英语六级100篇阅读精读荟萃Passage One (Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race Prejudice)
In some countries where racial prejudice is acute, violence has so come to be taken for granted as a means of solving differences, that it is not even questioned. There are countries where the white man impos his rule by brute force; there are countries where the black man protests by tting fire to cities and by looting and pillaging. Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be reasonable men, get up and calmly argue in favor of violence – as if it were a legitimate solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you with despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress at all. We may wear collars and ties instead of war-paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the recorded history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing. We have still not learnt that violence never solves a problem but makes it more acute. The sheer horror, the bloodshed, the suffering mean nothing. No solution ever comes to light the morning after when we dismally contemplate the smoking ruins and wonder what hit us.
The truly reasonable men who know where the solutions lie are finding it harder and herder to get a hearing. They are despid, mistrusted and even percuted by their own kind becau they advocate such apparently outrageous things as law enforcement. If half the energy that goes into violent acts we
re put to good u, if our efforts were directed at cleaning up the slums and ghettos, at improving living-standards and providing education and employment for all, we would have gone a long way to arriving at a solution. Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess that violence leaves in its wake. In a well-directed effort, it would not be impossible to fulfill the ideals of a stable social programme. The benefits that can be derived from constructive solutions are everywhere apparent in the world around us. Genuine and lasting solutions are always possible, providing we work within the framework of the law.
Before we can even begin to contemplate peaceful co-existence between the races, we must appreciate each other’s problems. And to do this, we must learn about them: it is a simple exerci in communication, in exchanging information. ‘Talk, talk, talk,’ the advocates of violence say, ‘all you ever do is talk, and we are none the wir.’ It’s rather like the story of the famous barrister who painstakingly explained his ca to the judge. After listening to a lengthy argument the judge complained that after all this talk, he was none the wir. ‘Possible, my lord,’ the barrister replied, ‘none the wir, but surely far better informed.’ Knowledge is the necessary prerequisite to wisdom: the knowledge that violence creates the evils it pretends to solve.
1.What is the best title for this passage?
[A] Advocating Violence.
[B] Violence Can Do Nothing to Diminish Race
Prejudice.
[C] Important People on Both Sides See Violence As
a Legitimate Solution.
[D] The Instincts of Human Race Are Thirsty for
一年级课文Violence.
2.Recorded history has taught us
[A] violence never solves anything.
[B] nothing.
[C] the bloodshed means nothing.
[D] everything.
3.It can be inferred that truly reasonable men
[A] can’t get a hearing.
[B] are looked down upon.
[C] are percuted.
[D] Have difficulty in advocating law enforcement.
4.“He was none the wir” means
[A] he was not at all wi in listening.
[B] He was not at all wir than nothing before.
[C] He gains nothing after listening.
[D] He makes no n of the argument.
5.According the author the best way to solve race
prejudice is
[A] law enforcement.
[B] knowledge.
[C] nonviolence.
[D] Mopping up the violent mess.
V ocabulary
1.acute严重的，剧烈的，敏锐的
2.loot v.抢劫，掠夺；n.赃物
3.pillage v.抢劫，掠夺
when it comes to the crunch = if/when the decisive moment comes. 当关键时刻来到时。
5.war-paint出战前涂于身上的颜料。（美印第
安战士用）
查看笔记本配置6.come to light = become known显露，为人所知
7.sap剥削，使伤元气，破坏
I was sapped by months of hospital treatment. 我住
院治疗几个月，大伤元气。
9.wake船迹，航迹
in the wake of sth. = come after 随某事之后到来。
难句译注
1.What is really frightening, what really fills you with
despair is the realization that when it comes to the crunch, we have made no actual progress at all.
【结构简析】when it comes to the crunch = when / if the decisive moment comes.当关键时刻来到时。
【参考译文】真正令人可怖的，令人绝望的是，在关键时刻，人们意识到我们一点儿也没有进步/前进。
2.Our strength is sapped by having to mop up the mess
that violence leaves in its wake.
