六级英语仔细阅读练习题

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　　六级英语仔细阅读练习题1

　　Federal Reserve System, central banking system of the United States, popularly called the Fed. A central bank serves as the banker to both the banking community and the government; it also issues the national currency, conducts monetary policy, and plays a major role in the supervision and regulation of banks and bank holding companies. In the U.S. these function are the responsibilities of key officials of the Federal Reserve System: the Board of Governors, located in Washington, D.C., and the top officers of 12 district Federal Reserve banks, located throughout the nation. The Fed’s actions, described below, generally have a significant effect on U.S. interest rates and, subsequently, on stock, bond, and other financial markets.

　　The Federal Reserve’s basic powers are concentrated in the Board of Governors, which is paramount in all policy issues concerning bank regulation and supervision and in most aspects of monetary control. The board enunciates the Fed’s policies on both monetary and banking matter. Because the board is not an operating agency, most of the day-to day implementation of policy decisions is left to the district Federal Reserve banks, stock in which is owned by the commercial banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System. Ownership in this instance, however, does not imply control; the Board of Governors and the heads of the Reserve banks orient their policies to the public interest rather than to the benefit of the private banking system.

　　The U.S. banking system’s regulatory apparatus is complex; the authority of the Federal Reserve is shared in some instances for example, in mergers or the examination of banks with other Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In the critical area of regulating the nation’s money supply in accordance with national economic goals, however, the Federal Reserve is independent within the government, Income and expenditures of the Federal Reserve banks and of the board of governors are not subject to the congressional appropriation process; the Federal Reserve is self-financing. Its income ($20.2 billion in 1992) comes mainly from Reserve bank holdings of income-earning securities, primarily those of the U.S. government. Outlays ($1.5 billion in 1992) are mostly for operational expenses in providing services to the government and for expenditures connected with regulation and monetary policy. In 1992 the Federal Reserve returned 416.8 billion in earnings to the U.S. treasury.

　　六级英语仔细阅读练习题

　　1.The Fed of the United States ___.

　　A.function as China Bank

　　B.is the counterpart of People’s Bank of China

　　C.is subjected to the banking community and government

　　D.has 13 top officers who can influence the American financial market

　　2.The fact that stock in the Fed belongs to commercial banks ___.

　　A.doesn’t mean the latter is in control

　　B.means the latter is in control

　　C.means the latter is subjected to the Reserve banks

　　D.means the Reserve banks orient the latter’s policies

　　3.Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?

　　A.The fed is a very big, complex and significant system which comprises many local banks.

　　B.All the commercial banks are not the components of Federal Reserve System.

　　C.Board of governors is the supreme policy-makers of America.

　　D.District Reserve banks rather than Board of governors perform the day-to-day policies.

　　4.The authority of the federal Reserve ___.

　　A.has to be shared with other establishments.

　　B.is exclusive at other times

　　C.isn’t limited by comptroller of the Currency and FDIC

　　D.is limited by Board of governors

　　5.Income of the Board of governors ___.

　　A.is borrowed from the U.S. treasury

　　B.is used by the government to make various policies

　　C.comes from the U.S. Treasury

　　D.is not granted by the government

　　六级英语仔细阅读练习题答案

　　BACBD

　　六级英语仔细阅读练习题2

　　Art is considered by many people to be little more than a decorative means of giving pleasure. This is not always the case, however; at times, art may be seen to have a purely functional side as well. Such could be said of the sandpaintings of the Navaho Indians of the American Southwest; these have a medicinal as well as an artistic purpose.

　　According to Navaho traditions, one who suffers from either a mental or a physical illness has in come way disturbed or come in contact with the supernatural—perhaps a certain animal, a ghost, or the dead. To counteract this evil contact, the ill person or one of his relatives will employ a medicine man called a “singer” to perform a healing ceremony which will attract a powerful supernatural being.

　　During the ceremony, which may last from 2 to 9 days, the “singer” will produce a sandpainting on the floor of the Navaho hogan. On the last day of the ceremony, the patient will sit on this sandpainting and the “singer” will rub the ailing parts of the patient’s body with sand from a specific figure in the sandpainting. In this way the patient absorbs the power of that particular supernatural being and becomes strong like it. After the ceremony, the sandpainting is then destroyed and disposed of so its power will not harm anyone.

　　The art of sandpainting is handed down from old “singer” to their students. The material used are easily found in the areas the Navaho inhabit; brown, red, yellow, and white sandstone, which is pulverized by being crushed between 2 stones much as corns is ground into flour. The “singer” holds a small amount of this sand in his hand and lets it flow between his thumb and fore-finger onto a clean, flat surface on the floor. With a steady hand and great patience, he is thus able to create designs of stylized people, snakes and other creatures that have power in the Navaho belief system. The traditional Navaho does not allow reproduction of sandpaintings, since he believes the supernatural powers that taught him the craft have forbidden this; however, such reproductions can in fact be purchased today in tourist shops in Arizona and New Mexico. These are done by either Navaho Indians or by other people who wish to preserve this craft.

　　六级英语仔细阅读练习题

　　1.The purpose of the passage is to ___.

　　A.discuss the medical uses of sandpaintings in medieval Europe.

　　B.study the ways Navaho Indians handed down their painting art.

　　C.consider how Navaho “singer” treat their ailments with sandpaintings.

　　D.tell how Navaho Indians apply sandpainting for medical purposes.

　　2.The purpose of a healing ceremony lies in ___.

　　A.pleasing the ghosts

　　B.attracting supernatural powers

　　C.attracting the ghosts

　　D.creating a sandpainting

　　3.The “singer” rubs sand on the patient because ___.

　　A.the patient receives strength from the sand

　　B.it has pharmaceutical value

　　C.it decorates the patient

　　D.none of the above

　　4.What is used to produce a sandpainting?

　　A.Paint

　　B.Beach sand

　　C.Crushed sandstone

　　D.Flour

　　5.Which of the following titles will be best suit the passage?

　　A.A New Direction for Medical Research

　　B.The Navaho Indians’ Sandpainting

　　C.The Process of Sandpainting Creation

　　D.The Navaho Indians’ Medical History

　　六级英语仔细阅读练习题答案

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