俗话说熟能生巧---多练习才能变得熟练。英语六级阅读理解部分更是如此。在距离6级考试还有一段时间，各位考生抓紧利用零碎的时间进行英语六级阅读理解的练习。另：各位考生可持续关注本专题。

俗话说熟能生巧---多练习才能变得熟练。英语六级阅读理解部分更是如此。在距离6级考试还有一段时间，各位考生抓紧利用零碎的时间进行英语六级阅读理解的练习。另：各位考生可持续关注本专题。

the pronoun problem is to use ______ instead of the singular.   参考答案： 1. Y 2. N 3. NG 4. Y 5. a member of the human species 6. male people only 7. a singular pronoun 8. men only 9. the incorrect grammar 10. the plural 解析： 1.根据“‘Man’”部分第一段“Man once was a truly generic word referring to all humans，but has

to be broken into more businesses D) now has smaller units than all other businesses in GE   参考答案及解析： 57.文章第五段提到“the rest of G.E，had been divided into 11 other businesses”，也就是除 GE Capital之外共有11家公司。文章第一段指出GE Capital将被分成4家公司。因此，调整结构以后，GE共有15家公司。答案为D项。 58.第二段第二句指出Dennis Dammerman是GE的副总裁，曾在Nayden之前做过GE

) Dec. 24th was the sixth busiest holiday shopping day in 1997. D) One can buy brightly colored plastic watches in Swatch Store. 56. The word "festive" in paragraph 2 can not be understood as ______. A) cheery B) fetish C) joyous D) merry   参考答案：52--56 ACBAB 解析： 52.主旨题。第一段开始便提到，尽管是圣诞节前最后一天，人们却拒绝承认是

consequences， such as strikes，lost orders，legal problems or fatal accidents—even，at times，war.”中的“Publicity”就是题目中的“come to the attention of the public”，由此可见，当语言障碍导致“重大后果(major consequences)”，如罢工等等社会问题或者致命的事故时，才会引起关注。因此，答案为“major consequences”。 48.毒蘑菇事件是作者在第二段关于语言问题导致致命事故所举的例子。第二段最后一句作者讲道“Presumably because

到了她们面对的困难。故正确答案为C项。 53.词义推断题。第三段作者陈述了变革后女性面对的各种困境。女性参与工作导致工资水平下降。这又反过来迫使她们不得不出去工作，补充丈夫的收入来养家，但女性还得同时兼顾家庭。除此之外，在工作方面，男性继续垄断了好的工作机会。因此，这里和“monopolize”意思最为接近的是“hold”，故答案为A项。 54.写作目的题。结合第一题主旨题可以看出作者写作此文不是为了娱乐读者(选项C)，也不是在讲故事(选项B)，更没有比较不同的政府体制(选项A)，作者只陈述了苏联社会变革对女性的生活产生了深刻的影响，是属于提供信息，故答案为D项。 55.文章基调(作者态度)题。作者既陈述了变革给女性带来的机会，也写到她们由此不得不做出的牺牲。因此，作者客观地提供信息，文章基调是客观的。故正确答案为C项。 56.推断题。文章第二段指出变革赋予女性和男性平等的权利。她们可以从事同样的工作，接受相同的教育，通过努力同样进人专业领域。尽管第三段提到她们由此也不得不付出很大的代价，但我们可以推断，和过去相比，女性的经济和社会地位还是有所提高的。故正确答案为A项。  声明：沪江网高度重视知识产权保护，发现本网站发布的信息包含有侵犯其著作权的链接内容时，请联系我们，我们将做相应处理。

Women who apply for jobs in middle or senior management have a higher success rate than men, according to an employment survey. But of course far fewer of them apply for these positions. The study, by recruitment (征召新成员) consultants NB Selection, shows that while one in six men who appear on interview shortlist get jobs, the figure rises to one in four for women. Reasons for higher success rates among women are difficult to isolate. One explanation suggested is that if a woman candidate manages to get on a shortlist, then she has probably already proved herself to be an exceptional candidate. Dr. Marx said that when women apply for positions they tend to be better qualified than their male counterparts but are more selective and conservative in their job search. Women tend to research thoroughly before applying for positions or attending interviews. Men, on the other hand, seem to rely on their ability to sell themselves and to convince employers that any shortcomings they have will not prevent them from doing a good job. Managerial and executive progress made by women is confirmed by the annual survey of boards of directors carried out by Korn International. This year the survey shows a doubling of the number of women serving as non-executive directors compared with the previous year. However, progress remains painfully slow and there were still only 18 posts filled by women out of a total of 354 non-executive positions surveyed. In Europe a recent feature of corporate life in the recession has been the de-layering of management structures. Hilary Sears said that this has halted progress for women in as much as de-layering has taken place either where women are working or in layers they aspire to. Sears also noted a positive trend from the recession, which has been the growing number of women who have started up on their own. In business as a whole, there are a number of factors encouraging the prospect of greater equality in the workforce. Demographic trends suggest that the number of women going into employment is steadily increasing. In addition a far greater number of women are now passing through higher education, making them better qualified to move into management positions. Organizations such as the European Women's Management Development Network provide a range of opportunities for women to enhance their skills and contacts. However, Ariane Antal, director of the International Institute for Organization Change for Archamps in France, said that there is only anecdotal evidence of changes in recruitment patterns. And she said: "It's still so hard for women to even get on to shortlists -there are so many hurdles and barriers." She agreed that there have been some positive signs but said: "Until there is a belief among employers, until they value the difference, nothing will change." 47. From the passage, we can see that males applicants ______ female applicants for top posts. 48. Women are more ______ than men when they apply for positions or attending interviews. 49. What aspect of company structuring has disadvantaged women in getting management positions? 50. According to Sears; the number of female-run business is ______. 51. Which group of people should change their attitude to recruitment so as to have a greater equality in the workforce?   参考答案： 47. exceed/are more than 48. well-prepared/better qualified 49. De-layering. 50. increasing/on the increase 51. The employers. /Employers. 解析： 47.第一段第一句说女性在应聘中、高管理职位的时候成功率比男性高。紧接着作者又补充了“But of course far fewer of them apply for these positions.”，可见应聘中、高管理职位的女性要比男性少。这

