2020年6月英语六级阅读理解提升练习二
来源 :中华考试网 2020-03-14
中Karen Rusa was a 30-year-old woman and the mother of four children. For the past several months Karenhad been experiencing repetitive thoughts that centered around her children' s safety.
She frequently found herself imagining that a serious accident had occurred; she was unable to put these thoughts out of her mind. On one such occasion she imagined that her son, Alan, had broken his leg playing football at school. There was no reason to believe that an accident had occurred, but she kept thinking about the possibility until she finally called the school to see if Alan was all right. Even after receiving their assurance that he had not been hurt, she described herself as being
somewhat surprised when he later arrived home unharmed. Karen also noted that her daily routine was seriously hampered by an extensive series of counting work that she performed throughout each day. Specific numbers had come to have a special meaning to her; she found that her preoccupation with these numbers was hampering her ability to perform everyday activities. One example was grocery shopping. Karen believed that if she selected the first item on the shelf, something terrible
would happen to her oldest child. If she selected the second item, some unknown disaster would fall on her second child, and so on for the four children. Karen' s preoccupation with numbers extended to other activities, most notable the pattern in which she smoked cigarettes and drank coffee. If she had one cigarette; she believed that she had to smoke at least four in a row, or one of her children word be harmed in some way. If she drank one cup of coffee, she felt compelled to
drink four. Karen acknowledged the unreasonableness of these rules, but, nevertheless, maintained that she felt more comfortable.,When she observed them earnestly, when she was occasionally in too great a hurry to observe these rules, she experienced considerable anxiety, in the form of a subjective feeling of dread and fear. She described herself as tense, uneasy, and unable to relax during
these periods. The occurrence of rarely minor accidents does not reduce her belief that she had beendirectly responsible because of her inability to observe the. rules about number.
46. The main idea of this passage is to .
A. describe a woman who suffered from a psychological disease
B. warn the readers against any imagination
C. explain the reason why Karen had such fanciful thoughts
D. present a case for the readers to study
47. Which of the following statements, if true, could most probably cure Karen of the illness?
A. Her children were all right.
B. She had a job having little to do with numbers.
C. She went to a psychoanalyst.
D. She gave up smoking and drinking coffee.
48. What does the underlined word preoccupation mean?
A. The fin'st right to occupy something.
B. The first impression.
C . The extreme focus of attention.
D. The question.
49. Which of the following inferences is most probably NOT true according to the passage?
A. When Karen was in a great hurry to smoke, she would feel much anxiety.
B. If she selected the fourth item on the sheff in a group, the fourth child must experience some unknown disaster.
C. Drinking four cups of coffee would make Karen more comfortable than drinking two cups.
D. Karen was a mother of four sons.
50. The author cited the example of the grocery shopping to
A. demonstrate her children' s safety was closely related to the item she selected in the store
B. account for Karen' s inability to perform everyday activities
C . show how specific numbers were related to the safety of her children
D. further explain that Karen was suffering from a psychological illness
阅读赏析
文章主要描述了一个遭受心理障碍困扰的女人。在过去几个月，这位妇女一直受到有关她孩子安全的困扰。她经常发现自己总是在想象发生一系列的严重事故。一次，她对儿子的安全产生怀疑，直到打电话到学校证实儿子安然无恙。在购物时，她每从货架上拿一件物品，便想着自己的一个孩子因此遭殃。她抽烟，喝咖啡，都要连抽4根和连喝4杯。如果做不到，就会很忧虑。这些都说明她由于过分关心孩子，受到了严重的精神困扰。
答案及解析
46.A
【命题目的】本题考查考生归纳中心思想的能力。
【解题要点】文章段前五句说“在过去几个月，这位妇女一直受到有关她孩子安全的困扰。她经常发现自己总是在想象发生一系列的严重事故。一次，她对儿子的安全产生怀疑，打电话到学校证实儿子安然无恙”。这些足以证明这个妇女深受心理障碍之苦。
47.C
【命题目的】本题考查细节和推理能力。
【解题要点】本题可用排除法，A项“她的孩子安好无恙”，B项“她的工作和数字无太大关系”，D项“她戒烟，且不喝咖啡”，这些都只触及 她心理障碍的表象，不可能治愈她的心理疾病。对于一个遭受心理 障碍困扰的女人，应该“看心理医生”。
48.C
【命题目的】本题考查结合上下文猜测词义。
【解题要点】preoccupation意为“关注”。the first impression意为“印象”。即使不知道词义，通过上下文也应推测出这里作者想说，“她对数字的过分关注损坏了日常生活能力”，能达到影响日常生活能力的一定是产生负面影响的活动，只有C项表示出“过分”的含义，所以猜测是该选项。
49.D
【命题目的】本题考查对信息的捕捉和推理能力。
【解题要点】A项是事实，文中倒数第三句有原文表示。文中倒数第六句提到了“这位妇女在抽烟时会感到紧张，要连抽4根烟，因为害 怕如果少抽几根，会给她的孩子带来灾难”，从原文可推测，这是因为 她将自己抽的每一根烟看成自己孩子的安全的象征，漏了哪一个，就都会给哪个孩子带来灾难，这间接说明她有4个孩子，故B项也属 实。根据倒数第五句“她喝了一杯咖啡，那她就一定要连喝到4杯咖啡”，C项符合原文意思。D项说她有4个儿子，文中只说她有4个孩子，不一定都是儿子。
50.D
【命题目的】本题考查推理判断。
【解题要点】文章主要想描述一个受心理疾病困扰的女人，那么作者引用例子的目的是与此相关的选项。A项和C项是妇女所抱有的错误想法，而非作者的引用目的。B项“解释凯伦不能做日常事情的原因”与中心无关。“买东西”的例子说明妇女心里困扰已经到了影响 日常生活的地步，与D项相符。
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