Question

    Sometimes, a teacher may ask you to write your reading assignments (任务). Why should we write a reading assignment?

Having a habit of writing down what you read is a useful tool to develop your comprehension (理解力) and critical-thinking (批判性思维) ability.

How to write a reading assignment?

Step 1

State the writer’s most important idea. Try your best to get the main idea according to the writer’s statements. Write down the important information to increase understanding.

Step 2

Use your own words. Imagine you are telling a friend about a great movie you saw or a great book that you read. Speak in your own language, but be sure to use standard English, not slang (俚语).

Step 3

Watch for each point and topic sentences the writer uses to support his most important idea. These points form an outline (概述) of your reading assignment.

Step 4

Pay attention to details (细节). Examine if the writer provides enough details to support his statements. Tell what those details are while writing your reading assignment.

Step 5

               . You should not talk about the writer’s supporting points without first talking about what those points are about.

Step 6

Try to use some words or phrases for long lists of items (项目). For example, if you see the following words: swimming, running and beach volleyball, you might just write “summer sports”.

Step 7

Give up information that seems unimportant in your reading assignment.

Step 8

Make your assignment better by adding some more information.

1.Why should we write a reading assignment?

A.To get the main idea of a book.

B.To tell a friend about a great book.

C.To meet the teacher’s requirements.

D.To improve comprehension and critical thinking.

2.What can form an outline of your reading assignment?

A.Your own words and ideas.

B.The writer’s points and topic sentences.

C.Enough details the writer provides.

D.The important information you wrote down.

3.Which of the following sentences could be added in Step 5?

A.State your ideas in order. B.Show your ideas in time.

C.Use words and phrases more. D.Find out the writer’s points quickly.

4.You can use “                   ” when seeing the following words: Mother’s Day, Christmas and Thanksgiving.

A.cakes B.activities C.festivals D.dates

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

本篇文章主要是向读者介绍怎样写一篇阅读任务,考查学生根据问题关键词,通过跳读快速定位答题区间,根据文章内容判断所选答案能否与题干信息匹配正确。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段“Having a habit of writing down what you read is a useful tool to develop your comprehension and critical-thinking ability.”，可知养成写下所读内容的习惯是培养理解力和批判性思维能力的有用工具，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据Step 3中“Watch for each point and topic sentences the writer uses to support his most important idea. These points form an outline of your reading assignment.”，可知作者用来支持他最重要观点的每一点和主题句构成了你阅读任务的大纲，故选B。

3.段落大意题。根据Step 5中“You should not talk about the writer’s supporting points without first talking about what those points are about. 你不应该在谈论作者的支持点之前先谈论那些点是什么。”，可知要按顺序陈述你的想法，故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据Step 6 可知为概括几个短语的共同特征，再结合题干“母亲节”“圣诞节”“感恩节”可判断出这几个的共同特征是节日，故选C。