Question

Right now you are reading English. That means that you are using your brain in a very active way. Reading is a very active process. 1.. When you read a text, you have to do some or all of these:

• Imagine a scene in your head

• Understand clearly what the writer is trying to say

• Agree or disagree with the writer

There are also many advantages associated with reading, including:

2.

You will usually meet with new words when you read. If there are too many new words for you, then the level is too high and you should read something simpler. But if there are, say, a maximum of five new words per page, you will learn this vocabulary easily. You may not even need to use a pocket dictionary because you can guess the meaning from the rest of the text. 3..

A model for writing

When you read, it gives you a good example for writing. Texts that you read show you structures and expressions that you can use when you write.

Seeing “correctly structured” English

When people write, they usually use “correct” English with a proper grammatical structure. 4.. So, by reading you see and learn grammatical English naturally.

5.

You can read as fast or as slowly as you like. You can read ten pages in 30 minutes, or take one hour to explore just one page. It doesn’t matter. The choice is yours. You can not easily do this when speaking or listening. This is one of the big advantages of reading because different people work at different speeds.

A. Working at your own speed

B. Learning vocabulary in context (语境)

C. This is not always true when people speak

D. Focusing on exactly what you want to learn

E. you should write down unknown vocabulary in whole sentences

F. Not only do you learn new words, but you see them being used naturally

G. It is true that the writer does a lot of work, but the reader also has to work hard

Answer

1.G

2.B

3.F

4.C

5.A

【解析】本文作者对于阅读的好处以及方法进行了介绍。

1.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据When you read a text, you have to do some or all of these，可知这里意思是确实作者做了许多工作，但是读者也努力的工作了，所以选G。

2.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据Y You will usually meet with new words when you read. If there are too many new words for you, then the level is too high and you should read something simpler. But if there are, say, a maximum of five new words per page, you will learn this vocabulary easily. You may not even need to use a pocket dictionary because you can guess the meaning from the rest of the text.可知这里意思是在语境中学习词汇，所以选B。

3.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据You may not even need to use a pocket dictionary because you can guess the meaning from the rest of the text.可知这里意思是你不仅可以学习新的词汇，你还可以看到它们被自然地使用，所以选F。

4.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据When people write, they usually use “correct” English with a proper grammatical structure. 以及So, by reading you see and learn grammatical English naturally.可知这里意思是当人们说话的时候，语法结构并不总是正确的，所以选C。

5.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据You can read as fast or as slowly as you like. You can read ten pages in 30 minutes, or take one hour to explore just one page. It doesn’t matter. The choice is yours. You can not easily do this when speaking or listening. This is one of the big advantages of reading because different people work at different speeds.可知这一段的标题是以你自己的速度工作，所以选A。