看吧，三垒运动员脚尖点地，屈臂或把接球手套直指前方，左右移动步伐，或前或后，或许他还要越过场地盯着一垒球手的动作。 答案与详解 【短文大意】本文主要讲述垒球的特征及欣赏。 1. D 主旨题。文章第一段简述了人们对垒球所持的偏见——认为它毫无活力、从容和缓，不像橄榄球那样(禁止)迭起、令人激动。文章的第二、三、四、五段探讨了垒球的根本特征及欣赏角度，文章的最后一句话用一个比喻概括了垒球的魅力：“如果橄榄球是一曲交响乐的话，那么，垒球中所表现出来的运动恰似一曲优

文化背景对商业运作的影响 Culture is one of the most challenging elements of the international marketplace. 『This system of learned behavior patterns characteristic of the members of a given society is constantly shaped by a set of dynamic variables: language, religion, values and attitudes, manners and customs, [w]aesthetics[/w], technology, education, and social institutions.』① To cope with this system, an international manager needs both factual and [w]interpretive[/w] knowledge of culture. To some extent, the factual knowledge can be learned; its interpretation comes only through experience. The most complicated problems in dealing with the cultural environment stem from the fact that one cannot learn culture—one has to live it. Two schools of thought exist in the business world on how to deal with cultural diversity. One is that business is business the world around, following the model of Pepsi and McDonald’s. In some cases, globalization is a fact of life; however, cultural differences are still far from [w=converge]converging[/w]. The other school proposes that companies must tailor business approaches to individual cultures. Setting up policies and procedures in each country has been compared to an organ transplant; the critical question centers around acceptance or rejection. The major challenge to the international manager is to make sure that rejection is not a result of cultural [w]myopia[/w] or even blindness. Fortune examined the international performance of a dozen large companies that earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas. The internationally successful companies all share an important quality: patience. They have not rushed into situations but rather built their operations carefully by following the most basic business principles. These principles are to know your adversary, know your audience, and know your customer. 1. According to the passage, which of the following is true? A. All international managers can learn culture. B. Business diversity is not necessary. C. Views differ on how to treat culture in business world. D. Most people do not know foreign culture well. 2. According to the author, the model of Pepsi ______. A. is in line with the theories of the school advocating the business is business the world around B. is different from the model of McDonald’s C. shows the reverse of globalization D. has converged cultural differences 3. The two schools of thought ______. A. both propose that companies should tailor business approaches to individual cultures B. both advocate that different policies be set up in different countries C. admit the existence of cultural diversity in business world D. Both A and B 4. This article is supposed to be most useful for those ______. A. who are interested in researching the topic of cultural diversity B. who have connections to more than one type of culture C. who want to travel abroad D. who want to run business on International Scale 5. According to Fortune, successful international companies ______. A. earn 20 percent or more of their revenue overseas B. all have the quality of patience C. will follow the overseas local cultures D. adopt the policy of internationalization 词汇与短语 1. dynamic adj. 动态的 2. variable n. 变量 3. aesthetics n. 美学 4. factual adj. 事实的 5. interpretative adj. 解释的 6. converge v. 聚合 7. transplant v. 移植 　 8. myopia n. 近视 9. adversary n. 对手 长难句解析 ①【解析】此句虽然很长，但考生只要认清它的主干，就很容易了解本句的意思。这个句子为一个简单句，主语为：“this system”，谓语为“is shaped”。 【译文】特定社会成员特点构成的行为方式体系不断地被一系列动态变量所左右：如语言、信仰、价值与态度、礼仪与风俗、审美、技术、教育及社会体制。 答案与详解 【短文大意】本文主要讲述文化背景对商业运作的影响，文中列举了商界中存在的对于文化多样性的两种观点。 1. C 推断题。意为“对在商业中怎样对待文化有着不同意见”。 文化在商业中是一个很具挑战性的因素。不同的国家与地区可能会有不同的文化体系。在商业中，应该怎样对待不同的文化，商业界存在着不同的看法。 2. A 细节题。意为“……与同意世界商业一体化的派别的主张是一致的”。 Pepsi采纳的是国际化的商业风格，这与那些主张国际化的派别的意见是相一致的。 3. C 推断题。意为“承认商业世界中文化的多元性”。两个派别都承认商业世界中文化的多元性。他们的不同在于，应该对待不同的文化，应该搞国际化还是对不同的文化采取不同的策略。 4. D 主旨题。由文中的例子可以知道，作者主要关心的并不是研究多种文化形态，而是文化背景对商业运作的影响。所以D是正确答案。 5. B 细节题。意为“都具有耐心这一素质”。并非所有成功的国际公司的海外收入都占总收入的20%或以上。它们也不一定全都接纳海外的当地文化，或是采纳国际化策略。 声明：沪江网高度重视知识产权保护，发现本网站发布的信息包含有侵犯其著作权的链接内容时，请联系我们，我们将做相应处理。