12月英语六级仔细阅读练习题及答案
12月英语六级仔细阅读练习题及答案
Passage One
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.
In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival held every four years in honor of Zeus, king of the Olympian Gods, eventually lost its local character,became first a national event and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished, international.
No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 B.C.
The games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as
a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonored persons were not allowed to compete. The exact sequence of events is. uncertain, but events included boy's gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, horse racing and field events, though there were fewer sports involved than in the modern Olympic Games.
On the last day of the Games, all the winners were honored by having a ring of holy olive laves placed on their heads. So great was the honor that the winner of the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory.
Although Olympic winners received no prize money, they were, in fact, richly rewarded by their state authorities.
How their results compared with modem standards, we unfortunately have no means of telling.
After an uninterrupted history of almost 1,200 years, the games were suspended by the Romans in 394 A.D.
They continued for such a long time because people believed in the philosophy behind the Olympics: the idea that a healthy body produced a healthy mind, and that the spirit of competition in sports and games was preferable to the competition that caused wars. It was over 1,500 years before another such international athletic gathering took place in Athens in 1896.
splitwiseNowadays, the Games are held in different countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing countries pay their own athletes' expenses.
The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun's rays. It is carded by a succession of runners to the stadium. The torch symbolized the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it bums throughout the Games until the closing ceremony. The well-known Olympic flag, however, is a modem conception: the five inter locking rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents participating in the Games.
56. The Olympic Games became an international event since the games__________.
A. lost the previous religious meanings
B. were accepted by all Greek people
C. allowed foreign athletes to compete in it
D. got official records and judge systems
57. Compared with the modem Olympic Games, the ancient ones __________.
A. covered every possible events for males
B. did not give due respect to women
C.attracted people from different countries
D. had more sports events than the modem ones
58. In ancient Olympic Games, winners__________.
A. could not get any award in money form from organizers of the Games
B. could earn a lot of money through the award given by the organizers
C. could give his name to the year of his victory as a great honor
D. were honored by having a ring of olive leaves around their waists
59. According to the spirit of the ancient Olympic Games, __________.
A. wars between countries could be avoided through sports
B. competition in sports led to wars between countries
C. healthy mind could reinforce a healthy body
D. healthy mind could be fostered by a healthy body
60. When athletes arrive at the host country,__________.
A. the host country pays for their traveling expenses
B. they are always not satisfied with the living conditions
C. their countries have to pay for their expenditure
D. they use the training facilities immediately for adjustment.
Passage Two
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.
Now and again I have had horrible dreams, but not enough of them to make me lose my delight in dreams. To begin with, I like the idea of dreaming, of going to bed and lying still and then, by some queer magic, wandering into another kind of existence. As a child I could never understand why grown-ups took dreaming so calmly when they could make such a fuss about any holiday. This still puzzles me. I am mystified (迷惑的) by people who say they never dream and appear to have no interest in the subject. It is much more astonishing than if they said they never went out for a walk. Most people Or at least more Western Europeans do not seem to accept dreaming as part of their lives. They appear to
see it as an irritating little habit, like sneezing or yawning.

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