英語六級閱讀沖刺訓練題1

　　But Bowlby’s analysis raises the possibility that early day care has delayed effects. Thepossibility that such care might lead to, say, more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years latercan only be explored by the use of statistics. Whatever the long-term effects, parentssometimes find the immediate effects difficult to deal with. Children under three are likely toprotest at leaving their parents and show unhappiness. At the age of three or three and a halfalmost all children find the transition to nursery easy, and this is undoubtedly why more andmore parents make use of child care at this time. The matter, then, is far from clear-cut,though experience and available evidence indicate that early care is reasonable for infants.

　　英語六級閱讀沖刺訓練題

　　1.This passage primarily argues that ___.

　　A.infants under the age of three should not be sent to nursery schools.

　　B.whether children under the age of three should be sent to nursery schools.

　　C.there is not negative long-term effect on infants who are sent to school before they arethree.

　　D.there is some negative effect on children when they are sent to school after the age ofthree.

　　2.The phrase “predispose to” (Para. 1, line 3) most probably means ___.

　　A.lead to

　　B.dispose to

　　C.get into

　　D.tend to suffer

　　3.According to Bowlby’s analysis, it is quite possible that ___.

　　A.children’s personalities will be changed to some extent through separation from theirparents.

　　B.early day care can delay the occurrence of mental illness in children.

　　C.children will be exposed to many negative effects from early day care later on.

　　D.some long-term effects can hardly be reduced from children’s development.

　　4.It is implied but not stated in the second paragraph that ___.

　　A.traditional societies separate the child from the parent at an early age.

　　B.Children in modern societies cause more troubles than those in traditional societies.

　　C.A child did not live together with his parents among the Ngoni.

　　D.Children in some societies did not have emotional problems when separated from theparents.

　　5.The writer concludes that ___.

　　A.it is difficult to make clear what is the right age for nursery school.

　　B.It is not settled now whether early care is reasonable for children.

　　C.It is not beneficial for children to be sent to nursery school.

　　D.It is reasonable to subject a child above three to nursery school.

　　英語六級閱讀沖刺訓練題答案

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　　英語六級閱讀沖刺訓練題2

　　The life story of the human species goes back a million years, and there is no doubt that mancame only recently to the western hemisphere. None of the thousands of sites of aboriginal (土著的) habitation uncovered in North and South America has antiquity comparable to that ofold World sites. Man’s occupation of the New World may date several tens of thousands ofyears, but no one rationally argues that he has been here even 100,000 years.

　　Speculation as to how man found his way to America was lively at the outset, and theproposed routes boxed the compass. With one or two notable exceptions, however, studentsof American anthropology soon settled for the plausible idea that the first immigrants came bway of a land bridge that had connected the northeast comer of Asia to the northwest corner ofNorth America across the Bering Strait. Mariners were able to supply the reassuringinformation that the strait is not only narrow – it is 56 miles wide – but also shallow, alowering of the sea level there by 100 feet or so would transform the strait into an isthmus(地峽). With little eels in the way of evidence to sustain the Bering Strait land bridge,anthropologists (人類學家) embraced the idea that man walked dryshod (不濕鞋的) from Asia toAmerica.

　　Toward the end of the last century, however, it became apparent that the WesternHemisphere was the New World not only for man but also for a host of animals and plants.Zoologists and botanists showed that numerous subjects of their respective kingdoms musthave originated in Asia and spread to America. These findings were neither astonishing norwholly unexpected. Such spread of populations is not to be envisioned as an exodus or massmigration, even in the case of animals. It is, rather, a spilling into new territory thataccompanies increase in numbers, with movement in the direction of least populationpressure and most favorable ecological conditions. But the immense traffic in plant andanimal’s forms placed a heavy burden on the Bering Strait land bridge as the anthropologistsahead envisioned it. Whereas purposeful men could make their way across a narrow bridge, theslow diffusion of plant and animals would require an avenue as a continent and available forages at a stretch.

　　英語六級閱讀沖刺訓練題

　　1.The movement of plants and animals form Asia to America indicates ______.

　　A.that they could not have traveled across the Bering Strait

　　B.that Asia and the Western hemisphere were connected by a large land mass

　　C.that the Bering Sea was an isthmus at one time

　　D.that migration was in the one direction only

　　2.The author is refuting the notion that _____.

　　A.life arose in America independently of life in Europe

　　B.the first settlers in America came during the sixteenth century

　　C.a large continent once existed which has disappeared

　　D.man was a host to animals and plants

　　3.By using the words “boxed the compass “(in Line 7) the author implies that_____.

　　A.the migration of mankind was from West to East

　　B.the migration of mankind was from East to West

　　C.mankind traveled in all directions

　　D.mankind walked from Asia to America

　　4.One reason for the migration not mentioned by the author is _____.

　　A.overcrowding

　　B.favorable environmental conditions

　　C.famine

　　D.the existence of a land bridge

　　5.We may assume that in the paragraph that follows this passage the authorargues about______.

　　A.the contributions of anthropologist

　　B.the contributions of zoologists and botanists

　　C.the contributions made by the American Indians

　　D.the existence of a large land mass between Asia and North America

　　英語六級閱讀沖刺訓練題答案

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