2021年12月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)閱讀專項(xiàng)練習(xí)題及答案9

PAGEPAGE12021年12月英語(yǔ)六級(jí)閱讀專項(xiàng)練習(xí)題及答案(匯總)TheTreeofLanguageAWorldWithoutLanguageItmaybethatwhentheworldwasyoung,nooneknewhowtotalk.Peoplehadtolearntospeakjustlikebabiesdo.Whennooneknewhowtotell,howdidanyonelearnThatisamysterythatremainsunsolvedeventoday.TheStoriesBehindWordsLunchLunchperhapscomesfromanoldspanishwordlonje,aslabofham.Wemaygetourwordfromalumpofbread,butwhetherlunchcomesfromhamorbread,itmeantahunkofsomethingtoeat.AtlasAnatlasisastrongman,andalsoabookofmaps.Thestoryofthiswordbeginsalongtimeagoingreece.TheancientGreeksbelievedthattheirgodshadoncebeenaRaceofgiantscalledTitans.TheTitansfoughtwithanothergroupofgodscalledOlympians,andtheOlympianswon.AtlaswasaTitan.Hhewaspunishedforfightingbehavingtostandatthewesternendoftheworld,holdingtheskyonhisheadandhands,sothatitwouldnotfallontheworldandsmasheverything.AftertheancientGreekreligiondiedout,theideaofatlaschanged.Fromholdinguptheskywithhisheadandhands,hecametobethoughtofasholdingtheworldonhisshoulders.Mercator,amapmakerofthesixteenthcentury,usedapictureofatlasonthecoverofabookofmaps,soabookofmapscametobecalledanatlas.Thewordhasstillanothermeaning.Thetopboneoftheneckiscalledatlasbecauseitsupportsthehead.Good-byeorGood-byGood-byeisablessing;originallyitwasgodbewithye,andinthecourseoftimeitbecameoneword.Manyofourgreetingsaregoodwishes,butwesaythemwithsolittlethoughtthatweforgetthis.Whenwesaygoodmorning,goodevening,goodnight,andsoon,whatwearereallysayingis,“Ihopeyouwillhaveagoodmorning(orevening,ornight).”DaisyThedaisyhasalittlegoldeneye,likeatinysun.PerhapsthisisthereasontheEnglishpeoplenameditDay’sEye,orperhapstheychosethenamebecausetheEnglishdaisyclosesatnight.TheEnglishlovedtheirdaisies,whichwerepinkandred,aswellaswhite.Sixhundredyearsorsoago,theEnglishpoetChaucersaid:thedaisy,orelsetheeyeoftheday,//thequeen,andprettiestflowerofall.閱讀自測(cè)Ⅰ.Accordingtothepassage,findthecorrectmeaningsofthewordsunderlined:1.Withanatlas,Tomcanfindtheplacehewantstogoeasily.A.AstrongmanB.ThetopboneoftheneckC.AbookofmapsD.Anameofgod2.Whenyousaygood-byetoyourfriend,whatdoyoureallymeana.neverseehim/heragainb.agoodwishtoexpressthatgodbewithhim/herc.goodluckd.breakupwithhim/her3.Afteralongvacation,helooksasfreshasadaisylikebefore.a.lookliketheflowerb.akindofdrinkc.afirst-classmand.vigorousandlivelyⅡ.Question:Afterreadingthispassage,whatcanyouinferfromthestoriesofthewords參考答案Ⅰ.1.C2.B3.DⅡ.(自由發(fā)揮，語(yǔ)法正確、切題即可)參考譯文語(yǔ)言趣話沒(méi)有語(yǔ)言的世界世界形成之初,可能沒(méi)人知道怎么說(shuō)話。人們不得不像嬰兒一樣學(xué)著開(kāi)口講話。既然無(wú)人知曉如何訴說(shuō),人們又怎么學(xué)習(xí)呢這個(gè)謎團(tuán)至今尚待解決。詞語(yǔ)背后的故事lunch———lunch(午餐)可能來(lái)源于古西班牙語(yǔ)lonje一詞,意思是一塊火腿。也許這個(gè)詞源指一塊面包。但是,無(wú)論lunch一詞源指火腿還是面包,它的意思都是一塊可以吃的東西。atlas———atlas(阿特拉斯)既可以指身強(qiáng)體壯的人也可以指地圖冊(cè)。這個(gè)詞的故事起源于很久以前的希臘。古希臘人相信他們信奉的神靈曾是被稱為提坦的一種巨人。提坦巨神與另一支號(hào)稱奧林匹斯的神靈作戰(zhàn),奧林匹斯神獲勝了。阿特拉斯是提坦巨神之一。他被罰站在西天用頭和雙手支撐起蒼天,不讓天塌下來(lái)砸碎萬(wàn)事萬(wàn)物。當(dāng)古希臘文明消失之后，atlas的意思也發(fā)生了改變，他不再是用頭和雙手撐起天空，而是用肩膀扛起了整個(gè)世界。16世紀(jì)的地圖制作師Mercator在他的一本地圖書(shū)的封面上用了一張阿特拉斯的插畫(huà)，于是地圖書(shū)就開(kāi)始被稱為atlas了。這個(gè)詞還有另一個(gè)意思。最上面的一塊頸骨被稱作atlas，因?yàn)樗沃^部。Good-bye或Good-bygood-bye(再見(jiàn))是一種祝愿。最初的說(shuō)法是godbewithye(愿上帝與你同在)，然后隨著時(shí)間的發(fā)展逐漸變成了一個(gè)詞。我們打招呼時(shí)說(shuō)的話大部分都是好的祝愿，但我們說(shuō)的時(shí)候很少去思考這層含義以至于我們都忘記了。當(dāng)我們說(shuō)早上好、晚上好、晚安，還有類似的句子時(shí)，我們真正在說(shuō)的其實(shí)是：“我希望你擁有一個(gè)美好的早上(晚上/