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20xx年高校英语六级阅读理解练习题年高校英语六级阅读理解练习题20xx年月高校英语四六级考试时间为月日,20xx121216考试时长为分钟,总分分,为帮助大家顺当通130710过年的考试,下面是为大家搜寻整理的英语六级20xx辅导训练,希望能给大家带来帮助!The TreeOf LanguageAWorld without LanguageItmay bethat whenthe worldwas young,no oneknewhow totalk.People hadto learnto speakjust likebabiesdo.When noone knewhow totell,how didanyonelearn Thatis amystery thatremains unsolvedeventoday.The Storiesbehind WordsLUNCHLunch perhapscomes froman oldSpanishword lonje,a slabofl ham.We mayget ourword fromalump ofbread,but whetherlunch comesfrom hamorbread,it meanta hunkof somethingto eat.ATLAS AnAtlas isa strongman,and also a book ofmaps.The storyof thisword beginsa longtime agoinGreece.The ancient Greeks believedthat theirgods hadoncebeen arace ofgiants2called Titans.The Titansfoughtwith anothergroup of gods calledOlympians,andthe Olympianswon.Atlas was a Titan.He waspunishedfor fightingbe havingto standat thewestern endof theworld,holding thesky onhis headand hands,so thatitwould notfall onthe worldand smasheverything.After theancientGreekreligion diedout,the ideaofAtlas changed.From holdingup thesky withhis headandhands,he cameto bethought of as holdingthe worldonhis shoulders.Mercator3,a mapmaker of the sixteenthcentury,used apicture ofAtlas onthe coverofabook ofmaps,soabookofmaps cameto becalled anatlas.The wordhas stillanother meaning.The topbone ofthe neck iscalled atlasbecause itsupports thehead.GOOD-BYE orGOOD-BY Good-bye isa blessing;originally itwas God be with ye,and inthe courseof timeitbecame oneword.Many ofour greetingsare goodwishes,but wesay themwith solittle thoughtthat weforgetthis.When wesay goodmorning,good evening,good night,and soon,what weare reallysaying isJI hopeyouwill havea goodmorningor evening,or night.DAISY The daisy hasa littlegolden eye,like atinysun・Perhaps thisis thereason the English peoplenamedit dayseye,or perhapsthey chosethe namebecause theEnglishdaisy closesat night.The Englishloved theirdaisies,which werepink andred,as wellas028white.Sixhundred yearsor soago,theEnglishpoet Chaucer4said:Thedaisy,or elsethe eyeof theday,//The queen,and prettiestflower ofall.阅读自测I.According tothe passage,find thecorrectmeanings ofthe wordsunder lined:
1.With anatlas,Tom canfind theplace hewants togoeasily.A.a strongman B.the topbone oftheneckC.abook ofmaps D.a nameofgod
2.When yousay good-bye toyour friend,what doyoureally meanA.never seehim/her againB.a goodwish toexpressthat Godbe withhim/her C.good luckD.breakup withhim/her
3.After along vacation,he looksas freshasadaisylike before.A.look likethe flowerB.a kindof drinkC.afirst-class manD.vigorous andlivelyII.Question:After readingthis passage,what canyou inferfromthe storiesofthewords参考答案I.
1.C
2.B
3.Dn.(略)参考译文语言趣话没有语言的世界世界形成之初,可能没人知道怎么说话人们不得不像婴儿一样学着开口讲话既然无人知晓如何诉说,人们又怎么学习呢?这个谜团至今尚待解决词语背后的故事(午餐)可Lunchlunch能来源于古西班牙语一词,意思是一块火腿或lonje许这个词源指一块面包但是,无论一词源指lunch火腿还是面包,它的意思都是一块可以吃的东西(阿特拉斯)既可以指身强体AtlasAtlas壮的人也可以指地图册这个词的故事起源于很久以前的希腊古希腊人信任他们信奉的神灵曾是被称为提坦的一种巨人提坦巨神与另一支号称奥林匹斯的神灵作战,奥林匹斯神获胜了阿特拉斯是提坦巨神之一他被罚站在西天用头和双手支撑起苍天,不让天塌下来砸碎万事万物古希腊宗教渐渐消逝之后,的含义也变更了atlas阿特拉斯已经从以前的用头和双手支撑苍天,渐渐变成以肩顶天世纪的地图学家墨卡托,在一本地图16册的封面上运用了阿特拉斯的图像,因此,地图册就用表示atlas还有另一种意思因为第一颈椎起到支撑头Atlas部的作用,所以它也叫atlaso(或)(再见)Goo d-bye Good-by Good-bye是一种祝福,原本的意思是(上帝与你Godbewithye同在)随着时间的推移,它演化成了一个词语许多问候语都是表达良好祝福的,只是我们在送问候的时候很少思索以致遗忘了这一点当我们说早上好,晚上好,晚安的时候,我们真刚要表达的是“我希望你早晨/傍晚/夜晚过得好”(雏菊)上有个小小的金色的Daisydaisy眼状的,花心,就像一颗小太阳或许这就是英国人称其为“白昼的眼睛”的缘由,或许他们取这个名字是因为英国雏菊的花瓣夜晚是合拢的英国人很宠爱雏菊,雏菊有粉色的、红色的、还有白色的大约六百年前英国诗人乔叟就写过这样的诗句雏菊,抑或是白昼的眼睛,最美丽的百花之后。