2014年6月份的英语四六级考试已经落下帷幕，但是新一波的考生们可能又要开始四六级备考旅程了，考完试的同学也不要忘记继续关注 文都四六级频道，我们会在及时发布考试成绩查询信息哦!大学英语六级考试作为大学期间的一门重要的考试，其中的阅读理解所占比重很大，虽然看起来文章很多，但题目并不多，是比较容易拿分的一块，所以对这一部分的复习一定不能松懈，考生平时要坚持练习，下面是一篇 六级阅读练习，快来练练吧。

　　In the Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society, Revised and Enlarged Edition (W.W. Norton) Schlesinger provides deep insights into the crises of nationhood in America. A new chapter assessed the impact both of radical multiculturalism and radical monoculturalism on the Bill of Rights. Written with his usual clarity and force, the book brings a noted historian’s wisdom and perspective to bear on America’s “culture wars.”

　　Schlesinger addresses the questions: What holds a nation together? And what does it mean to be an American? Describing the emerging cult of ethnicity, Schlsinger praises its healthy effect on the campaign of multicultural advocates to divide the nation into separate ethnic and racial communities. From the start, he observes, the United States has been a multicultural nation, rich in its diversity but held together a shared commitment to the democratic process and by the freedom of intermarriage. It was this national talent for assimilation that impressed foreign visitors like Alexis de Tocqueville and James Bryce, and it is this historic goal that Schelsinger champions as the best hope for the future. Schlesinger analyses what he sees as grim consequences of identity politics: the widening of differences. Attacks on the First Amendment, he argues, threaten intellectual freedom and, ultimately, the future of the ethnic groups. His criticisms are not limited to the left. As a former target of McCarthyism, he understands that the radical right is even more willing than the radical left to restrict and weaken the Bill of Rights.

　　The author does not minimize the injustices concealed by the “melting pot” dream. The Disuniting Of America is both academic and personal, forceful in argument, balanced in judgment. It is a book that will no doubt anger some readers, but it will surely make all of them think again. The winner of Pulitzer prizes for history and for biography, an authoritative voice of American liberalism, Schlesinger is uniquely positioned to bring bold answers and healing wisdom to this passionate debate over who we are and what we should become.

　　57. According to Schlesinger, the United States is .

　　A) a melting pot B) a nation with diverse cultures held together by the democratic process

　　C) a federation of ethnic and racial communities D) a nation with one culture despite its various ethnic and racial groups

　　58. We can infer from the passage that Schlesinger .

　　A) advocates the assimilation of different cultures into one nationhood

　　B) holds that each racial group should keep its distinct identity

　　C) gives full support to the emerging cult of ethnicity D) prefers multiculturalism to monoculturalism

　　59. We can infer form this passage that America .

　　A) is experiencing a crisis of nationhood B) has ended its history of racial prejudice

　　C) is trying to restrict the Bill of Rights D) has tried to obstruct intellectual freedom

　　60. According to the author, Schlesinger’s book will .

　　A) put an end to the culture wars in America. B) cause anger among the radical right

　　C) cause anger among the radical left D) provoke thinking among all readers

　　61. This passage is most probably taken from .

　　A) a history book B) a new report C) a book review D) a journal of literary criticism.

　　答案 BAADC

　　考生可以利用马上到来的暑假时间提前为12月份的四六级考试做好充分准备哦!阅读有很多知识点都是需要长期积累的，希望考生能保持每天一小步的进程，直到考试迈进一大步。