英語由古代從丹麥等斯堪的納維亞半島以及德國、荷蘭及周邊移民至不列顛群島的盎格魯、撒克遜和朱特部落的白人所說的語言演變而來，並通過英國的殖民活動傳播到了世界各地。以下是小編整理的關於英語六級考試閱讀理解練習題及答案，希望大家認真閱讀!
Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
One day in 1935 the management of Britian’s Southern Railway (as it was then called) announced its intention to close the branch line from Lynton to Barnstable in North Devon. The proposal was received by the local inhabitants with angry protest. For them, the tall-chimneyed locomotives and the little flower-bordered stations of Devon had become as much of an institution as the village church or tavern. Moreover, the line ran through the heart of a popular tourist district. What would the holidaymaker do without it? Closing down the railway line had been unthinkable, yet now some busybody official in remote London was threatening to destroy it with a stroke of the pen.
Mounting local opposition resulted in a meeting at Barnstaple, where the crowed was joined by very vocal protestors from the other end of the line at meeting seemed to be going well for the railway supporters until the chairman politely inquired how many people from Lynton had traveled to Barnstaple by train. Out of the embarrassed silence that followed emerged the painful truth that, to a man, those who had come from Lynton to fight for the railway had come by highway. The fate of the Lynton and Barnstaple branch line was sealed.
This sad little story is typical of the attitude of many Englishmen toward their railways. Dissatisfied with the age of sheet metal, plastics, and reinforced concrete in which we find ourselves, we long more and more for the substantial, self-confident, and inspired products of the Victorian era. Of that age, Britain’s railways are the most eloquent and enduring reminders.
of the arguments against closing the railway line was that____.
A) fewer tourists would come into the area
B) people from outlying districts would be unable to attend religious services
C) the economy of the people would suffer greatly
D) it would be difficult to get from Lynton to Barnstaple
objected to the closing of the railway branch line?
A) Barnstaple people only.
B) Workers of the Southern Railway.
C) People of both Barnstaple and Lynton.
D) The management of the Southern Railway.
is the author’s reaction to the people who called the town meeting?
A) He is amused by their political efforts.
B) He is sympathetic to their cause.
C) He is encouraged by their success.
D) He is critical of their attitudes.
author seems to think that railways are reminders of the____.
A) personal concern and solid beauty of a past age
B) ugliness and oppression that modern society has overcome
C) benefits that the machine age has brought to man
D) growing dislike in England of the Victorian age
passage suggests that the Southern Railway of Britain is now
A) controlled by the local people
B) in financial difficult
C) under a different name
D) financially sound
Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
Federal Reserve System, central banking system of the United States, popularly called the Fed. A central bank serves as the banker to both the banking community and the government; it also issues the national currency, conducts monetary policy, and plays a major role in supervision and regulation of banks and bank holding companies. In the U.S. these functions are the responsibilities of key officials of the Federal Reserve System: the Board of Governors, located in Washington, D.C., and the top officers of the 12 district Federal Reserve banks, located throughout the nation. The Fed’s actions, described below, generally have a significant effect on the U.S. interest rates and, subsequently, on stock, bond, and other financial markets.
The Federal Reserve’s basic powers are concentrated in the Board of Governors, which is paramount in all policy issues concerning bank regulation and supervision and in most aspects of monetary control. The board enunciates the Fed’s policies on both monetary and banking matters. Because the board is not an operating agency, most of the day-to-day implementation of policies decisions is left to the district Federal Reserve banks, stock in which is owned by the commercial banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Ownership in this insance, however, does not imply control; the Board of Governors and the heads of the Reserve banks orient their policies to the public interest rather than to the benefit of the private banking system.
