2016年12月英语六级阅读理解100篇：新加坡
SingaporeSingapore is a small, flat, marshy island that has been developed to become
the most important port and business center in Southeast Asia and one of the ten
wealthiest countries in the world in terms of gross national product per capita.
Singapore has a population of 3. 5 million people and a high density of
more than 500 people per square kilometer. The superior infrastructure —
especially the excellent port and international airport — has made Singapore the
import and transshipment center for the region. It is one of the world’s largest
oil refining centers, where crude oil is unloaded and refined before shipment
to the rest of Asia . These functions are complemented by a large variety of
maritime service activities, including banking, insurance, communications, and
consulting.
Singapore has diversified its service sector to include a wider range of
financial, communications, and management activities and has attracted the
regional headquarters of many multinational corporations. And tourism has also
become a significant industry. This diversification, as well as high consumption
levels in the domestic market, allowed Singapore to cope with the 1983 oil
crisis and 1997 Asian financial crisis somewhat more easily than did other
countries in the region.
Singapore has a population of diverse ethnicity and religion, but it is
dominated ( 77 percent) by overseas Chinese, descendants of immigrants who moved
to Singapore in the colonial period and followed the religions of Buddhism and
Taoism. Other groups include Malays ( about 15 percent) and Indians ( about 7
percent, mainly Hindu) . Fertility rates are low in Singapore, and the
government has tried to promote more births among the highly educated in order
to reduce labor shortages and ensure a workforce to support the older
population. Colonial Singapore was residentially segregated, with the British
living next to the government buildings on the east shore of the Singapore
River, Chinatown on the west riverbank, and Indian and Malay neighborhoods
farther toward the east. There are remnants of this structure in contemporary
Singapore, but the city is now characterized by dozens of tall office buildings,
housing complexes, new towns and new industrial parks.
The government has made serious attempts to foster harmony between ethnic
groups and to create a sense of national identity by designating four official
languages ( Mandarin 064 Chinese, English, Malay, and Indian Tamil) . They
promote an Asian identity through schools and national military service that
emphasize hard work, community consensus, and respect for authority. They also
enforce Singapore’s image of a clean and crime-freeenvironment through very
strict rules against litter and graffiti, media censorship, and licensing of
satellite dishes and street entertainers.
阅读自测
Ⅰ. Complete the sentence s with the proper forms of the words given in
parentheses :
1. The nation’s _______( consume) of coal decreased continuously last
year.
2. Today’s bicycles are _______( descend ) of the earlier velocipede (
早期的脚踏两 轮车) .
3. The Chinese are an _______ ( industry) nation.
4. _______( immigrate) can’t work in the United States without a
permit.
Ⅱ. Complete each sentence with a proper word , and make changes if
necessary: ( characterize , fund, enforce, ensure , dominate)
1. Successful leaders events rather than react to them.
2. We can that the work shall be done in the right way.
3. This disease is by rash and high fever.
4. The responsibility that the police shoulders is to the law.
5. The space program is completely by the central government
参考答案
Ⅰ. 1. consumption 2 . descendants 3. industrious 4 . Immigrants
Ⅱ. 1. dominate 2 . ensure 3. characterized 4. enforce 5. funded
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