Reading can only be fun if you expect it to be. If you concentrate on books somebody tells you ought to read, you probably won’t have fun. But if you put down a book you don’t like and try another til

Not only ______ reading interesting stories but also he can even write some.

A) does he like B) he likes C) had he liked D) likes he

Make the choice(s) that can best answer the question.

What is a reading journal？

A. It is a diary of your thought processes.

B. It must be convincing.

C. It is only for your own use.

D. It needs coherence and logic.

re to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive design is irresistible, although this method of selecting ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather uninteresting book, you soon become lost in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must hurry to keep some forgotten appointment——without buying a book, of course.

The opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can go to such places as much as you wish. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the greeting: “Can I help you, sir？” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop, an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished reading. You may want to find out where a particular section is. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. But when he has led you there, the assistant should leave politely and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.

6. The best title for this passage may be _________.

A. How to Spend Your Time

B. The Attraction of Bookshops

C. Bookshops and Their Assistants

D. Buying Books

7. According to the author, the best way to escape the realities of everyday life is _____.

A. to take a walk in the open air

B. to stay reading books of various kinds in a bookshop

C. to make some appointment in a bookshop

D. to chat with an assistant in a bookshop

8. In a good bookshop, _____________.

A. all the books there are interesting

B. you can find shelter from a shower

C. you are satisfied

D. you need to buy something you don’t want

9. An assistant in a bookshop helps you _______.

A. on your entering the shop

B. only when you want to find out where a particular section is

C. just before you finish reading

D. when you are reading

10. According to the passage, which of the following statement is true？

A. Time spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable only for book-lovers.

B. A book with an attractive design must not be necessarily interesting.

C. People go to bookshops only to buy books.

D. There are only a few places where it is possible to escape the realities of life.

(阅读理解题)A few years ago I was shopping with a friend and his 12-year-old daughter in downtown San Francisco. A street musician, whom my friend happened to know from his own musician days, was playing the saxophone (萨克斯管) on a street corner. His name was Clifford, and he had attracted a large crowd with his performance. After he finished, my friend introduced him to me and his daughter. Clifford asked her if she played any instrument. When she replied that she was taking trumpet (小号) lessons and played in her junior high school band, he said, “That is fine, little lady. Learn your instrument well and you can play anything.” Somehow these simple yet wise words struck me as appropriate not only for a trumpet player but also for a reader. If you learn to read well, you can read anything you want—not just newspapers and magazines, but more difficult material like philosophy, file criticism, military history—whatever interests you as your confidence grows. You would not be limited in any way. If you have the vocabulary—or at least a good dictionary near at hand—you can pick up a book, concentrate on it, and make sense of the author's words. In the United States, reading instruction often ends at elementary school, so students sometimes have difficulty as they progress through school. They must take their assignments armed only with their elementary school reading skills. The result, too often, is frustration and loss of confidence. And the assigned reading in your college courses will be even greater than they were in high school. Developing Reading Skills is designed to accomplish several tasks to show you the skills that will enable you to read with greater comprehension, to help you cope with reading assignments with confidence, and to teach you to become an active reader.

(1).The author develops his point by starting with ______.

A、an example

B、an accident

C、a statement

D、a contrast

(2).Which of the following statements is implied in Paragraph 1？

A、Clifford was good at playing the saxophone

B、The author’s friend was once a street musician

C、The 12-year-old girl played the trumpet very poorly

D、Clifford was a good music teacher

(3).How does the author think about Clifford’s words？

A、humorous, correct, simple

B、ridiculous, incorrect, ludicrous

C、wise, plain, correct

D、stupid, useless, incorrect

(4).With good reading skills, you can ______.

A、understand anything you read with few difficulties

B、work out the author's meaning if only you concentrate on the book

C、understand what you read with the help of a good dictionary

D、concentrate on whatever you read

(5).It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Developing Reading skills ______.

A、is directed to elementary school students

B、centers around vocabulary building skills

C、offers elementary reading skills

D、aims at helping students read better

le with【1】knowledge of literature may miss a lot【2】reading a novel, short story, poem, play, or【3】. These readers are comparable to the【4】at a football game who watch the game and【5】it without really understanding the complex movements【6】on the field. Although they may enjoy the【7】, many spectators watch only the ball【8】, missing entirely the contribution of other members【9】tile total play as well as the intricacies occurring within the【10】. A person who understands football-【11】better yet, has played the game -is more capable【12】judging when a team is playing well or【13】and is also likely to enjoy a "good" game more. The【14】is true of reading literature. Most people have read numerous【15】works, but many do not understand or【16】the author's skill in communicating. This book【17】intended to help you learn to【18】attention not only on what happens, but on【19】it happens and how the author has【20】it -to analyze and evaluate literary works so that you can fully experience and appreciate them.

