things in public schools are not so bad as has often been said.
B) their tolerance of public education will attract more kids to public schools.
C) home schooling is superior and, therefore, they will not easily give in.
D) their increased cooperation with public school will bring about the improvement of
public education.
29.Most home schoolers' opposition to public education stems from their ________.
A) respect for the interest of individuals.
B) worry about the inefficiency of public schools.
C) concern with the cost involved.
D) devotion to religion.
30.According to Van Galen some home schoolers believe that _______ .
A) public schools take up a herdlike approach to teaching children.
B) teachers in public school are not as responsible as they should be.
C) public schools cannot provide an education that is good enough for their children.
D) public schools are the source of bureaucracy and inefficiency in modern society
答案 26B 27 A 28 C 29 D 30 C
{1999年1月大学英语六级考试真题VS英语阅读2Passage five}Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotion-a world in which human beings could feel no love or happiness, no terror or hate. Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation. People might not be able to stay alive: knowing neither joy nor pleasure, anxiety nor fear, they would be as likely to repeat acts that hurt them as acts that were beneficial. They could not learn: they could not benefit from experience because this emotionless world would lack rewards and punishments. Society would soon disappear: people would be as likely to harm one another as to provide help and support. Human relationships would not exist: in a world without friends or enemies, there could be no marriage, affection among companions, or bonds among members of groups. Society's economic underpinnings (支柱) would be destroyed: since earning $10 million would be no more pleasant than earning $10, there would be no incentive to work. In fact, there would be no incentives of any kind. For as we will see, incentives imply a capacity to enjoy them.
In such a world, the chances that the human species would survive are next to zero, because emotions are the basic instrument of our survival and adaptation. Emotions structure the world for us in important ways. As individuals, we categorize objects on the basis of our emotions. True we consider the length, shape, size, or texture, but an object's physical aspects are less important than what it has done or can do to us-hurt us, surprise us, anger us or make us joyful. We al so use categorizations colored by emotions in our families, communities, and overall society. Out of our emotional experiences with objects and events comes a social feeling of agreement that certain things and actions are“good”and others are“bad”, and we apply these categories to every aspect of our social life-from what foods we eat and what clothes we wear to how we keep promises and which people our group will accept. In fact, society exploits our emotional reactions and attitudes, such as loyalty morality, pride shame, guilt, fear and greed, in order to maintain itself It gives high rewards to individuals who perform important tasks such as surgery, makes heroes out of individuals for unusual or dangerous achievements such as flying fighter planes in a war, and uses the legal penal (刑法的) system to make people afraid to engage in antisocial acts.
31.The reason why people might not be able to stay alive in a world without emotion is that
_______ .
A) they would not be able to tell the texture of objects.
B) they would not know what was beneficial and what was harmful to them.
C) they would not be happy with a life without love.
D) they would do things that hurt each other's feelings.
32.According to the passage, people's learning activities are possible because they_______ .
A) believe that emotions are fundamental for them to stay alive.
B) benefit from providing help and support to one another.
C) enjoy being rewarded for doing the right thing.
D) know what is vital to the progress of society.
33.It can be inferred from the passage that the economic foundation of society is dependent
on _______.
A) the ability to make money.
B) the will to work for pleasure.
C) the capacity to enjoy incentives.
D) the categorizations of our emotional experiences
34.Emotions are significant for man's survival and adaptation because _______.
A) they provide the means by which people view the size or shape of objects.
B) they are the basis for the social feeling of agreement by which society is maintained.
C) they encourage people to perform dangerous achievements.
D) they generate more love than hate among people.
35.The emotional aspects of an object are more important than its physical aspects in that
they_______ .
A) help society exploit its members for profit.
B) encourage us to perform important tasks.
C) help to perfect the legal and penal system.
D) help us adapt our behavior to the world surrounding us
答案:31、B 32、C33、C 34、B 35、D
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