阅读理解历来都是大学英语四级考试中的重心，内容非常贴近大学生日常生活。题型顺序为：选词填空--长篇阅读--深度阅读。而且占%35的比重分值，如何才能在英语阅读理解中取得优胜呢？环球博海四六级小编特整理了2014年英语六级阅读理解专项题及答案(5)，供广大2014年的考生练习!

　　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.

　　Some experts have discussed these accidents and used each accident to illustrate a particular danger. Thus the Texas City explosion was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate(硝酸铵)，which is safe unless stored in great quantity. The Flixborough fireball was the fault of management， which took risks to keep production going during essential repairs. The Seveso accident shows what happens if the local authorities lack knowledge of the danger on their doorstep. When the poisonous gas drifted over the town， local leaders were incapable of taking effective action. The Pemex fire was made worse by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb. The fire set off a chain reaction os exploding storage tanks. Yet， by a miracle， the two largest tanks did not explode. Had these caught fire， then 3，000 strong rescue team and fire fighters would all have died.

　　1.Which of the following statements is true?

　　A.Working at the office is safer than staying at home.

　　B.Traverlling to work on public transport is safer than working at the office.

　　C.Staying at home is safer than working in the chemical industry.

　　D.Working in the chemical industry is safer than traveling by air.

　　2.Chemical accidents are usually important enough to be reported as news because ____.

　　A.they are very rare

　　B.they often cause loss of life

　　C.they always occur in big cities

　　D.they arouse the interest of all the readers

　　3.According to passage， the chemical accident that caused by the fault of management happened at ____.

　　A.Texas city B.Flixborough C.Seveso D.Mexico City

　　4.From the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is a kind of ____.

　　A.natural gas， which can easily catch fire

　　B.fertilizer， which can't be stored in a great quantity

　　C.poisonous substance， which can't be used in overcrowded areas

　　D.fuel， which is stored in large tanks

　　5.From the discussion among some experts we may coclude that ____.

　　A.to avoid any accidents we should not repair the facilities in chemical industry

　　B.the local authorities should not be concerned with the production of the chemical industry

　　C.all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if effective measure had been taken

　　D.natural gas stored in very large tanks is always safe

　　答案：DBABC

　　备考建议：

　　在2014年6月大学英语四六级考试备考中，首先同学们应该练习多题材的文章，包括生活话题、经济类话题、环境话题，以及还有热点话题等，熟悉各种题材的文章结构和作者的表述，特别要关注议论文的结构模式，把握议论文的逻辑顺序。

　　其次要保证词汇功底，前文已述。除词汇基础之外，还应掌握一些阅读方法和技巧。比如，段落首尾句作为重点信息处理;特殊信号词在段落和题目中的对应，如数字、大写、特殊符号、特别关注段落衔接句等。而这些方法技巧在大家单词关通过之后，可在真题的训练中逐渐获得。当然，老师们也会及时与大家分享并提供帮助。

　　以上是小编为2014年6月份备考的广大考生准备的英语六级阅读理解专项题及答案，总之，一分耕耘一分收获。希望各位考生从现在开始，根据自己实际情况，为自己制定一份系统的备考计划。祝你们在2014年的英语四六级考试中一举夺冠!

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