Question

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

       Its formal, serious style closely 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 oneself just as one digests 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 third of the book remains after that discussion, which Armstrong devotes to specific tips for studying languages, math, science and history．He generally handles these topics thoroughly and equally, except for some weakness in the science and math sections and a bit too much passion 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 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．

1.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．express ideas based on what one has read

D．get information and keep it alive in memory

2.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

3.This Passage can be classified as________．

A．an advertisement        B．a book review

C．a feature story    D．A news report

4.Which of the following words can best describe the author’s attitude towards the book________

A．positive           B．neutral         C．negative        D．objective

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者对作家Armstrong写的作品进行的评论。作者认为Armstrong的书内容严谨，密切围绕如何学习展开的，其话题有些是关于阅读与写作。Armstrong的三分之一的作品是对学习语言，数学，科学和历史作专门的建议。作者虽然认为Armstrong的作品历史久远，缺少新的信息，但是仍然觉得非常有用，要向学生大力推荐。

1.细节理解题。第二段的the aim of reading is to express the information you have got from the text阅读的目的是表达你从文章里获得信息，故选C。

2.推理判断题。第四段的The first edition apparently dates to the 1960s—none of the references seem newer than the late 1950s第一个版本显然要追溯到1960年代似乎没有比二十世纪五十年代年代末的引用更新，体现出Armstrong’s work年代较久远，所以缺少新信息。故选D。

3.推理判断题。第四段的My other comment is that the text aged我的其他评论是文本的年龄。可判断本文中作者对Armstrong’s work进行评论。Book review书评。故选B。

4.作者态度题。最后一段的I recommend it to any student and any teacher,作者向老师和学生推荐这本书，可以看出作者对这本书是肯定的。故选A。

考点：教育类短文阅读。