【结构简析】in the wake of 在…之后。
【参考译文】由于我们不得不清理掉暴力之后所留下的烂摊子，我们的力量因此削弱了。
3.After listening to a lengthy argument the judge
complained that after all this talk, he was none the wir.
【结构简析】none + the + 比较级。固定用法，义：not at all 一点儿也不。EX: After the treatment, he is none the better.治疗后，他并没有因此见好，（一点儿也不见好）。
【参考译文】听了律师的长篇解释，法官抱怨说他一无所获，并不因此变得聪明些。
4.Knowledge is the necessary prerequisite to wisdom.
【参考译文】知识是智慧的必要的先决条件。结合上下文这里意思是：了解情况是解决问题的先决条件。句子后面的解释：知识是指了解它欲以解决暴力制造的恶行。
写作方法与文章大意
作者主要以对比的手法写出了暴力是有些国家用以解决种族差异的公认方法，这是人本性没有进步的表现，真正理智的人提出了法制才是解决问题的唯一途径，而这些人遭人轻视、迫害。作者指出如果我们把使用暴力的一半精力放在消除贫民窟，改善生活水平，提供教育和就业，清除暴力造成的后果，也就是通过对它以法治理是能真正解决种族问题的。尽管这些暴力者采取充耳不闻的态度。
答案详解
1. B 暴力难以消除种族偏见。文章一开始就提出有
些国家种族偏见严重，而暴力却是公认的一种解决方法。白人采用暴力镇压，黑人以防火、掠抢为反抗。而双方的大人物平静地论及暴力，似乎这是一种合法的解决方案。作者就此指出人类的进步只在于表面――衣饰等，人类的本能没有改变。整个有记录历史的文件没有教会人类任何东西。这是真正令人可怕的事件。
第二段论及真正有理智的懂得解决方案所在的人鼓吹法制，人们不停。他们反而收到轻视、迫害。
作者就此提出假设，答出真正的解决方案嗜法制，以法治理。
第三段进一步说明“交流、对话”是了解双方问题的前提，即使暴力者不同意，但知道暴力制造它假装要解决的罪恶，是智慧聪明的必要前提。
A.鼓吹暴力。C.双方重要人物都把暴力作为合法
的解决方案。D. 人类的本性是嗜暴性。
2.B没有什么。第一段中就明确提出整个人类有记
录历史又长又臭的暴力文件记录，一点都没有教给我们任何东西。
A.暴力解决不了任何事情。C.杀戮（流血）没有任
何意义。D.一切。
3.D在鼓吹法制方面有困难。答案在第二段，真正
有理智的人鼓吹法制，遭到同类们的轻视、不信任和迫害。他们发现要人倾听他们的意见越来越困难。
重阳节日记
A.人们不听。
B.遭人轻视。
C.遭人迫害。这三项都
包含在D项内。
4.C听后无所得。None the wir一点也不比以前聪
明（这是按字面翻译）。实际就是C项。
A.在倾听别人上他一点也不聪明。
B.他和以前一
个样。D.他听不懂论点。
5.A法制。第二段最后一句，如果我们在法律的构
架中进行工作，真正的持久的解决总是能实现的。
第二段第二句，他们遭到迫害是因为他们鼓吹法制这种显然令人不能容忍的事。
B.知识。
C.非暴力。
D.处理暴力带来的混乱。
Passage Two (The Tourist Trade
Contributes Absolutely Nothing to
Increasing Understanding between
Nations)
The tourist trade is booming. With all this coming and going, you’d expect greater understanding to develop between the nations of the world. Not a bit of it! Superb systems of communication by air, a and land make it possible for us to visit each other’s countries at a moderate cost. What was once the ‘grand tour’, rerved for only the very rich, is now within everybody’s grasp? The package tour and chartered flights are not to be sneered at. Modern travelers enjoy a level of comfort which the lords and ladies on grand tours in the old days couldn’t have dreamed of. But what’s the n of this mass exchange of populations if the nations of the world remain basically ignorant of each other?
