英語六級閱讀強化練習題原文

　　A growing number of traditional Chinese festivals, such as the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. share the same fate as the Qixi Festival.

　　Young people are showing less interest in traditional cultuce as symbolized by these festivals.Even if all traditional festivals are finally made legal, the risk of them becoming purelyformalized celebrations with little meaning is not removed. If the younger generation fails toidentify with the cultural significance of these holidays, there is little that can be done.

　　While complaining about traditional festivals' fading appeal decision-makers should reflecton cultural protection. Undeniably our country has done a bad job of preserving culture andtraditional Festivals, compared to neighbouring Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK).

　　The 2,500-year-old Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Thetraditional customs and rituals of the occasion. which originated in China, have been betterpreserved in the ROK.

　　Only a few years ago did China begin to realize the signiticance of preserving intangiblecultural heritage when the ROK planned to apply to the United Nations Educational, Scientificand Cultural Organization iolist its version of the Dragon Boat Festival as an important exampleof intangible culture.

　　Concern about traditional holidays also reminds people of che growing influence of foreigncultures as thecountry opens wider to the outside world.With traditional festivals waning andimports such as Christmas and Valentine's Day gaining widespread popularity, the publicincluding cultural professionals have tended to measure traditional Chinese festivals ineconomic terms.

　　Business rather than culture has begun to play a dominant role. More and more people arepreoccupied with how much money can be generated during the holidays.

　　In fact what makes traditional festivals unique and what keeps them alive is their culturalelements. After all, it is unique culture that contributes to the world's diversity amidglobalization.

　　英語六級閱讀強化練習題

　　1.The public look at the effectiveness of the legalization of the Qixi Festival with a(n)______________attitude.

　　2.By saying that a growing number of traditional Chinese festivals "share the same fate as the Qixi Festival", the author is worried that such festivals would_______________someday.

　　3.In what aspect do Japan and ROK do a better job than China?

　　4.It is implied by the author chai traditional Chinese festivals should be measured in______________terms.

　　5.What makes the world diversified amidst the frend of globalization?

　　英語六級閱讀強化練習題答案

　　1.[doubtful]

　　[定位]根據effectiveness和legalization查找到第2段最后一句和第3段。

　　解析：原文第2段中的in doubt表明公眾對七夕成為法定節日后可能產生的效果持有懷疑態度，回答本題時應將doubt改為其形容司形式doubtful。

　　2.[die out]

　　[定位]根據worry查找到第2段第1句，根據a growing number查找到第4段。

　　解析：原文開頭三段以七夕為例說明中國傳統節日正受到冷遇，并擔心傳統節日會最終消亡，題目事實上是對原文前四段觀點的概括，根據would后用動詞原形，可確定空白處應填寫die out。

　　3.[In preserving culture and traditional festivals.]

　　[定位]根據ROK查找到第6段末句。

　　解析：原文該句中的比較點preserving...也是題目雙方的比較點，由此可見，preserving culture andtraditional festivals為本題答案。

　　4.[cultural]

　　[定位]根據traditional festivals查找到倒數第3段末句和末段第1句。

　　解析：倒數第3段提出了現在大多數人從經濟角度考量中國傳統節日的現象，但是末段用In fact來表轉折，表明作者實際上認為“文化”(而非經濟)才是最重要的，由此可推斷，作者認為我們應從“文化的”角度考量中國傳統節日，“文化的”可表達為cultural。

　　5.[Unique culture.]

　　[定位]根據globalization查找到末段末句。

　　解析：末段末句是一個強調句，表明是unique culture使世界變得多樣化，即為本題答案。