2021年6月英語六級閱讀理解模擬真題：醫學心理

Karen Rusa was a 30-year-old woman and the mother of four children. For the past several months Karenhad been experiencing repetitive thoughts that centered around her children' s safety.

She frequently found herself imagining that a serious accident had occurred; she was unable to put these thoughts out of her mind. On one such occasion she imagined that her son, Alan, had broken his leg playing football at school. There was no reason to believe that an accident had occurred, but she kept thinking about the possibility until she finally called the school to see if Alan was all right. Even after receiving their assurance that he had not been hurt, she described herself as being somewhat surprised when he later arrived home unharmed.

Karen also noted that her daily routine was seriously hampered by an extensive series of counting work that she performed throughout each day. Specific numbers had come to have a special meaning to her; she found that her preoccupation with these numbers was hampering her ability to perform everyday activities. One example was grocery shopping. Karen believed that if she selected the first item on the shelf, something terrible would happen to her oldest child. If she selected the second item, some unknown disaster would fall on her second child, and so on for the four children. Karen' s preoccupation with numbers extended to other activities, most notable the pattern in which she smoked cigarettes and drank coffee. If she had one cigarette; she believed that she had to smoke at least four in a row, or one of her children word be harmed in some way. If she drank one cup of coffee, she felt compelled to drink four.

Karen acknowledged the unreasonableness of these rules, but, nevertheless, maintained that she felt more comfortable.,When she observed them earnestly, when she was occasionally in too great a hurry to observe these rules, she experienced considerable anxiety, in the form of a subjective feeling of dread and fear. She described herself as tense, uneasy, and unable to relax during these periods. The occurrence of rarely minor accidents does not reduce her belief that she had beendirectly responsible because of her inability to observe the. rules about number.

46. The main idea of this passage is to .

A. describe a woman who suffered from a psychological disease

B. warn the readers against any imagination

C. explain the reason why Karen had such fanciful thoughts

D. present a case for the readers to study

47. Which of the following statements, if true, could most probably cure Karen of the illness?

A. Her children were all right.

B. She had a job having little to do with numbers.

C. She went to a psychoanalyst.

D. She gave up smoking and drinking coffee.

48. What does the underlined word preoccupation mean?

A. The fin'st right to occupy something.

B. The first impression.

C . The extreme focus of attention.

D. The question.

49. Which of the following inferences is most probably NOT true according to the passage?

A. When Karen was in a great hurry to smoke, she would feel much anxiety.

B. If she selected the fourth item on the sheff in a group, the fourth child must experience some unknown disaster.

C. Drinking four cups of coffee would make Karen more comfortable than drinking two cups.

D. Karen was a mother of four sons.

50. The author cited the example of the grocery shopping to

A. demonstrate her children' s safety was closely related to the item she selected in the store

B. account for Karen' s inability to perform everyday activities

C . show how specific numbers were related to the safety of her children

D. further explain that Karen was suffering from a psychological illness

答案及解析

文章主要描述了一個遭受心理障礙困擾的女人。在過去幾個月，這位婦女一直受到有關她孩子安全的困擾。她經常發現自己總是在想象發生一系列的嚴重事故。一次，她對兒子的安全產生懷疑，直到打電話到學校證實兒子安然無恙。在購物時，她每從貨架上拿一件物品，便想着自己的一個孩子因此遭殃。她抽菸，喝咖啡，都要連抽4根和連喝4杯。如果做不到，就會很憂慮。這些都說明她由於過分關心孩子，受到了嚴重的精神困擾。

46.A

【命題目的】本題考查考生歸納中心思想的能力。

【解題要點】文章段前五句說“在過去幾個月，這位婦女一直受到有關她孩子安全的困擾。她經常發現自己總是在想象發生一系列的嚴重事故。一次，她對兒子的安全產生懷疑，打電話到學校證實兒子安然無恙”。這些足以證明這個婦女深受心理障礙之苦。

47.C

【命題目的】本題考查細節和推理能力。

【解題要點】本題可用排除法，A項“她的孩子安好無恙”，B項“她的工作和數字無太大關係”，D項“她戒菸，且不喝咖啡”，這些都只觸及 她心理障礙的表象，不可能治癒她的心理疾病。對於一個遭受心理 障礙困擾的女人，應該“看心理醫生”。

48.C

【命題目的】本題考查結合上下文猜測詞義。

【解題要點】preoccupation意爲“關注”。the first impression意爲“印象”。即使不知道詞義，通過上下文也應推測出這裏作者想說，“她對數字的過分關注損壞了日常生活能力”，能達到影響日常生活能力的一定是產生負面影響的活動，只有C項表示出“過分”的含義，所以猜測是該選項。

49.D

【命題目的】本題考查對信息的捕捉和推理能力。

【解題要點】A項是事實，文中倒數第三句有原文表示。文中倒數第六句提到了“這位婦女在抽菸時會感到緊張，要連抽4根菸，因爲害 怕如果少抽幾根，會給她的孩子帶來災難”，從原文可推測，這是因爲 她將自己抽的每一根菸看成自己孩子的安全的象徵，漏了哪一個，就都會給哪個孩子帶來災難，這間接說明她有4個孩子，故B項也屬 實。根據倒數第五句“她喝了一杯咖啡，那她就一定要連喝到4杯咖啡”，C項符合原文意思。D項說她有4個兒子，文中只說她有4個孩子，不一定都是兒子。

50.D

【命題目的】本題考查推理判斷。

【解題要點】文章主要想描述一個受心理疾病困擾的女人，那麼作者引用例子的目的是與此相關的選項。A項和C項是婦女所抱有的錯誤想法，而非作者的引用目的。B項“解釋凱倫不能做日常事情的原因”與中心無關。“買東西”的例子說明婦女心裏困擾已經到了影響 日常生活的地步，與D項相符。