大学英语六级阅读模拟试题
（一）化学工业相关阅读模拟题
以下是一道有关化学工业比较类型的模拟题： Which is safer - staying at home, traveling to work on public transport, or working in the office? Surprisingly, each of these carries the same risk, which is very low. However, what about flying compared to working in the chemical industry? Unfortunately, the former is 65 times riskier than the latter! In fact, the accident rate of workers in the chemical industry is less than that of almost any of human activity, and almost as safe as staying at home. The trouble with the chemical industry is that when things go wrong they often cause death to those living nearby. It is this which makes chemical accidents so newsworthy. Fortunately, they are extremely rare. The most famous ones happened at Texas City (1947), Flixborough (1974), Seveso (1976), Pemex (1984) and Bhopal (1984). Some of these are always in the minds of the people even though the loss of life was small. No one died at Seveso, and only 28 workers at Flixborough. The worst accident of all was Bhopal, where up to 3,000 were killed. The Texas City explosion of fertilizer killed 552. The Pemex fire at a storage plant for natural gas in the suburbs of Mexico City took 542 lives, just a month before the unfortunate event at Bhopal. 1
（二）工作模式相关阅读模拟题
基于工作模式变化的理解题
题目：The industrial age may now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be reversed. What does this statement imply?
答案思路分析：This statement implies that the end of the industrial age might necessitate a change back to some pre - industrial work patterns. During the industrial age, there were significant changes such as the enclosure movement making people dependent on paid work, the factory system destroying cottage industries, and employment causing disadvantages for women and exclusion of young and old people. Now, as the industrial age is potentially ending, there may be a need to reverse these changes for a better future of work. 2
关于就业历史影响的细节题
题目：How did the enclosure movement in the 17th and 18th centuries affect employment?
答案思路分析：The enclosure movement in the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work. It did this by depriving them of the use of the land, thus taking away their means of providing a living for themselves, which led to the widespread nature of employment.

二、剖析段落功能
开头段：分析开头段是如何引出主题的。是通过讲述一个小故事来引入，还是直接提出问题或者陈述一个事实来吸引读者的注意力并引出主题。例如在一篇关于环境保护的文章中，开头段可能以讲述某个地方因为环境污染导致的严重后果的故事来引出环境保护这个主题，这是一种比较生动且能引起读者情感共鸣的方式；也可能直接提出“Environmental protection is an urgent issue nowadays.”（环境保护是当今一个紧迫的问题）这样简洁明了的主题句。
中间段：对于中间段落，要看每个段落是否有明确的主题句。主题句是否准确地概括了该段落的中心思想。然后分析段落中的其他句子是如何围绕主题句展开论述的。比如在论述网络学习的优势的段落中，主题句为“Online learning has several advantages.”（在线学习有几个优势），之后的句子可能会分别从学习资源丰富、学习时间灵活等方面进行阐述，这些阐述是通过举例、对比等方式来进行的，如“For example, there are a large number of free courses on the Internet, which can be accessed at any time, unlike traditional classroom learning with fixed schedules.”（例如，互联网上有大量的预约课程，可以随时访问，不像传统的课堂学习有固定的时间表）。
结尾段：结尾段主要看它是如何总结全文的。是对文章的主要观点进行概括性的重述，还是在总结的基础上提出了新的见解或者建议。例如在关于健康饮食的文章结尾，可能会总结说“To sum up, a balanced diet is essential for our health.”（总之，均衡的饮食对我们的健康至关重要），也可能会进一步提出建议“Therefore, we should start to choose healthy foods and avoid junk foods from now on.”（因此，我们应该从现在开始选择健康的食物并避免垃圾食品）。
三、研究句子间关系
逻辑关系：关注句子之间的逻辑关系，如因果关系、递进关系、转折关系等。因果关系的句子通常会有“because”“so”“therefore”等连接词，例如“He didn't study hard, so he failed the exam.”（他没有努力学习，所以他考试不及格）；递进关系可能会使用“moreover”“furthermore”“in addition”等词，像“She is not only beautiful, but also very intelligent. Moreover, she is very kind.”（她不仅漂亮，而且非常聪明。此外，她还很善良）；转折关系则会有“but”“however”“although”等词，例如“Although he is rich, he is not happy.”（虽然他很富有，但他并不快乐）。通过分析这些逻辑关系，可以更好地理解文章的结构和作者的思路。
指代关系：注意句子中的指代关系，这有助于理解文章的连贯性。例如在文章中出现“it”“this”“that”等代词时，要明确它们所指代的对象。如果前面提到了“a book”，后面说“this is very interesting”，那么“this”就是指代“a book”。这种指代关系使文章避免了重复，并且使句子之间的联系更加紧密。