英语六级阅读提分练习题和答案
The language barrier presents itself in stark form to firms who wish to market their products in other countries. British industry, in particular, has in recent decades often been criticized for its linguistic insularity---for its assumption that foreign buyers will be happy to communicate in English, and that awareness of other languages is not therefore s priority. In the 1960s, over two- thirds of British firms dealing with non-English-speaking customers were using English for outgoing correspondence; many had their sales literature only in English; and as many as 40 percent employed no-one able to communicate in the customer's languages. A similar problem was identified in other English-speaking countries, notably the USA, Australia and New Zealand. And non-English speaking countries were by no means exempt--although the widespread use of English as an alternative language made them less open to the charge of insularity.
The criticism and publicity given to this problem since the 1960s seems to have greatly improved the situation. Industrial training schemes have promoted an increase in linguistic and cultural awareness. Many firms now have their own translation services. Some firms run part-time language courses in the languages of the countries with which they are most involved; some produce their own technical glossaries, to ensure consistency when material is being translated. It is now much more readily appreciated that marketing efforts can be delayed, damaged or disrupted by a failure to take account of the linguistic needs of the customer.
47. Language problems may come to the attention of the public when they have ______ such as fatal accidents or social problems.
48. What can we infer about American doctors from the case of the poisonous mushrooms?
49. Evidence of the extent of the language barrier can be gained from ______ of materials used by scientists such as books and periodicals.
50. An example of British linguistic insularity is the use of English for materials such as ______.
51. What ways have been used by the British companies to solve the problem of language barrier since the 1960s?
47. major consequences
48. They probably only read reports written in English.
49. surveys/ studies
50. sales literature outgoing correspondence
51. Industrial training schemes, translation services, part-time language courses and technical glossaries.
答案及解析
47.第二段第二句“Publicity comes only when a failure to communicate has major consequences， such as strikes，lost orders，legal problems or fatal accidents—even，at times，war.”中的“Publicity”就是题目中的“come to the attention of the public”，由此可见，当语言障碍导致“重大后果(major consequences)”，如罢工等等社会问题或者致命的事故时，才会引起关注。因此，答案为“major consequences”。
48.毒蘑菇事件是作者在第二段关于语言问题导致致命事故所举的例子。第二段最后一句作者讲道“Presumably because the report of the treatment had been published only in journals written in European languages other than English.”，由此我们可以推断美国医生大概很少读用英语以外的语言所写的报道或论著。故答案为“They probably only read reports written in English”。
49.第三段第二句“But isolated examples do not give an impression of the size of the problem- something that can come only from studies of the use or avoidance of foreign-language materials and contacts in different communicative situations.”中的“size of the problem”就是指问题的严重程度，即题目中的“extent of the language barrier”。可见“研究”外语材料的使用情况可以帮助了解语言障碍问题的程度。由此，答案可以是“studies”。第三段第三句“In the English-speaking scientific world，for example，surveys of books and documents consulted in libraries and other information agencies have shown that very little foreign-language material is ever cnsulted.”指出调查信息机构中书和文件的查阅情况可以知道对外语材料的查阅很少。可见“调查”这些材料的查阅情况可以获得证据。由此，答案也可以是“surveys”。
50.由第四段第三句“In the 1960s，over two-thirds of British firms dealing with non-English- speaking customers were using English for out going correspondence;many had their sales literature only in English”可见他们用英语来写往来函件和产品说明、销售宣传这样的一些材料。由于题目只要求写出一个例子，所以答案可以是“sales literature”或者“outgoing correspondence”。
51.文章最后一段提到了20世纪60年代以来英国的各家公司用于解决语言障碍问题的四种方法：“Industrial training schemes have promoted an increase in linguistic and cultural awareness.Many firms now have their own translation services.Some firms run part-time language courses in the languages of the countries with which they are most involved;some produce their own technical glossaries，to ensure consistency when material is being translated.”，因此，答案为“Industrial training schemes，translation services，part-time language courses and technical glossaries.”。
Mobile office is the mutual product of economic，scientific，and social progress.Mobile office has become a solution that provides users with convenient，prompt，safe，reliable，and reasonably priced communications and office faculty anywhere anytime via the sup port of mobile interconnection platform(MIP)and its applications systems.
