大学英语六级阅读练习及答案(15)
<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="discovery">discovery</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="barrier">barrier</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="communication">communication</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="travel">travel</span>, <span word="study">study</span>, <span word="govern">govern</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="sell">sell</span>. <span word="Whether">Whether</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="activity">activity</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="tourism">tourism</span>, <span word="research">research</span>, <span word="government">government</span>, <span word="policing">policing</span>, <span word="business">business</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="dissemination">dissemination</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="severely">severely</span> <span word="impede">impede</span> <span word="progress">progress</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="halt">halt</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="altogether">altogether</span>.</p><p> <span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="communication">communication</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="happen">happen</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="very">very</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="knowledge">knowledge</span>. <span word="Publicity">Publicity</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="failure">failure</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="communicate">communicate</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="consequences">consequences</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="strikes">strikes</span>, <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="orders">orders</span>, <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="fatal">fatal</span> <span word="accidents">accidents</span>--<span word="even">even</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="times">times</span>, <span word="war">war</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="instance">instance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="communication">communication</span> <span word="failure">failure</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1970, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="ate">ate</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="poisonous">poisonous</span> <span word="mushroom">mushroom</span>. <span word="No">No</span> <span word="remedy">remedy</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="known">known</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="days">days</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="radio">radio</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="chemist">chemist</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="successfully">successfully</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1959 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1963. <span word="Why">Why</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="later">later</span>? <span word="Presumably">Presumably</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="journals">journals</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="languages">languages</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="English">English</span>.</p><p> <span word="Several">Several</span> <span word="comparable">comparable</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="reported">reported</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="isolated">isolated</span> <span word="examples">examples</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="impression">impression</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="size">size</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span>--<span word="something">something</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="studies">studies</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="avoidance">avoidance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span>-<span word="language">language</span> <span word="materials">materials</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="contacts">contacts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="communicative">communicative</span> <span word="situations">situations</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="English">English</span>- <span word="speaking">speaking</span> <span word="scientific">scientific</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="surveys">surveys</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="books">books</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="documents">documents</span> <span word="consulted">consulted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="libraries">libraries</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="agencies">agencies</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="shown">shown</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span>-<span word="language">language</span> <span word="material">material</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="consulted">consulted</span>. <span word="Library">Library</span> <span word="requests">requests</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="field">field</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="only">only</span> 13 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="periodicals">periodicals</span>.</p>
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