20xx年英语六级考试阅读理解技巧训练：教育、文化类

年英语六级考试阅读理解技巧20xx训练教化、文化类年英语六级考试阅读理解技巧训练教化、文化类20xx教化、文化类Passage1I cameaway frommy yearsof teachingon thecollegeand universitylevel witha convictionthat（扮演角色），enactment performance,dramatization arethe most successfulforms ofteaching.Students mustbeincorporated,made,so faras possible,an integral partof thelearning process.The notionthat learningshouldhave init anelement ofinspired playwould seemto thegreaterpart of the academicestablishment merelysilly,but that is nonethelessthe case.Of EzekielCheever,themost famousDEducatedpeople aredetermined to use part ofthe Federal funds tohelp thepoor.Passage3About thetime thatschools andothers quitereasonablybecame interestedin seeingto itthat allchildren,whatever theirbackground,were fairlytreated,intelligence testingbecame unpopular.Some thoughtit wasunfair tominority children.Through thepast fewdecades such testing hasgone outoffashion andmany communitieshave indeedforbiddenit.However,paradoxically,just recentlya groupof诉讼black parentsfiled alawsuit in California claimingthat the states ban on IQ testingdiscriminates againsttheirchildren bydenying themthe opportunityto takethetest.They believed,correctly,that IQtests areavalid methodof evaluatingchildren forspecialeducation classes.The judge,therefore,reversed,atleast partiallyhis originaldecision.And sothe argumentgoes onand on.Does itbenefitor harmchildren fromminority groupsto havetheirintelligence testedWe havealways beenon thesideof permitting,even facilitating,suchtesting.If achildof anycolor orgroup isdoing poorlyin schoolitseems tous veryimportant toknow whetherit isbecausehe orshe isof lowintelligence,or whethersomeother factoris thecause.What schooland familycan doto improvepoorperformance isinfluenced byits cause.It isnotdiscriminative toevaluate eithera childsphysicalcondition orhis intellectual level.Unfortunately,intellectual levelseems to be asensitivesubject,and what the lawallows usto dovariesfrom time to time.The samefluctuation backandforth occursin areasother thanintelligence.Thirtyyears orso ago,for instance,white familieswereencouraged toadopt black children.It wasconsidereddiscriminative notto doso.And thenthe stylechanged andthis cross-racialadopting becamegenerally unpopular,and socialagenciesfelt thatblack childrenshould goto blackfamiliesonly.It ishard tosay whatare thebestprocedures.But surelygood willon thepartof all ofusis needed.As tointelligence,in ouropinion,the moreweknow aboutany childsintellectuallevel,the betterforthe childin question.

1.Why didthe intelligencetest becomeunpopularin thepast fewdecadesAlts validitywas challengedby manycommunities.Blt wasconsidered discriminativeagainst minoritychildren.Clt metwith strongopposition from the majorityofblack parents.Dlt deprivedthe blackchildren of their rightsto agoodeducation.

2.The recentlegal actiontaken bysome blackparentsinCaliforniaaimed to.Adraw publicattention toIQ testingBputan endto specialeducationCremove thestatesbanon intelligencetestsDhave theirchildren enterwhite schools

3.Theauthor believes that intelligencetesting.Amay easeracial confrontationin theUnitedStatesBcan encourageblackchildrento keepup withwhitechildrenCmay seriouslyaggravate racialdiscrimination intheUnited StatesDcanhelp blackparents makedecisions abouttheirchildrens education

4.The authorsopinion ofchild adoptionseems tobethat.Ano ruleswhatsoever canbe prescribedBwhitefamilies shouldadopt blackchildrenCadoption should be basedonIQtest resultsDcross-racial adoptionis tobe advocated

