大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟题2019年(42)
(总分710,考试时间130分钟)
Part III    Reading Comprehension
Section C
    People traveling long distances frequently have to decide whether they would prefer to go by land, sea, or air. Hardly can anyone positively enjoy sitting in a train for more than a few hours. **partments soon get cramped and stuffy. Reading is only a partial solution, for the monotonous rhythm of the wheels clicking on the rails soon lulls you to sleep. During the day, **es in snatches. At night, when you really wish to go to sleep you rarely manage to do so. Inevitably you arrive at your destination almost exhausted. Long car journey are even less pleasant, for it is quite impossible even to read. On motorways you can, at least, travel fairly safely at high speeds, but more often than not, the greater part of the journey is spent on narrow, bumpy roads which are crowded with traffic. By comparison, trips by sea o
ffer a great variety of **forts. You can stretch your legs on the spacious decks, play games, swim, meet interesting people and enjoy good food—always assuming, of course, that the sea is calm. If it is not, and you are likely to get seasick; no form of transport could be worse. Even if you travel in ideal weather, sea journeys take a long time. Relatively few people are prepared to sacrifice up to a third of their holidays for the pleasure of traveling on a ship.
    Airplanes have the reputation of being dangerous and expensive. But nothing can match them for speed **fort. Traveling at a height of 30,000 feet, far above the clouds, and at over 500 miles an hour is an exhilarating experience. For a few hours, you settle back in a deep armchair to enjoy the flight The real escapist can watch a free film show and sip champagne on some services. But even when such refinements are not available, there is plenty to keep you occupied. An airplane offers you an unusual and breathtaking view of the world. You soar effortlessly over high mountains and deep valleys. You really see the shape of the land. If the landscape is hidden from the view, you can enjoy the extraordinary sight of unbroken cloud plains that stretch out for miles before
you, while the sun shines brilliantly in a clear sky. The journey is so smooth that there is nothing to prevent you from reading or sleeping. However you decide to spend your time, one thing is certain: you will arrive at your destination fresh and uncrumpled.
1.  The author indicates that reading can help lessen ______.
A. the boredom of being in the train
B. the tiresome clicking of the wheels
C. the sleeplessness during the journey
D. the poor ventilation of **partment
2.  What can we learn about the long distance journey by car?
A. It is safe because the car usually goes at high speeds.
B. It is monotonous because reading is quite impossible.
leftistC. It is exhausting because you seldom manage to sleep.
D. It is dangerous because the traffic is always too dense.
3.  Trips by sea is regarded as the worst means of traveling when _____.
A. the weather is terrible
B. the traveler has little time
C. the traveler feels seasick
D. the sea is not calm
4.  What is the greatest difference between traveling by air and the other means of traveling?
A. Traveling by air is not so tiring as the others.
B. Traveling by air brings more fun than the others.
C. Traveling by air is much more expensive than the others.
D. Traveling by air offers more time for sleep than the others.
5.  By writing the passage, the author intends to _____.
A. introduce diverse ways of traveling
B. points out the best mode of traveling
C. emphasize the advantages of traveling by air
D. compare the means of relaxing when traveling
    Not too many decades ago it seemed "obvious" both to the general public and to sociologists that modem society has changed people's natural relations, loosened their responsibilities to kin(亲戚)and neighbors, and substituted in their place superficial relationships with passing acquaintances. However, in recent years a growing body of research has revealed that the "obvious" is not true. It seems that if you are a city residen
t, you typically know a smaller proportion of your neighbors than you do if you are a resident of a **munity. But, for the most part, this fact has few significant consequences. It does not necessarily follow that if you know few of your neighbors you will know no one else.
    Even in very large cities, people maintain close social ties within small, private social worlds. Indeed, the number and quality of meaningful relationships do not differ between more and less urban people. Small-town residents are more involved with kin than are big-city residents. Yet city **pensate by developing friendships with people who share similar interests and activities. Urbanism may produce a different style of life, but the quality of life does not differ between town and city. Nor are residents of **munities any likelier to display psychological symptoms of stress or alienation, a feeling of not belonging, than are residents of **munities. However, city dwellers do worry more about crime, and this leads them to a distrust of strangers.
    These findings do not imply that urbanism makes little or no difference. If neighbors are
strangers to one another, they are less likely to sweep the sidewalk of an elderly couple living next door or keep an eye out for young trouble makers. Moreover, as Wirth suggested, there may be a link between a community's population size and its social heterogeneity(多样性). For instance, sociologists have found much evidence that the size of a community is associated with bad behavior including gambling, drugs, etc. Large-city urbanites are also more likely than their small-town counterparts to have a cosmopolitan(见多识广者的)outlook, to display less responsibility to traditional kinship roles, to vote for leftist political candidates, and to be tolerant of nontraditional religious groups, unpopular political groups, and so-called undesirables. Everything considered, heterogeneity and unusual behavior seem to be outcomes of large population size.

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