2016年12月英语六级仔细阅读练习及答案(四)

　　59. Why does the author compare the trade unions with managers in companies?

　　A. They are both influential in company affairs.

　　B. They both face problems of internal communication.

　　C. They both work with a system of "shop stewards".

　　D. They both work efficiently.

　　60. The title which best expresses the idea of the text would be __________.

　　A. British Trade Unions and Their Drawbacks

　　B. A Centralized and Concentrated Society

　　C. The Power of Trade Unions in Britain

　　D. The Structure of British Trade Unions

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.

　　One of the most interesting paradoxes in America today is that Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, is now engaged in a serious debate about what a university should be, and whether it is measuring up (符合标准).

　　Like the Roman Catholic Church and other ancient institutions, it is asking--still in private rather than in public--whether its past assumptions about faculty, authority, admissions, courses of study, are really relevant to the problems of our society.

　　Should Harvard--or any other university--be an intellectual sanctuary, apart from the political and social revolution of the age, or should it be a laboratory for experimentation with these political and social 　revolutions; or even an engine of the revolution? This is what is being discussed privately in the big clapboard ( 楔形板) houses of faculty members around the Harvard Yard.

　　The issue was defined by Walter Lippmann, a distinguished Harvard graduate, many years ago.

　　"If the universities are to do their work," he said, "they must be independent and they must be disinterested... They are places to which men can turn for unbiased judgments. Obviously, the moment the universities fall under political control, or under the control of private interests, or the moment they themselves take a hand in politics and the leadership of government, their value as independent and disinterested sources of judgment is impaired..."

　　This is part of the argument that is going on at Harvard today. Another part is the argument of the militant and even many moderated students: that a university is the keeper of our ideals and morals, and should not be "disinterested" but activist in bringing the Nation's ideals and actions together.

　　Harvard's men of today seem more troubled and less sure about personal, political and academic purpose than they did at the beginning. They are not even clear about how they should debate and resolve their problems, but they are struggling with them privately, and how they come out is bound to influence American university and political life in the 21st century.

　　61. A "paradox"(Line 1, Paragraph 1 ) is__________.

　　A. an unusual situation

　　B. a parenthetical expression

　　C. a difficult puzzle

　　D. a self-contradiction

　　62. The word "sanctuary", in paragraph 3 refers to __________.

　　A. a holy place dedicated to a certain god

　　B. a temple or nnnnery of the middle age

　　C. a certain place you can hide in and avoid mishaps

　　D. an academy for intelligent people

　　63. The issues in the debate on Harvard's goals are whether the universities should remain independent of our society and its problems, and whether they should __________.

　　A. fight off militarism

　　B. exert greater influence upon the young generation

　　C. take an active part in solving the society's ills

　　D. reconsider the structure of institutes and departments

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