六級英語強化閱讀練習題1

　　In the short term, the damage caused by the 1 million people-levels traveling betweenLondon and Paris and Brussels on Eurostar trains means that some air services are alreadysuffering. Some of the major carriers say that their passenger numbers are down by less than5% and point to their rivals-Particularly Air France-as having suffered the problems. On theBrussels route, the railway company had less success, and the airlines report anything fromaround a 5% drop to no visible decline in traffic.

　　The airlines’ optimism on returning traffic levels is based on historical precedent. BritishMidland, for example, points to its experience on Heathrow Leeds Bradford service which sawpassenger numbers fold by 15% when British Rail electrified and modernized the railway linebetween London and Yorkshire. Two years later, travel had risen between the two destinationsto the point where the airline was carrying record numbers of passengers.

　　六級英語強化閱讀練習題

　　1.British airlines confide in the fact that__.

　　A.they are more powerful than other European airlines.

　　B.their total loss won’t go beyond a drop of 5% passengers.

　　C.their traffic levels will return in 2-3 years.

　　D.traveling by rail can never catch up with traveling by air.

　　2.The author’s attitude towards the drop of passengers may be described as__.

　　A.worried.

　　B.delighted

　　C.puzzled.

　　D.unrivaled.

　　3.In the passage, British Rail (Para 6) is mentioned to__.

　　A.provide a comparison with Eurostar.

　　B.support the airlines’ optimism.

　　C.prove the inevitable drop of air passengers.

　　D.call for electrification and modernization of the railway.

　　4.The railway’s Brussels route is brought forth to show that__.

　　A.the Eurostar train service is not doing good business.

　　B.the airlines can well compete with the railway.

　　C.the Eurostar train service only caused little damage.

　　D.only some airlines, such as Air France, are suffering.

　　5.The passage is taken from the first of an essay, from which we may well predictthat in the following part the author is going to__.

　　A.praise the airlines’ clear-mindedness.

　　B.warn the airlines of high-speed rail services.

　　C.propose a reduction of London/Paris flights.

　　D.advise the airlines to follow British Midland as their model.

　　六級英語強化閱讀練習題答案

　　CABCB

　　六級英語強化閱讀練習題2

　　Without regular supplies of some hormones our capacity to behave would be seriouslyimpaired; without others we would soon die. Tiny amounts of some hormones can modifymoods and actions, our inclination to eat or drink, our aggressiveness or submissiveness,and our reproductive and parental behavior. And hormones do more than influence adultbehavior; early in life they help to determine the development of bodily form and may evendetermine an individual’s behavioral capacities. Later in life the changing outputs of someendocrine glands and the body’s changing sensitivity to some hormones are essential aspectsof the phenomena of aging.

　　Communication within the body and the consequent integration of behavior wereconsidered the exclusive province of the nervous system up to the beginning of the presentcentury. The emergence of endocrinology as a separate discipline can probably be traced tothe experiments of Bayliss and Starling on the hormone secretion. This substance is secretedfrom cells in the intestinal walls when food enters the stomach; it travels through thebloodstream and stimulates the pancreas to liberate pancreatic juice, which aids indigestion. By showing that special cells secret chemical agents that are conveyed by thebloodstream and regulate distant target organs or tissues. Bayliss and starling demonstratedthat chemical integration could occur without participation of the nervous system.

　　The term “hormone” was first used with reference to secretion. Starling derived the termfrom the Greek hormone, meaning “to excite or set in motion. The term “endocrine” wasintroduced shortly thereafter “Endocrine” is used to refer to glands that secret products into thebloodstream. The term “endocrine” contrasts with “exocrine”, which is applied to glands thatsecret their products though ducts to the site of action. Examples of exocrine glands are thetear glands, the sweat glands, and the pancreas, which secrets pancreatic juice through aduct into the intestine. Exocrine glands are also called duct glands, while endocrine glands arecalled ductless.

　　六級英語強化閱讀練習題

　　1.What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?

　　A.To explain the specific functions of various hormones.

　　B.To provide general information about hormones.

　　C.To explain how the term “hormone” evolved.

　　D.To report on experiments in endocrinology.

　　2.The passage supports which of the following conclusions?

　　A.The human body requires large amounts of most hormones.

　　B.Synthetic hormones can replace a person’s natural supply of hormones if necessary.

　　C.The quantity of hormones produced and their effects on the body are related to aperson’s age.

　　D.The short child of tall parents very likely had a hormone deficiency early in life.

　　3.It can be inferred from the passage that before the Bayliss and Starlingexperiments, most people believed that chemical integration occurred only___.

　　A.during sleep.

　　B.in the endocrine glands.

　　C.under control of the nervous system.

　　D.during strenuous exercise.

　　4.The word “liberate” could best be replaced by which of the following?

　　A.Emancipate

　　B.Discharge

　　C.Surrender

　　D.Save

　　5.According to the passage another term for exocrine glands is___.

　　A.duct glands

　　B.endocrine glands

　　C.ductless glands

　　D.intestinal glands.

　　六級英語強化閱讀練習題答案

　　BDCBA