2019年12月英语六级阅读理解:抗议种族歧视

坦途网英语六级考试频道小编今日带来英语六级考试习题，学习是日渐提升的过程，特别是英语学习，不能只当做兴趣，两天打渔三天晒网。同学们哪怕是每天只做一道习题，持续坚持，那就是有成效的，阅读题亦是如此。话不多说，赶紧看看这道阅读题吧。

There was on shop in the town of Mufulira, which was notorious for its color bar. It was a drugstore. While Europeans were served at the counter, a long line of Africans queued at the window and often not only were kept waiting but, when their turn came to be served, were rudely treated by the shop assistants. One day I was determined to make a public protest against this kind of thing, and many of the schoolboys in my class followed me to the store and waited outside to see what would happen when I went in. I simply went into the shop and asked the manager politely for some medicine. As soon as he saw me standing in the place where only European customers were allowed to stand he shouted at me in a bastard language that is only used by an employed when speaking to his servants. I stood at the counter and politely requested in English that I should be served. The manager became exasperated and said to me in English, ―If you stand there till Christmas I will never serve you.‖

I went to the District commissioner‘s office. Fortunately the District Commissioner was out, for he was one of the old school; however, I saw a young District Officer who was a friend of mine. He was very concerned to hear my story and told me that if ever I wanted anything more from the drugstore all I had to do was come to him personally and he would buy my medicine for

me. I protested that that was not good enough. I asked him to accompany me back to the store and to make a protest to the manager. This he did, and I well remember him saying to the manager, ―Here is Mr. Kaunda who is a responsible member of the Urban Advisory Council, and you treat him like a common servant.‖ The manager of the drugstore apologized and said, ―If only he had introduced himself and explained who he was, then, of course I should have given him proper service.‖ I had to explain once again that he had missed my point. Why should I have to introduce myself every time I went into a store…any more than I should have to buy my medicine by going to a European friend? I want to prove that any man of any color, whatever his position, should have the right to go into any shop and buy what he wanted.

1.―Color bar‖ in the first paragraph comes closest in meaning to ___.

A.a bar which is painted in different colors.

B.the fact that white and black customers are served separately.

C.a bar of chocolate having different colors.

D.a counter where people of different colors are served with beer.

2.The writer was, at the time of the story, ___.

A.a black school teacher B.an African servant

C.a black, but a friend of Europeans D.a rich black

3.The manager of the drugstore shouted at the writer in a bastard language because ___.

A.he hadn‘t learned to speak polite English.

B.he thought the writer wouldn‘t understand English.

C.that was the usual language used by Europeans when speaking to Africans.

D.that was the only language he could speak when he was angry.

4.In the third paragraph, ―he was one of the old school‖ means ___.

A.he believed in the age-old practice of racial discrimination. B.he was a very old man.

C.he graduated from an old, conservative school. D.he was in charge of an old school.

5.Why didn‘t the writer wait at the window of the drugstore like other black African?

A.Because he thought he was educated and should be treated differently.

B.Because he thought, being an important person, he should not be kept waiting.

C.Because he thought his white friends would help him out.

D.Because he wanted to protest against racial discrimination.

BACAD

今天的阅读理解大家感觉怎么样？距离下半年英语六级考试还有充足的时间，如果是首次备考的同学，即使还是7月盛夏，大家也要克服外在因素，抓紧时间复习啦。先从基础开始，每天坚持一道阅读题，既能学习新单词又能提升语感，何乐而不为呢？小编相信大家能够坚持下去的，等待同学们的好消息。