5.Child adoptionis mentionedin the passage toshowthat•Agood willmay sometimescomplicate racialproblemsBsocialsurroundings arevital to the healthygrowthof childrenCintelligencetesting alsoapplies tonon-academicareasDAmerican opinioncan shiftwhen itcomes tosensitiveissuesPassage4Our culturehas causedmost Americansto assumenotonly thatour languageis universalbut that thegestures weuse areunderstood byeveryone.We donotrealize thatwaving good-bye isthe way to summonaperson fromthe Philippinesto onesside,or thatinItaly andsome Latin-American countries,curling thefingerto oneselfis asign offarewell.Those privatecitizens whosent packagesto ourtroopsoccupying Germanyafter WorldWar IIandmarked themGIFT toescape dutypayments did notbother tofind outthat Giftmeans poisonin German.Moreover,we like to thinkof ourselvesas friendly,yetwe prefertobeat least3feet oran armslength awayfromothers.Latins andMiddle Easternersliketocomecloser and touch,which makesAmericansuncomfortable.（语言上的）Our linguistic.and cultural blindnessand thecasualness withwhich wetake noticeof thedevelopedtastes,gestures,customs andlanguages ofothercountries,are losingus friends,business andrespectin theworld.Even herein theUnited States,we makefewconcessions to the needs of foreign visitors.There arenoinformation signsin fourlanguages onour public侈buildings ormonuments;we donot havemultilingual语言的）guided tours.Very fewrestaurant menushavetranslations,and multilingualwaiters,bank clerksandpolicemen arerare.Our transportationsystems havemapsin Englishonly andoften weourselves havedifficultyunderstanding them.When wego abroad,we tendto clusterin hotelsandrestaurants whereEnglish isspoken.The attitudesandinformation wepick upare conditionedby thosenatives-usually thericher-who speakEnglish.Ourbusiness dealings,as wellas thenations diplomacy,areconducted throughinterpreters.For manyyears,America andAmericans couldgetby withculturalblindnessand linguisticignorance.Afterall,America wasthemostpowerful countryof thefreeworld,the distributorof neededfunds andgoods.But allthatispast.American dollarsno longerbuyall goodthings,and we are slowlybeginning torealizethat ourproper role in theworld ischanging.A1979Harris pollreported that55percent ofAmericans wantthiscountry toplay amore significantrolein worldaffairs;we wantto havea handin theimportantdecisions of the nextcentury,even thoughit maynotalways bethe upperhand.

1.It canbe inferredthat Americansbeingapproached tooclosely byMiddle Easternerswouldmost probably.A standstill Bjump asideC stepforward Ddrawback

2.The authorgives manyexamples tocriticizeAmericans for their.A culturalself-centeredness Bcasual mannersCindifference towardsforeignvisitorsDarrogance towardsother cultures

3.In countriesother thantheir ownmostAmericansA areisolated by the localpeopleB arenot wellinformed dueto thelanguagebarrierC tendto getalong wellwith thenativesD needinterpreters inhotels andrestaurants

4.According to the author,Americans culturalblindnessand linguisticignorance will.A affecttheir imagein thenew eraB cutthemselvesoff fromthe outsideworldC limittheir roleinworldaffairs Dweaken thepositionof theUS dollar

5.The authorsintention inwriting thisarticle is tomake Americansrealize that.A it is dangerousto ignoretheir foreignfriendsB it is importantto maintain their leadingrole inworldaffairsC it is necessarytouseseveral languagesin publicplacesDit istimetoget acquaintedwith otherculturesschoolmaster of the MassachusettsBay Colony,hisonetime studentCotton Matherwrote thathe soplannedhis lessonsthat hispupils came to workasthough theycametoplay,and AlfredNorth Whitehead,almost threehundred yearslater,noted thata teachershouldmake his/her studentsglad theywere there.Since,wearetold,80to90percent of all instructionin the typicaluniversity isby thelecture method,weshould giveclose attentionto thisform ofeducation.There is,I think,much truthin PatriciaNelson Limericksobservationthat lecturingis anunnatural act,an actforwhich Goddidnotdesign humans.It isperfectly allright,now andthen,for ahuman tobe possessedby theurgeto speak,andtospeak while others remainsilent.But todothis regularly,one hourand15minutes ata time...for oneperson todrag onwhileotherssit insilence...Ido notbelieve thatthis iswhattheCreator...designedhumans todo.The strange,almost incomprehensiblefact isthatmany professors,just asthey feelobliged towrite dully,believe that they shouldlecture dully.To showenthusiasmis torisk appearingunscientific,unobjective;itisto appealto thestudents emotionsrather thantheirintellect.Thus theideal lectureis onefilled withfacts作文and readin anunchanged monotone.（推崇）The cultof lecturingdully,like thecult ofwritingdully,goes back,of course,some years.EdwardShils,professor ofsociology,recalls theprofessors heencounteredattheUniversity ofPennsylvania inhisyouth.They seemeda priesthood,rather unevenin theirmeritsbut uniformin theirbearing;they neverreferredto anythingpersonal.Some readfrom oldlecture notesandthen haltinglyexplained thethumb-worn lastlines.Others lecturedfrom cardsthat hadserved foryears,tojudge by the wornedges....The teachersbegan ontime,ended ontime,and leftthe roomwithout sayinga wordmoreto theirstudents,very seldombeing detainedbyquestioners....The classeswere notlarge,yet therewasno discussion.No questionswere raisedin class,andthere wereno officehours.

