英語六級閱讀理解習題(一)

　　"Have I a clear knowledge of my abilities and aptitudes, as well as my interests and aims?" Be honest about your weak points as well as your strong ones. Take a really good look at yourself and give real thought to the kind of person you are, what you are good at, and what kind of person you want to be.

　　"Do I know the kind of occupation in which people like myself tend to find success and satisfaction?" Once you have examined and found out about yourself, your next question is what you can really do with yourself. You can gain some idea of what other people, with similar abilities and interests, consider to be important and challenging in the careers that interest you. Watch these people at work.

　　"Have I weighed carefully the immediate advantages against the long-term prospects offered by the jobs I am considering?" Will the occupation you select give you satisfaction, not just when you start, but in the years to come? Realize now the importance of education in all fields, technical and professional. Remember that when promotion occurs, preference is usually given to educated persons—other things being equal.

　　"Have I talked about my job preference with my careers master, my parents, teachers and my headmaster?" Remember they have a tremendous fund of experience from which you should benefit. They can stimulate you to give careful thought to what you really want to do, and offer useful suggestions as to how you might take full advantage of your personal qualities and qualifications.

　　21. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that a person choosing a career should_______.

　　A. choose his career very carefully

　　B. make up his mind but be prepared to change it later

　　C. choose a career that fits the kind of life he leads

　　D. try to foresee how a career will affect his life

　　22. Which of these words is nearest in meaning to "aptitudes"? A. Talents. B. Preferences. C. Standards. D. Attitudes.

　　23. The fifth paragraph is mainly concerned with_______.

　　A. the present B. education

　　C. long-term prospects D. immediate advantages

　　24. When we say that a career has "challenge", we mean that it is_______.

　　A. demanding B. easy

　　C. well-paid D. satisfying

　　25. This passage focuses on_______.

　　A. how you can choose the right career

　　B. whether you know your abilities and aptitudes

　　C. whether you have weighed the immediate advantages against the long-term prospects offered by the job

　　D. whether you have talked about your job preferences with your careers master, your parents, teachers and headmaster

　　英語六級閱讀理解習題答案

　　21. A 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. A

　　英語六級閱讀理解習題(二)

　　For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies and other creatures learn to do things because certain acts lead to "rewards"; and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages, had to be directly related to such basic physiological(生理的) "drives" as thirst or hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort, not otherwise.

　　It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results with no reward except the successful outcome.

　　Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to "reward" the babies and so teach them to carry out some simple movements, such as turning the head to one side or the other. Then he noticed that a baby who had had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response with clear signs of pleasure. So he began to study the children's responses in situations where no milk was provided. He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement "switched on" a display of lights—and indeed that they were capable of learning quite complex turns to bring about this result, for instance, two left or two right, or even to make as many.as three turns to one side.

　　Papousek's light display was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the lights closely although they would " smile and bubble" when the display came on. Papousek concluded that it was not primarily the sight of the lights which pleased them, it was the success they were achieving in solving the problem, in mastering the skill, and that there exists a fundamental human urge to make sense of the world and bring it under intentional control.

　　21. According to the author, babies learn to do things which______.

　　A. are directly related to pleasure B. will meet their physical needs

　　C. will bring them a feeling of success D. will satisfy their curiosity

　　22. Papousek noticed in his studies that a baby______.

　　A. would make learned responses when it saw the milk

　　B. would carry out learned movements when it had enough to drink

　　C. would continue the simple movements without being given milk

　　D. would turn its head to right or left when it had enough to drink

　　23. In Papousek's experiment babies make learned movements of the head in order to

　　A. have the lights turned on B. be rewarded with milk

　　C. please their parents D. be praised

　　24. The babies would "smile and bubble" at the lights because______.

　　A. the lights were directly related to some basic "drives"

　　B. the sight of the lights was interesting

　　C. they need not turn back to watch the lights

　　D. they succeeded in "switching on" the lights

　　25. According to Papousek, the pleasure babies get in achieving something is a reflection of______.

　　A. a basic human desire to understand and control the world

　　B. the satisfaction of certain physiological needs

　　C. their strong desire to solve complex problems

　　D. a fundamental human urge to display their learned skills

　　英語六級閱讀理解習題答案

　　21. C 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. A

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