Many tourist organizations are directly responsible for this state of affairs. They deliberately t out to protect their clients from too much contact with the local population. The modern tourist leads a costed, sheltered life. He lives at international hotels, where he eats his international food and sips his international drink while he gazes at the natives from a distance. Conducted tours to places of interest are carefully censored. The tourist is allowed to e only what the organizers want him to e and no more. A strict schedule makes it impossible for the tourist to wander off on his own; and anyway, language is always a barrier, so he is only too happy to be protected in this way. At its very worst, this leads to a new and hideous kind of colonization. The summer quarters of the inhabitants
of the cite universitaire: are temporarily reestablished on the island of Corfu. Blackpool is recreated at Torremolinos where the traveler goes not to eat paella, but fish and chips.
The sad thing about this situation is that it leads to the persistence of national stereotypes. We don’t e the people of other nations as they really are, but as we have been brought up to believe they are. You can test this for yourlf. Take five nationalities, say, French, German, English, American and Italian. Now in your mind, match them with the five adjectives: musical, amorous, cold, pedantic, native. Far from providing us with any insight into the national characteristics of the peoples just mentioned, the adjectives actually act as barriers. So when you t out on your travels, the only characteristics you notice are tho which confirm your preconceptions. You come away with the highly unoriginal and inaccurate impression that, say, ‘Anglo-Saxons are hypocrites’ of that ‘Latin peoples shout a lot’. You only have to make a few foreign friends to understand how absurd and harmful national stereotypes are. But how can you make foreign
friends when the tourist trade does its best to prevent you?
Carried to an extreme, stereotypes can be positively dangerous. Wild generalizations stir up racial hatred and blind us to the basic fact—how trite it sounds! – That all people are human. We are all similar to each other and at the same time all unique.
1.The best title for this passage is
[A] tourism contributes nothing to increasing
understanding between nations.
[B] Tourism is tiresome.
[C] Conducted tour is dull.
[D] tourism really does something to one’s country.
2.What is the author’s attitude toward tourism?
如何做好班主任[A] apprehensive.
[B] negative.
[C] critical.
[D] appreciative.
3.Which word in the following is the best to summarize
Latin people shout a lot?
[A] silent.
[B] noisy.
[C] lively.
[D] active.
4.The purpo of the author’s criticism is to point out
[A] conducted tour is disappointing.
[B] the way of touring should be changed.
[C] when traveling, you notice characteristics which
confirm preconception.
[D] national stereotypes should be changed.
5.What is ‘grand tour’ now?
[A] moderate cost.
[B] local sight-eing is investigated by the tourist
organization.
[C] people enjoy the first-rate comforts.
[D] everybody can enjoy the ‘grand tour’.
V ocabulary
1.superb卓越的，杰出的，第一流的
教育中，到欧洲大陆观光的旅行，为学业必经阶段。
4.package tour由旅行社代办而费用与路线、
日程固定的假日旅游。也可用package holiday。
5.chartered flight包机航班
6.t out to do sth. = begin a job with a particular aim
开始做某事，决心/打算做……
下的参观，有导游的旅游
10.wander off离开原处/正道，离群，漫步，
漫游
11.quarters住处，营
12.paella西班牙什锦饭
13.chip炸马铃薯条（土豆条）
14.amorous多情的，色情的
15.pedantic学究式的，卖弄学问的
17.stir up惹起，煽动，挑起18.trite陈腐的，老一套的
难句译注
1.What was once the ‘grand tour’, rerved for only the
very rich, is now within everybody’s grasp.
【结构简析】within sb.’s grasp.某人理解/了解，为
某人所能抓到的。
【参考译文】一度只有最富有者专享的“大旅行”
现在人人都可获得。
2.The package tour and chartered flights are not to be
sneered at.
【参考译文】旅行社包办的旅游，包机航班决不会
遭人耻笑。
3.They deliberately t out to protect their clients from
too much contact with the local population.
【参考译文】旅行社有意使他们的谷底和当地居
民少接触。
4.The modern tourist heads a costed sheltered life.