1.The authorbelievesthata successfulteachershould beable to.Amake dramatizationan importantaspect ofstudentslearningBmake inspiredplay anintegralpartof thelearningprocessCimprove studentslearning performanceDmakestudy justas easyas play

2.The majorityof universityprofessors preferthetraditional wayof lecturingin thebelief that.Ait drawsthe closeattention ofthe studentsBitconforms ina waytothedesign ofthe CreatorCitpresents coursecontent ina scientificandobjective mannerDithelps studentsto comprehendabstracttheories moreeasily

3.What the author recommendsin thispassage is・thatAcollege educationshould beimproved throughradicalmeasuresBmore freedomof choiceshould begiven tostudentsin theirstudiesCtraditional collegelectures shouldbe replacedbydramatized performancesDinteractionshouldbeencouraged in the processofteaching

4.By sayingThey seemeda priesthood,ratheruneven in their meritsbut uniformintheirbearing...Para.4,the authormeans that.Aprofessors area groupof professionalsthatdiffer intheir academicability butbehave inthe samewayBprofessorsare likepriests wearingthe samekindof blackgown buthaving differentroles toplayCthere isno fundamentaldifference betweenprofessorsand prieststhough theydiffer intheir meritsDprofessorsattheUniversity ofPennsylvania usedtowear blacksuits whichmade themlook likepriests

5.Whose teachingmethod isparticularlycommended bythe authorAEzekielCheevers.BCotton Mathers.CAlfred NorthWhiteheads.DPatricia NelsonLimericks.Take thecase of public educationalone.Theprincipal difficultyfaced bythe schoolshas beenthetremendous increase inthenumber ofpupils.This hasbeencaused bythe advanceofthe legal age for goingintoindustry andthe impossibilityof findinga jobevenwhen thelegal agehas beenreached.In viewof thetechnologicalimprovements inthe lastfew years,business willrequire inthe futureproportionately fewerworkersthan everbefore.The resultwill bestill furtherraisingofthelegal agefor goinginto employment,andstill furtherdifficulty infinding employmentwhen hatagehas beenattained.If wecannot putour childrentowork,we mustput themin school.We mayalso bequite confidentthat thepresenttrend toward a shorterday anda shorterweek willbemaintained.We havedeveloped andshall continuetohave anew leisureclass.Already thepublic agencies foradult educationare swampedbythetide thathas sweptover them sincedepression began.They willbe littlebetter off whenitisover.Their supportmust comefromthe taxpayer.It issurely toomuch tohope thatthese increasesinthe costof public education canbe bornebythelocalcommunities.They cannotcare for the presentrestrictedand inadequatesystem.The localcommunitieshave failedintheirefforts tocope withunemployment.They cannotexpect tocope withpubliceducation onthe scaleon whichwe mustattempt it.The answertotheproblem ofunemployment hasbeenFederal relief.The answertotheproblem ofpubliceducation mayhave tobe muchthe same,and properlyso.If thereis onething inwhich the citizens ofall partsofthe countryhave aninterest,itisinthedecenteducation ofthecitizensofall parts ofthe country.Ourincome taxnow goesin partto keepour neighborsalive.It mayhave togo inpart aswell tomake ourneighborsintelligent.We arenow attemptingto preservethepresent generationthrough Federalrelief ofthe（贫民）.destitute Onlya peopledetermined to ruin thenextgeneration willrefuse suchFederal funds as publiceducationmay require.

1.What isthepassagemainly aboutAHowto persuadelocal communitiesto providemorefunds.BHow tocope withthe shortageof fundsforpublic education.CHow tosolve therising unemploymentproblem.DHow toimprove thepublic educationsystem.

2.What isthe reasonfortheincreaseinthenumber ofstudentsAThe requirementof educatedworkers bybusiness.BRaising ofthelegalageforgoing towork.CThe trendtowardashorter workday.DPeoples concernforthefuture ofthe nextgeneration.

3.The publicagenciesforadult educationwill belittlebetteroffbecause.Athe unemployedare toopoor tocontinue theireducationBanew leisureclass hasdevelopedCthey arestill sufferingfromthedepressionDan increasein taxescould bea problem

4.According tothe author,the answerto theproblemofpubliceducation isthattheFederalgovernment.Ashould allocateFederalfundsfor publiceducationshoulddemand thatlocal communitiesprovidesupportCshould raisetaxes tomeet theneedsofpubliceducationDshould firstofallsolve theproblem ofunemployment

5.Why doestheauthorsay Onlya peopledeterminedtoruinthe nextgeneration willrefuse suchFederalfundsaspubliceducationmay requireLines10-11,Para.3AOnly byappropriating adequateFederal fundsforeducation canthe nextgeneration havea brightfuture.BCitizens ofallpartsofthecountry agreethat thebestwaytosupport educationistouse Federalfunds.CPeople alloverthecountry shouldmakecontributions toeducation inthe interestofthenextgeneration.。