The U.S. banking system’s regulatory apparatus is complex; the authority of the Federal Reserve is shared in some instances for example, in mergers or the examination of banks with other federal agencies such as the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Cooperation (FDIC). In the critical area of regulating the nation’s money supply in accordance with national economic goals, however, the Federal Reserve is independent within the government. In come and expenditures of the Federal Reserve banks and of the Board of Governors are not subject to the congressional appropriation process; the Federal Reserve is subject to the congressional appropriation process; the Federal Reserve is self-financing. Its income($20.2 billion in 1992) comes mainly from Reserve bank holdings of income-earning securities, primarily those of the U.S. government. Outlays ($1.5 billion in 1992) are mostly for operational expenses in providing services to the government and for expenditures connected with regulation and monetary policy. In 1992 the Federal Reserve returned $16.8 billion in earnings to the U.S. Treasury.
Fed of the United States____.
A) functions as China Bank
B) is the counterpart of People’s Bank of China
C) is subject to the banking community and government
D) has 13 top officers who can influence the American financial market
fact that stock in the Fed belongs to commercial banks____.
A) doesn’t mean the latter is in control
B) means the latter is in control
C) means the latter is subjected to the Reserve banks
D) means the Reserve banks orient the latter’s policies
h of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A) The Fed is a very big, complex and significant system which comprises many local banks.
B) All the commercial banks are not the components of Federal Reserve System.
C) Board of Governors is the supreme policy-makers of Federal Reserve System.
D) District Reserve banks rather than Board of Governors perform the daytoday policies.
authority of the Federal Reserve____.
A) has to be shared with other establishmentsis
B) is exclusive at other times
C) isn’t limited by comptroller of the Currency and FDIC
D) is limited by Board of Governors
me of the Board of Governors____.
A) is borrowed from the U.S. Treasury
B) is used by the government to make various policies
C) comes from the U.S. Treasury
D) is not granted by the government
參考答案
Passage One
短文大意：文章敘述了英國南方鐵路公司因宣佈關閉從林登到邦斯太博之間的鐵路引起了一場抗議風波。從這個悲傷的小故事中可以看出當年英國人對他們鐵路的態度。從中現代人也可以得到某些啟示：我們不再滿足於我們目前所處的時代，而以往的，實實在在的東西卻令人難以忘懷。
1. 答 案A。
【參考譯文】反對關閉鐵路所爭論的理由之一是什麼?
【試題分析】本題為理解判斷題，需要根據關鍵詞語進行推理。
【詳細解答】在短文第一段裡有一句話：Moreover, the line ran through the heart of popular tourist district. What would the holiday maker do without it? (這條路線穿過一個著名的旅遊中心，沒有了它，那些假日的遊客怎麼辦?)從這裡不難看出這是反對關閉鐵路所持的理由之一，故A為正確答 案。
2. 答 案C。
【參考譯文】是誰反對關閉這條鐵路支線的?【試題分析】本題為理解判斷題，需要根據關鍵詞語進行推理。
【詳細解答】文章第二段開頭說得很清楚：Mounting local oppsition resulted in a meeting at Barnstaple, where the crowd was joined by very local protestors from the other end of the line at Lynton. (當地反對的浪潮高如山，於是在Barnstaple召開了大會，鐵路另一端的Lynton來的人加入了這個行列。) 這就清楚地說明這條鐵路的關閉遭到了來自兩個地方人的強烈抗議，即Barnstaple和Lynton的人們，故C為正確答 案。
3. 答 案D。
【參考譯文】作者對召開這次大會的人們的態度有何反應?
【試題分析】本題考查對作者意圖的理解。
【詳細解答】作者對召開這次大會的人們持批評態度。這可以從文章第三段文字中所表達出來的語氣中看得出來。當大會主席問到從Lynton來的人有多少是乘火車來的時候，人群中竟鴉雀無聲，他們都是由公路乘汽車來的。這段文字的敘述充分表達了作者對這些人所持的批評態度，故D為正確答 案。
4. 答 案A。
【參考譯文】作者似乎認為鐵路成了什麼紀念品了?
