This brief book is aimed at high school students, but speaks to anyone learning

题文

This brief book is aimed at high school students, but speaks to anyone learning at any stage of life． Its formal, rious style cloly matches its content, a school-masterly book on schooling．The author, W．H．Armstrong, starts with the basics: reading and writing．In his opinion, reading doesn’t just mean recognizing each word on the page; it means taking in the information, digesting it and incorporating it into onelf just as digests a sandwich and makes it a part of himlf．The goal is to bring the information back to life, not just to treat it as dead facts on paper from dead trees．Reading and writing cannot be completely parated from each other; in fact, the aim of reading is to express the information you have got from the text．I’ve en it again and again: someone who can’t express an idea after reading a text is just as ineffective as someone who hasn’t read it at all．only a third of the book remains after that discussion, which Armstrong devotes to specific tips for studying languages, math, science and history．He generally handles the topics thoroughly(透彻地) and equally, except for some weakness in the science and math ctions and a bit too much passion(激情) regarding history．Well, he was a history teacher — if conveyed only a tenth of his passion to his students, that was a hundred times more than my history teachers ever got across．To my disappointment, in this part of the book he ignores the arts．As a matter of fact, they demand all the concentration and study that math and science do, though the study differs slightly in kind．Although it’s commonly believed that the arts can only be naturally acquired, actually, learning the arts is no more natural than learning French or mathematics．My other comment is that the text aged．The first edition apparently dates to the 1960s — none of the references(参考文献)em newer than the late 1950s．As a result, the discussion miss the entire computer age．The are small points, though, and don’t affect the main discussion．I recommend it to any student and any teacher, including the lf-taught student．小题1:According to Armstrong, the goal of reading is to________．A．gain knowledge and expand one’s viewB．understand the meaning between the linesC．express ideas bad on what one has readD．get information and keep it alive in memory小题2:The author of the passage insists that learning the arts_________．A．requires great effortsB．demands real passionC．is less natural than learning mathsD．is as natural as learning a language小题3:What is a shortcoming of Armstrong’s work according to the author?A．Some ideas are slightly contradictory．B．There is too much discussion on studying science．C．The style is too rious．D．It lacks new information．小题4:This passage can be classified as________．A．an advertimentB．a book reviewC．a feature story D．a news report 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:C小题2:A小题3:D小题4:B

解析

略

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“This brief book is a.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。 日常生活类阅读

日常生活类阅读的概念：

日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。

日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：

【题型说明】该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。 【备考提醒】为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点： 1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。 2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。 3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。 4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。