【参考译文】现代旅行者过的使爱护有加与世隔
虎和鼠相配婚姻如何
绝的生活。
5.Conducted tours to places of interest are carefully
censored.
【参考译文】有人指导下参观一些静电收到组织
者――旅行社仔细的检查核准。
6. A strict schedule makes it impossible for the tourist to
wander off on his own; and anyway, language is
always barrier, so he is only too happy to be protected
in this way.
【结构简析】only too + 形容词/分词= very非常。
【参考译文】严格致密的计划值得旅行者不可能
自己一个人到处闲逛；再说，至少语言总是个障碍，所以他对这样保护非常高兴。
7.At its very worst, this leads to a new and hideous kind
of colonization.
【结构简析】at one’s worst 在情况最坏的时候。
【参考译文】最糟的时候，这种保护会导致形成一
种新型而又可怕的殖民现象。
8.Carried to an extreme, stereotypes can be positively
dangerous.
【结构简析】carried to an extreme (to an excess )如
果做得过分。
【参考译文】如果走向极端，模式化的想法会非常
危险。
9.Wild generalizations stir up racial hatred and blind us
to the basic fact.
【参考译文】野蛮（乱七八糟）的概括/归纳会激
起种族仇恨，使我们对这基本事实视而不见。
写作方法与文章大意
文章主要采用因果写法。虽然旅游业发展，人们可享受以前只有最富有者享受的大旅游，但由于旅行社种种限制/呵护及其它，使旅游者难以和当地居民接触。陈旧的固定的想――对民族的模式化想法，只有通过接触才能接触模式。而旅行社的种种都使人相互难以理解。
答案详解
1. A 旅游对增进民族了解毫无建树。第二段开始点
出，许多旅游组织直接负责旅游事宜，他们有意识
不让旅游者接触当地居民，让他们过着一种关怀
备至又与世隔绝的生活。住的是国际饭店，吃的是
国际食品，喝的是国际饮料，在原处观看当地居民。
严格有序的计划使旅游者难以自己一人闲逛，语
言的障碍，又使他们乐意接受保护。第三段涉及坚
持民族模式化――老一套的想法，所以一开始旅
游，你见到的民族特性就只是证实了你自己设想
的基本事实――所有人民都是人类。只有交朋友
写水的诗
才能知道民族模式是多么荒谬、有害，可是旅行社
竭力制止，你又怎么能交上外国朋友呢？这一切
说明A项对。
B.旅游很累。
C.导游观光很单调乏味。
D.旅游确实
对国家有贡献。
2. C 批评。
3. B 吵吵闹闹的。
4. B 旅游的方式应改变。整篇文章（除第一段外）
都环绕旅游方式不理想来进行批评。第二段集中
在导游观光使旅游者难以和当地人民接触。第三
段，见到的只是证实了旅游者本人事先形成的思
想/先入之见，旅游根本达不到了解对方的目的。
第四段讲了民族固定模式（先入之见的模式）的可
怕后果。要使人懂得所有的人们都是人类，彼此相
似，又各具特点，就得改变旅游的方式。
A.导游观光令人失望。C.旅游时，你见到的特性
证实了你的先入之见。D.民族模式应当改变。这三
条都是批评的具体内容。
5. D 人人都能享受大旅游。大旅行是专指英国富家
子弟上学中的一门课程－到欧洲大陆观光。不是
人人都能享受。这里用grand tour表示人人都能享
受类似grand tour的一切，甚至超过，如第一段指
出：现代旅游者享受的舒适设施，达到了大旅行中
老爷、小姐们做梦都没有想到的水平。海陆空高级
交流联络通讯系统，使人们有可能钱花得不多就
能访问、观光别的国家。所以说，曾是有钱人专享
的大旅行，普通人也能领略。“grand tour”有引号，
表明作为比喻。
A.费用不高。文内是费用合适、中等、恰当。
B.当
地观光受组织审查。C.人们喜欢一流舒适设施。Passage Three (Pop Stars Earn Much)
Pop stars today enjoy a style of living which was once the prerogative only of Royalty. Wherever they go, people turn out in their thousands to greet them. The crowds go wild trying to catch a brief glimp of their smiling, colorfully dresd idols. The stars are transported in their chauffeur driven Rolls-Royces, private helicopters or executive aeroplanes. They are surrounded by a permanent entourage of managers, press agents and bodyguards. Photographs of them appear regularly in the press and all their comings and goings are reported, for, like Royalty, pop stars are news. If they enjoy many of the privileges of Royalty, they certainly share many of the inconveniences as well. It is dangerous for them to make unscheduled appearances in public. They must be constantly shielded from the adoring crowds which idolize them. They are no longer private individuals, but public property. The financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice cannot be calculated, for their rates of pay are astronomical.