【試題分析】本題考查對作者意圖的理解。
【詳細解答】從文章的最後一段，特別是最後一句話，可以判斷出作者的意圖和想法。Of that age, Britain’s railways are the most eloquent and enduring reminders.(當年，英國的鐵路成了最動人心絃、最令人依依不捨、緬懷往事的紀念品了)。故A為正確答 案。
5. 答 案C。
【參考譯文】文章說明英國南方鐵路現在____。
【試題分析】本題考查對文章細節的理解能力。需要根據關鍵詞語進行推理。
【詳細解答】文章一開頭，就明確告訴讀者：One day in 1935 the management of Britain’s Southern Railway (as it was called)announced…(1935年的一天，英國南方鐵路公司(當時的名稱)宣佈…)。這裡的關鍵句子是it was called，言外之意是：過去曾經叫南方鐵路公司，現在不是這個名字，故C為正確答 案。
Passage Two
短文大意：本文是一篇說明文，對美國的聯邦儲備銀行給予了較為詳細的介紹。美聯儲是龐大的、複雜的和重要的銀行系統，有許多地方銀行。其權力主要集中在the Governors之手。美聯儲的權力有時是獨享的，有時與其他機構共享。具體運作相當複雜。閱讀本文後我們一定能對美聯儲有較清楚的瞭解。
6. 答 案B。
【參考譯文】美聯儲____。
【詳細解答】美國的聯邦儲備銀行相當於中國人民銀行。根據文章開頭部分的“A central bank … issues the notional currency, conducts money policy, … (中央銀行……發行貨幣,制訂金融政策……)”可知其功能與我國的人民銀行相同,故選B。A)作用同中國銀行;C)與原文第二句“A central bank serves…”不相符。聯邦儲備銀行的重要官員包括Board of Governors和“12個地方儲備銀行”，但未說明具體人數。
7. 答 案A。
【參考譯文】聯邦儲備銀行中的`股票歸商業銀行所有，____。
【詳細解答】選項A中的in control意味“控制於別人”，此處即the latter (商業銀行)控制股票。A與文中的Ownership…doesn’t imply control相符，而B則恰好與之相反。表面上看，C(意味著商業銀行從屬於聯邦儲備銀行)和D(意味著儲備銀行左右著商業銀行的政策)是正確的，而且原文中可找到根據，但C、D與題幹毫無邏輯關係。一般說來，物主對屬於自己的東西有控制權，而擁有股票的商業銀行卻不是這樣。這是該題的邏輯所在。
8. 答 案C。
【參考譯文】根據短文意思，下面哪種說法不對?
【試題分析】此題考查對文章細節的理解。
【詳細解答】A)Fed.是一龐大的、複雜的和重要的銀行系統，有許多地方銀行。文章開頭提到了“12 district Federal Reserve banks”,第三段首句提到了它的複雜性。B)不是所有的商業銀行都是聯邦儲備銀行的成員。第三段中間的定語從句“that are members of the Federal Reserve System ”說明了還有聯邦儲備銀行之外的商業銀行。D)(實施日常政策的是地方儲備銀行，而不是Board of Governors)與文中的“Because the board is not an operating agency,…left to the district Federal Reserve banks”相符。只有C)Board of Governors(是美國製訂政策的最高權力者)與文章第二段首句內容不符，故C為選擇答 案。
9. 答 案B。
【參考譯文】聯邦銀行的權威性____。
【詳細解答】文章第三段首句：“… is shared in some instances…with other federal agencies… (有時與其聯邦機構分享)”說明有時是不與他人分享的;文章第二段首句也說明了某些方面Fed.是最權威的(… paramount)。因此B為正確選項。A)(必須與其機構分享)太絕對;C)(不受貨幣審計機構和FDIC的限制)與第三段首句內容恰好相反;D)(受到銀行總裁們的限制)在文章中找不到根據。
10. 答 案D。
【參考譯文】Board of Governors 的收入____。
【詳細解答】文章末尾部分的句子“Income…are not subject to the congressional appropriation process (收入 … 不屬於國會撥款之列)”表明選項D正確。B)(被政府用於制訂各項政策)和C)(來源於美國國庫)均與文章最後三個句子內容不相符。