When you leave your office to attend meetings or travel on business，what would happen to your business routine?Of course，faxes and e-mails would be still sent to your fax machine or e-mail box，but you cannot read them and make prompt reaction timely.When your clients need you to make some urgent modifications on your work and you are neither in the office nor carrying relevant documents，what can you do?Maybe you have to say“sorry”to the clients.But，your business will be affected，the clients will be unhappy and disappointed because of your delay，and you will lose a lot of business opportunities.
In fact，very frequently，you need to check，reply，distribute，display，modify，or read some materials when you are not in your office.You must get out of this dilemma.The best solution to normally handle your business anywhere anytime and not to disappoint your clients is to let your office“move”with you.Thus，you can have convenient，prompt，safe，reliable，and reasonably priced communications and office faculty anywhere anytime.With the development of communications technology，network application，and wireless interconnection，mobile office has become simpler and smaller，and even can be realized via one mobile phone with data communications function.Thus，mobile office has already been put into your pocket，and office mobility has been realized.
Mobile office has provided people with convenient，casual working environment，but at the same time it still has some unsatisfactory aspects such as mismatching equipment interface(接口，界面) and inadequate battery. Nevertheless，we believe that with technical progress，people can certainly overcome all kinds of difficulties.Mobile office will make your career unimpeded，and will realize the dream of completely free communication.Users will enjoy more colorful life and better working environment，and users' living standard，working efficiency，and even enterprises' production efficiency will certainly be immensely raised.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage above.
1.It can be inferred from the passage that_____.
A.mobile office is the only way by which people could enjoy prompt and safe working environment
B.with the development of science,mobile office comes to our life inevitably
C.people had no convenient and reliable communications and office faculty before
D.mobile interconnection platform and its application systems is the core of mobile office
2.We learn from the passage that without mobile office,_____.
A.you cannot put your business routine aside or attend meetings
B.you cannot read faxes and e-mails when you travel on business
C.you cannot make apologies to the clients for your delay
D.you cannot catch any business opportunities because of bad working condition
3.The passage suggests that mobile office is neccessary,especially when_____.
A.you need to make some urgent modification on your work
B.you need to read and reply faxes and e-mails
C.you are out of the office to attend meetings
D.you can put the mobile office into your pocket
4.Which of the following statement best expresses the main idea of the second paragraph?
A.When you leave your office,you should not forget your business routine.
B.You will lose a lot of business opportunities if you always delay your work.
C.When you leave your office,your business routine would be harmed.
D.When you cannot meet the need of your clients,you should say"sorry".
5.In the eyes of the author,mobile office_____.
A.has some fatal shortcomings
B.is too expensive to afford
C.would be realized in the future
D.has both advantages and disadvantages
参考答案：
1.选D.本题为主要细节正误题。第一段第一句说明移动办公室是经济，社会和科技三者发展共同的产物，并非B选项所说的是科技进步的必然产物;A选项中用了“only”，太片面;C选项在文中并无相应论述。
2.选B.本题为主要细节正误题。原文第二段第二句说“faxes and e-mails would be still sent to your fax machine or e-mail box，but you cannot read them……”B选项与其意思一致。
3.选C.本题为主要细节正误题。A选项和B选项表述正确，但都缺少一个前提：当你不在办公室的时候。D选项和题干毫无关系。
4.选C.本题为主旨归纳题。A选项与原文意思不符;B选项没有概括出整个段落的意思;D选项在文中没有提及。
5.选D.本题为观点态度推断题。从原文最后一段“people can certainly overcome all kinds of difficulties”可推断，移动办公室的缺点不是致命的，排除A选项;B、C选项在文中无相应论述;最后一段第一句说“it still has some unsatisfactory aspects such as mismatching equipment interface”，由此可知，移动办公室除了有很多优点外也有其缺点。