中国名校英语六级考试冲刺（六）

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension(35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. ?
Passage One?
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:?
    The media can impact current events. As a graduate student at Berkeley in the 1960s, I remember experiencing the events related to the People’s Park that were occurring on campus. Some of these events were given national media coverage in the press and on TV. I found it interesting to compare my impressions of what was going on with perceptions obtained from the news media. I could begin to see events of that time feed on news coverage. This also provided me with some healthy insights into the distinction between these realities.?
    Electronic media are having a greater impact on the people’s lives every day. People gather more and more of their impressions from representations. Television and telephone communications are linking people to a global village, or what one writer calls the electronic city. Consider the information that television brings into your home every day. Consider also the contact you have with others simply by using telephone. These media extend your consciousness and your contact. for example, the video coverage of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake focused on “live action” such as the fires or the rescue efforts. This gave the viewer the impression of total disaster. Television coverage of the Iraqi War also developed an immediacy. CNN reported events as they happened. This coverage was distributed worldwide. Although most people were far away from these events, they developed some perception of these realities. ?
    In 1992, many people watched in horror as riots broke out on a sad Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, seemingly fed by video coverage from helicopters. This event was triggered by verdict (裁定) in the Rodney King beating. We are now in an age where the public can have access to information that enables it to make its own judgments, and most people, who had seen the video of this beating, could not understand how the jury（陪审团）was able to acquit (宣布……无罪)the policeman involved. Media coverage of events as they occur also provides powerful feedback that influences events. This can have harmful results, as it seemed on that Wednesday night in Los Angeles. By Friday night the public got to see Rodney King on television pleading. “can we all get along?” By Saturday, television seemed to provide positive feedback as the Los Angeles riot turned out into a rally for peace. The television showed thousands of people marching with banners and cleaning tools. Because of that , many people turned out to join the peaceful event that saw unfolding on television. The real healing, of course, will take much longer, but electronic media will continue to be a part of that process. ?21.The best title for this passage is____.?
A) The 1992 Los Angeles Riots?
B) The Impact of Media on Current Events?
C) The 1989 San Francisco Earthquake and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots?
D) How media Cover Events?
22.All the following statements are true EXCEPT that____.?
A) electronic media can extend one’s contact with the world?
B) those living far away from a certain event can also have some perception of realities by watching television?
C) all the events occurring on the university campus at Berkeley were given national media coverage ?
D) video coverage of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake gave the viewers the impression of total disaster ?
23.The term“electronic city”in paragraph 2 refers to____.?
A) Los Angeles B) San Francisco?
C) Berkeley D) Earth?
24.The 1992 Los Angeles riots broke out because____. ?
A)the jury acquitted the policemen who had beaten Rodney King ?
B)people can make their own judgments?
C)video coverage from helicopters had made people angry?
D)video coverage had provided powerful feedback ?
25.It can be inferred from the passage that ____.?
A) media coverage of events as they occur can have either good or bad results ?
B) most people who had seen the video of the Rodney King beating agree with the verdict of the jury?
C) the 1992 Los Angeles riots lasted a whole week?
D) Rodney King seemed very angry when he appeared on television on Friday?
Passage Two?
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:?
    The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in 1990. This law extends civil rights protection to persons with disabilities in private sector employment, all public services, and in public accommodations, transportation, and telecommunications. A person with a disability is defined as someone with a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits him or her in a major life activity, such as walking, talking, working, or self-care. A person with a disability may also be someone with a past record of such an impairment, for example, someone who no longer has heart disease but is discriminated against because of that history. ?
    The ADA states that employers with fifteen or more employees may not refuse to hire or promote a person because of a disability if that person is qualified to perform the job. Also, the employer must make reasonable accommodations that will allow a person with a disability to perform essential functions of the job. All new vehicles purchased by public transit authorities must be accessible to people with disabilities. All rail stations must be made accessible, and at least one car per train in existing rail systems must be made accessible. ?
    It is illegal for public accommodations to exclude or refuse persons with disabilities. Public accommodations are business and services such as restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, and parks. All now buildings must be made accessible, and existing facilities must remover barriers if the removal can be accomplished without much difficulty or expense. ?
The ADA also stipulates that companies offering telephone service to the general public must offer relay services to individuals who use telecommunications devices for the deaf, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. ?
26.What is the main purpose of the passage??
A) To describe discrimination against persons with disabilities.?
B) To explain the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.?
C) To make suggestions for hiring persons with disabilities.?
D) To discuss telecommunications devices for the deaf.?
27. According to the passage, all of the following are affected by the Americans with Disabilities Act EXCEPT ____.?
A) someone who has difficulty walking?
B) a public transit authority?
C) an employer with fewer than fifteen employers?
D) a person with a past record of an impairment?
28.The author mentions grocery stores as an example of ____.?
A) public transit?
B) barriers?
C) private sector employment?
D) public accommodations?
29.The? author implies all of the following EXCEPT ____.?
A) the ADA requires people with disabilities to pay for special accommodations?
B) the ADA is designed to protect the civil rights of many people?
C) public transportation must accommodate the needs of people with disabilities ?
D) The ADA protects the rights of people with mental impairments?
30.It can be inferred from the passage that ____.?
A) restaurants can refuse service to people with disabilities ?
B) every car of a train must be accessible to persons with disabilities.?
C) the ADA is not well-liked by employers?
D) large companies may not discriminate against workers with disabilities. ?