Question

When I was in the eighth grade, one caring teacher of mine taught me several useful little techniques. He told me to keep a notebook nearby when I was reading and that I should try to figure out what the main idea of every paragraph was so that I could understand the passages better. It seemed awfully boring at that time, but I decided to give it a try anyway.

It didn’t take long before I started reading a book called How to Read a Book that would completely change how I thought about the written word. Thanks to these techniques, I learned to get the most out of reading. I kept applying them over the years until I finally came up with a lot of little techniques for reading a book.

I also eventually came to learn that there were a lot of different kinds of reading. For example, when I read a Stephen King novel, the interesting plot made me completely relaxed. Then there’s reading to learn new things, which is what I do when I read personal finance books. There’s also reading to understand and grow, which is easily the hardest and the most rewarding. The last kind of reading involves taking a piece of literature or a nonfiction book that you might read for simple pleasure and transforming it into something life-changing, or something that causes you to question some of your deeply-held ideas and beliefs.

How to Read a Book really focuses on the latter two: books that you read to learn about a new topic or to learn a skill, and books that you read to learn about yourself. If you’ve ever been drawn to read to really improve yourself, this book is well worth the time to read even if it’s a bit dry at times. Let’s dig in.

1.The writer’s teacher gave him some reading techniques so that __________.

A. he could become interested in reading

B. he could increase his reading speed

C. he could learn more from what he read

D. he could remember all the books he read

2.The writer said that he read a Stephen King novel for _________.

A. fun and pleasure    B. personal development

C. learning new things    D. changing his former beliefs

3.The writer wrote the passage to _________.

A. encourage readers to improve themselves by wide reading

B. thank the teacher who once helped him improve his reading

C. give an introduction to a very practical finance book

D. advise people to read a personal development book

Answer

1. C

2. A

3. A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，作者以老师指导他如何阅读开始导入，讨论了不同的书本的阅读方法，鼓励人们通过不断的阅读提高自我。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段第二句“He told me to keep a notebook nearby when I was reading and that I should try to figure out what the main idea of every paragraph was so that I could understand the passages better.”可知老师建议他在阅读的时候把一本笔记本放在旁边，来记录每一段的中心思想以便于更好理解文章。这样做可以让他在阅读中学习到更多的知识，故C项正确。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段第二句“For example, when I read a Stephen King novel, the interesting plot made me completely relaxed.”可知当作者在阅读Stephen King的小说的时候，这些有趣的故事情节会让他很放松。说明他从Stephen King的小说里得到了快乐。故A项正确。

3.主旨大意题。本文是一篇说明文，作者以老师指导他如何阅读开始导入，讨论了不同的书本的阅读方法，鼓励人们通过不断的阅读提高自我。本文并不是用来感谢老师或介绍某本金融书籍和个人发展的书籍。故A项正确。