And why not? Society has always rewarded its top entertainers lavishly. The great days of Hollywood have become legendary: famous stars enjoyed fame, wealth and adulation on an unprecedented scale. By today’s standards, the excess of Hollywood do not em quite so spectacular. A single gramophone record nowadays may earn much more in royalties than the films of the past ever did. The competition for the title ‘Top of the Pops’ is fierce, but the rewards are truly colossal.
It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way. Don’t the top men in industry earn enormous salaries for the rvices they perform to their companies and their countries? Pop stars earn vast sums in foreign currency – often more than large industrial concerns – and the taxman can only be grateful fro their massive annual contributions to the exchequer. So who would begrudge them their rewards?
It’s all very well for people in humdrum jobs to moan about the success and rewards of others. People who make envious remarks should remember that the most famous stars reprent only the tip of the iceberg. For every famous star, there are hundreds of others struggling to earn a living. A man working in a steady job and looking forward to a pension at the end of it has no right to expect very high rewards. He has chon curity and peace of mind, so there will always be a limit to what he can earn. But a man who attempts to become a star is taking enormous risks. He knows at the outt that only a handful of competitors ever get to the very top. He knows that years of concentrated effort may be rewarded with complete failure. But he knows, too, that the rewards for success are very high indeed: they are the recompen for the huge risks involved and if he achieves them, he has certainly earned them. That’s the esnce of private enterpri.
1.The ntence Pop stars’ style of living was once the
prerogative only of Royalty means
[A] their life was as luxurious as that of royalty.
[B] They enjoy what once only belonged to the
royalty.
[C] They are rather rich.
[D] Their way of living was the same as that of the
royalty.
2.What is the author’s attitude toward top stars’ high
income?
[A] Approval.
[B] Disapproval.
[C] Ironical.
[D] Critical.
3.It can be inferred from the passage
[A] there exists fierce competition in climbing to the
top.
[B] People are blind in idolizing stars.
[C] Successful Pop stars give great entertainment.
[D] The tax they have paid are great.
4.What can we learn from the passage?
[A] Successful man should get high-income
坡度分析
repayment.
[B] Pop stars made great contribution to a country.
[C] Pop stars can enjoy the life of royalty.
[D] Successful men reprent the tip of the iceberg.
5.Which paragraph covers the main idea?
[A] The first.
[B] The cond.
[C] The third.
[D] The fourth.
V ocabulary
1.prerogative权力，（尤指）特权
2.chauffeur受雇开车人，（尤指富人、要人
幸福的英文
的）司机
筑物周围
4.astronomical庞大的，天文的
5.adulation奉承
Exchequer Bond 国库债券
9.begrudge感到不快/不满，忌妒
10.humdrum平淡的，单调的
moan about 发牢骚
难句译注
1.the prerogative of Royalty或the royal prerogative
皇家的特权（再英国指国王名义上享有不经议会认可而采取行动的权力）。
2.People turn out in their thousands to greet them.
【结构简析】turn out露面、集合、出席。EX: A vast crowd turned out to watch the match.大批观众到场观看比赛。
【参考译文】成千上万的人们出来欢迎他们。3.The great days of Hollywood have become legendry.
