Question

  This brief book is aimed at high school shjeents , but speaks to anyone learning at any stage of life.

  Its formal ,serious style closely matches its content ,a school-masterly bonnk 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 a sandwich and makes it a part of himself .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 separated from each other ; in fact ,the aim of reading is to express the information you have got from the text .I’ve seen it again and again ：some-one 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  thied of the bonk remains after that discussion ,which Armstrong devotes to specific tips for studying languages ,math , science and history . He generally handles these topics thoroughly(透徹地) and equally ,except for some weakness in the science and math sections and a bit too much passion(激情) regarding history 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(參考文獻(xiàn))seem newer than the late 1950s. As a  result, the discussion misses the entire computer age.

These are small points, though, and don’t affect the main discussion. I recommend it to any student and any teacher, including the self-taught student.

63. According to Armstrong, the goal of reading is to________.

  A. gain knowledge and expand one’s view

  B. understand the meaning between the lines

  C. experts ideas based on what one has read

  D. get information and keep it alive in memory

64. The author of the passage insists that learning the arts_________.

    A. requires great efforts

    B. demands real passion

    C. is less natural than learning maths

    D. is as natural as learning a language

65.  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 serious.

   D. It lacks new information.

66. This passage can be classified as________.

  A. an advertisement

  B. a book review

  C. a feature story

  D. A news report

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】 A

【小題3】D

【小題4】B

解析:

【語篇解讀】本篇文章為說明文。對(duì)W. H. Armstrong的Study is Hard一書所做的書評(píng)。文章通過介紹本書的閱讀對(duì)象，寫作內(nèi)容以及作者對(duì)本書優(yōu)缺點(diǎn)的評(píng)價(jià)，向讀者推薦這本書。

【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題干的關(guān)鍵詞是goal of reading，第二自然段有兩處出現(xiàn)了關(guān)鍵詞，一處說“The goal is to bring the information back to life, not just to treat it as dead facts on paper from dead trees.”，另一處說“the aim of reading is to express the information you have got from the text.” C選項(xiàng)正好與第二處原文相呼應(yīng)，題干里的goal of reading呼應(yīng)原文的aim of reading，A選項(xiàng)的express ideas呼應(yīng)原文的express the information，based on what one has read呼應(yīng)原文的information you have got from the text。雖然我們不可否認(rèn)讀書的目的也包括A和D兩個(gè)選項(xiàng)提到的獲取知識(shí)，擴(kuò)大視野，但由于原文沒有提及，所以不能成為正確選項(xiàng)。

【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第三段As a matter of fact ,they（the arts）demand all the concentration and study that math and science do, though the study differs slightly in kind.可知學(xué)習(xí)藝術(shù)雖然要有先天的稟賦，然而與學(xué)習(xí)數(shù)學(xué)和理科一樣也要后天的努力。

【小題3】 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文中的最后一段My other comment is that the text aged，和The first edition apparently dates to the 1960s表明這本書老化了，因此此書misses the entire computer age，沒有講到計(jì)算機(jī)時(shí)代的新信息。

【小題4】推理判斷題。通過閱讀每段的首句，不難發(fā)現(xiàn)第一自然段講本書的閱讀對(duì)象（This brief book is aimed at high school students），二、三自然段講本書的寫作內(nèi)容（The author, W. H. Armstrong, starts with the basics … only a third of the book remains after that discussion …），第四自然段是作者對(duì)本書的評(píng)價(jià)（My other comment is that …），最后一段總結(jié)，向讀者推薦這本書（I recommend it to any student and any teacher）。把握住了全文的結(jié)構(gòu)，就不難看出這篇文章是一篇書評(píng)了。因此正確答案為B.