大学英语六级阅读180篇(2020英语六级阅读理解100篇)

Campus Life

An apple for the teacher american schoolchildren occasionally present an apple to the teacher.Obviously the custom contains an element of bribery1 — you offer sweet fruit to authority figures to “sweeten”2 their disposition3 .In schoolchildren’s case, the apple is offered to make their grades more favorable. Therefore, the apple has more or less acquired a corrosive4 reputation and maybe for this reason, in slang english“ to applepolish ”means“ to flatter or fawn”and an applepolisher is a flatterer.

But the custom might also be explained as a fair payment for the teacher’s instruction. In the early days of public education, school teachers were not always salaried. often they would be paid in goods and services, offered by either the school, or the pupils or the parents.. .. therefore, the occasional gift of an apple for the teacher in today’s classroom should be a welcome reminder of the era when education was one -to-one and when teaching meant enlightening the students rather than identifying their rankings.

Caps and gowns

For students, the most exciting moment may be the graduation ceremony5: parents, relatives and friends are invited to the ceremony; all the graduates are wearing black square flat caps and gowns. they all await the president to announce in the end,“now, please move your tassels from right to left. ”

The caps and gowns worn by high school and college graduates today are survivors of the everyday dress worn by members of the academic community in medieval europe. The majority of scholars in the middle ages6 were churchmen, or soon to become so, and their dress was often strictly regulated by the universities where they taught and studied. The standard clerical dress throughout europe was the long black cope. The original preference for black was changed in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, as such colors as red, violet and purple came into fashion; but by the renaissance black was back, as the color black symbolized simple and plain, or austere way of life in the sixteenth century. With few exceptions, modern universities keep that ceremonial austerity.

The origin of the square flat cap, or mortarboard7 , is obscure, though it probably derives from the medieval biretta . Such a tufted square cap is considered the badge of the 024 mastership , and is later adopted by undergraduates and schoolboys. The term mortarboard does not appear in english until the 1850 s. The tassel that graduates transfer from one side to another as a signal of their elevation is an outgrowth of the medieval tuft. The tuft still appears on the modern biretta, worn by bishops throughout the church of rome.

阅读自测

Ⅰ.true o r false :

1.nowadays, american pupils always offer an apple to the teacher in order to get a better grade.

2.in the early days of public education, schoolteachers were paid in money.

3.in america, the caps and gowns are only adopted by college graduates during graduation ceremonies.

4.before the renaissance, the standard clerical dress was black.

5.the biretta was considered the mark of scholarship.

6.that the graduates move the tassel from one side to the other is a signal of elevation.

Ⅱ.questions :

1.according to the passage, when you say somebody is an apple polisher, what do you really mean by saying that?

2.for students, when is the most exciting moment?

3.after graduation, which side should you put your tassel, right or left?

参考答案 :

Ⅰ.1. t 2. f 3 . f 4 . f 5. t 6. t Ⅱ.

1.it really means that he is flattering or fawning some figures.

2.for students, the most exciting moment is the graduation ceremony, especially the moment when the president makes the announcement.

3.after graduation, the tassel should be put to the left side .

  相关文章:

   大学四级考试对于我们大学生来说也是一场非常重要的考试，那么将要进行2020年上半年四级考试的小伙伴们一定要重视起来了。有的同学可能已经开始了复习，有的同学有可能还在为复习方法而烦恼。今天四六级为大家分享2020年上

   1.有很多人喜欢养宠物2.养宠物的利与弊3.你的建议TheAdvantagesandDisadvantagesofKeepingPets写作指南：这篇作文属于说明性作文，考生只需要将提纲中要求的内容组织起来便可。第1段提出很多人喜欢养宠物这种现象。第2段分析利弊，根据作文的标题可知此段是重点内容。养宠物的益处可以从很多方面说(比如消除孤独感、丰富日常生活、获得快乐等)，弊端

   AnnualCyclesoftheTrafficAccidentofaCity城市交通事故变换Trafficaccidentsareoneofthemostseriousproblemsinmoderncities.Manypeopleh

   fare=togo(走)welfaren.幸福，福利farewellint.再会n.告别faren.(车，船)费用，票价chargevt.费用，价钱;控告，指控;充电v.索价，要...支付;控告，指控;充电car,char=car(车)，torun(跑)dischargevt.允许...离开，释放

   今天是2018年11月17日，昨天大学英语四级口语考试也终于如期而至。口语考试的时候往往是许多考生最为紧张的时刻，不过口语考试并不是什么洪水猛兽，只要稍加练习，做到有话可说，就不会在考场上出现尴尬的场面。为了帮助大家顺利通过四级口语考试，四六级英语老师将会为各位考生提供最贴心的口语考试小提示，希望能够对各位同学有所帮助。本场对话的主题为“如何消除代沟”，这是一