【参考译文】好莱坞鼎盛时期成了神话。
4.By today’s standards, the excess of Hollywood do
not em quite so spectacular.
【参考译文】按今天的标准来看，好莱坞的奢华（过分的行为）似乎并不那么引人注目。
5. A single gramophone record nowadays may earn
much more in royalties than the films of the past ever did.
【参考译文】今天单张录音唱片挣的版税要比过去一步电影还要多得多。
写作方法与文章大意
作者以对比、因果写作手法，写出歌星享受者贵族般生活方式，出门受千万人群欢迎，出入高级车、机，身后保镖、经纪人、新闻记者，来去都有报道，这一切是社会对高级演员的慷慨赠予。公司的高级人员享受高薪，歌星也应享受。再则顶尖歌星冒有很大风险。
答案详解
1. B 他们享受一度只属于贵族享用的一切。第一段
集中谈了这些：他们走到哪里，成千上万人们出来欢迎，却中发疯地要看一眼穿着花哨的偶像的笑容。这些歌星坐着司机开动的Rolls-Royces汽车、私人直升飞机，高级长官飞机到处走，永远围着一批经纪人、报界记者和保镖随从人员。他们的照片定期登在报刊上，因为歌星象贵族一样是新闻人
物。
A.他们的生活和贵族一样奢侈。C.他们很富。D.他
们的生活方式和贵族生活方式一个样。
2. A 赞成。在第一段最后一句：“他们为他们的牺牲
所获取的报酬难以计算，支付率惊人。”第二段一
开始就点明“为什么不惊人？社会对高级表演者
总是慷慨解囊。好莱坞的鼎盛时期名扬天下，著名
歌星先手空前绝后的名、利、奉承。”第三段更明
确指出：应该这样支付星族，这完全正确。企业中
的顶尖人物因为他们为公司和国家所作的一切不
也挣得高额工资？税务员应感谢他们每年为国库
做出了巨大的贡献。所以谁会忌妒他们的报酬呢？
最后一段进一步说明：欲成为星族的人冒着很大
的风险，谁都知道只有一小撮人能成为顶尖人物，也可能多年的努力以彻底失败而告终，而成功的
报酬确实很高，这是对他们冒险的补偿。这些内容
都说明作者赞成巨额报酬。
A.不同意。C.讽刺的。D.批评的。
3. A 在攀登顶峰中存在着激烈的竞争。这在第三段
最后一句明确指出：获取顶尖的流行歌星的称号
竞争激烈，但其报酬确实惊人。最后一段的风险说。
还有最后一段第二句：说忌妒话的人应记住：最有
名的星族代表的只是冰山之巅――人极少。每个
成名的歌星身后就有成千上百个其他歌者为生存
而奋斗。这都说明“竞争激烈”。
B.人们盲目崇拜偶像歌星。
C.成功的流行歌星演
出给人极大的享受。D.他们支付的税收巨大。
4. D 成功者只是冰山的顶尖――少极了。
A.成功的人应当获得高收入。
B.流行歌星对国家
做出巨大贡献。C.流行歌星能享受贵族生活。
5. D 第四段。主旨句是倒数第一、二句，成功的报
酬确实很高，这是对其高度风险的还报补偿，如果
他成功了，他肯定挣得多。那就是私人事业的根本
/本质。
A.第一段。这段之对比了贵族和歌星的生活方式。
B.第二段。这段讲了挣得多，但竞争激烈。
C.第三
段。歌星和企业顶尖人物对比。
Passage Four (Examinations Exert a
Pernicious Influence on Education)
We might marvel at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of testing a person’s knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. It really is extraordinary that after all the years, educationists have still failed to device anything more efficient and reliable than examinations. For all the pious claim that examinations text what you know, it is common knowledge
that they more often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person’s true ability and aptitude.
As anxiety-makers, examinations are cond to none. That is becau so much depends on them. They are the mark of success of failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. It doesn’t matter that you weren’t feeling very well, or that your mother died. Little things like that don’t count: the exam goes on. No one can give of his best when he is in mortal terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precily what the