(1)

A．abundant

B．informal

C．necessary

D．limited

According to the passage, the reason why the author opposes to Amazons DRM is that __

A.ebooks can only be purchased on Amazon. com

B.Kindle books are not compatible with other electronic reading devices

C.once implemented, ebooks cant be transferred to other equipments

D.ebooks installed on Kindle 2 cant be edited freely

Passage Two

When we see well, we do not think about our eyes very often. It is only when we cannot see perfectly that we realize how important our eyes are.

People who are nearsighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Everything else is not so clear. Many people who do a lot of close work, such as writing, reading and sewing, become near sighted. Then they have to wear glasses in order to see distant (远处的) things clearly'.

People who are nearsighted suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they hold it at arm's length. If they want to do much reading, they must get glasses, too.

Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. They have what is called astigmatism (散光). This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people's eyes become cloudy because of cataracts (白内障). Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.

Having two good eyes is important for judging distances. Each eye sees things from a slightly different angle (角度). To prove this to yourself, look at an object out of one eye; then look at the same object out

of the other eye. You will find the object's relation to the background (背景) and other things around it has changed. The difference between these two different eye views helps us to judge how far away an object is. People who have only one eye cannot judge distance as people with two eyes.

40. We should take good care of our eyes ______.

A. only when we cannot see perfectly

B. only when we can see well

C. even if we can see well

D. only when we realize how important our eyes are

le with【C2】______ knowledge of literature may miss a lot【C3】______ reading a novel, short story, poem, play, or essay. These readers are【C4】______ to the【C5】______ at a football game who watch the game and enjoy it without really understanding the complex movements【C6】______ on the field. Although they may enjoy the【C7】______ , many spectators watch only the ball【C8】______ , missing entirely the【C9】______ of other members of the offences【C10】______ the total play as well as the【C11】______ occurring with in the defense. A person who understands football-- 【C12】______ better yet, has played the game -- is more capable of judging when a team is playing well or【C13】______ and is als0 likely to enjoy a" good" game more. The

【C14】______ is true of reading literature.

Most people have read numerous【C15】______ works, but many do not understand or【C16】______ the author's skill in communicating. This book【C17】______ intended to help you learn to concentrate【C18】______ attention not only on what happens, but on【C19】______ it happens and how the author has presented it to analyze and【C20】______ literary works So that you can fully experience and appreciate them.

【C1】

A．instruction

B．tradition

C．demonstration

D．aspiration

ally mournfully： There’s never any time to read.

What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don’t seem sufficient. The web’s full of articles offering tips on making time to read: “Give up TV” or “Carry a book with you at all times” But in my experience, using such methods to free up the odd 30 minutes doesn’t work. Sit down to read and the flywheel of work-related thoughts keeps spinning-or else you’re so exhausted that a challenging book’s the last thing you need. The modern mind, Tim Parks, a novelist and critic, writes, “is overwhelmingly inclined toward communication…It is not simply that one is interrupted; it is that one is actually inclined to interruption”. Deep reading requires not just time, but a special kind of time which can’t be obtained merely by becoming more efficient.

In fact, “becoming more efficient” is part of the problem. Thinking of time as a resource to be maximised means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal immersive reading, by contrast, depends on being willing to risk inefficiency, goallessness, even time-wasting. Try to slot it as a to-do list item and you’ll manage only goal-focused reading-useful, sometimes, but not the most fulfilling kind. “The future comes at us like empty bottles along an unstoppable and nearly infinite conveyor belt,” writes Gary Eberle in his book Sacred Time, and “we feel a pressure to fill these different-sized bottles (days, hours, minutes）as they pass, for if they get by without being filled, we will have wasted them”. No mind-set could be worse for losing yourself in a book.

So what does work？ Perhaps surprisingly, scheduling regular times for reading. You’d think this might fuel the efficiency mind-set, but in fact, Eberle notes, such ritualistic behaviour helps us “step outside time’s flow” into “soul time”. You could limit distractions by reading only physical books, or on single-purpose e-readers. “Carry a book with you at all times” can actually work, too-providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down. On a really good day, it no longer feels as if you’re “making time to read,” but just reading, and making time for everything else.

The usual time-management techniques don’t work because？

A.what they can offer does not ease the modern mind

B.what challenging books demand is repetitive reading

C.what people often forget is carrying a book with them

D.what deep reading requires cannot be guaranteed

“Carry a book with you at all times” can work if？A.reading becomes your primary business of the day

B.all the daily business has been promptly dealt with

C.you are able to drop back to business after reading

D.time can be evenly split for reading and business

The “empty bottles” metaphor illustrates that people feel a pressure to？A.update their to-do lists

B.make passing time fulfilling

C.carry their plans through

D.pursue carefree reading

The best title for this text could be？A.How to Enjoy Easy Reading

B.How to Find Time to Read

C.How to Set Reading Goals

D.How to Read Extensively

Eberle would agree that scheduling regular times for reading helps？A.encourage the efficiency mind-set

B.develop online reading habits

C.promote ritualistic reading

D.achieve immersive reading

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！