Question

    Nowadays, it never seems we have enough time to realize all of the reading goals (目标) that we set for ourselves. Luckily, we have mobile apps such as Latte Read and GetAbstract to provide abstracts (梗概) of a text. Abstracts are useful tools, especially for students, but like having a friend describe the main content of a story to you, you cannot experience the joy and excitement of reading the original (原来的) text of yourself.

I recently finished reading a thick book of W. Somerset Maugham's collected short stories. It took me around ten years to get through. Thomas Mann's difficult The Magic Mountain took me about six months to read; Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged made me very bored most of the time. Reading a book, whether it is good or bad, is a formative (建设性的) experience. There are plenty of books which I probably shouldn't have taken the time to read. But the challenge of living for a time in the thoughts and experiences of a different history or character makes even the worst book a valuable effort.

Whenever I finish the last line of a book and slowly close it, I like to sit there and think over its lines with a mix of nostalgia (怀旧之情) and pride. I then take the book in hand and find a place for it on my bookshelf. When I step back and look at the books on my shelf, it is as if I am looking at the history of the different lives that I have lived.

Abstracts are useful as a tool to an end, but reading the actual (真正的) book is something much richer. Reading, like anything else in life, is much more about the journey than it ever was the destination (目的地).

1.What does the writer mainly want to say?

A. Reading abstracts is a best short way to enjoy literature.

B. Reading abstracts cannot bring you the true feeling of actual reading.

C. Reading different kinds of books brings you many advantages.

D. The journey and the destination are equally important in our reading.

2.What can we know about the writer from the second paragraph?

A. He prefers thick and difficult books to short stories.

B. A good book is better worth reading than a bad one to him.

C. He achieves a lot from reading some challenging books.

D. He is lucky enough never to have read a regrettable book.

3.In the third paragraph the writer ___________ his main point of view (主要观点).

A. explains the meaning of B. provides further support for

C. makes a conclusion of D. offers an opposite example for

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

【解析】

本文介绍了如今，似乎我们没有足够的时间来实现我们为自己设定的所有阅读目标。幸运的是， LatteRead和GetAbstract之类的移动应用程序来提供文本的摘要。摘要是有用的工具，特别是对学生来说，但是就像有一个朋友向你描述故事的主要内容一样，你无法自己体验到阅读原文所带来的乐趣和兴奋。作者最后认为旅行和目的地在阅读中是同样重要的。

1.主旨大意题。根据短文的最后一句Reading, like anything else in life, is much more about the journey than it ever was the destination (目的地). 可知，作者主要想说旅行和目的地在我们的阅读中同样重要。故选D。

2.推理判断题。根据Reading a book, whether it is good or bad, is a formative (建设性的) experience. There are plenty of books which I probably shouldn't have taken the time to read. But the challenge of living for a time in the thoughts and experiences of a different history or character makes even the worst book a valuable effort. 读一本书，无论好坏，都是一种形成性的经历。有很多书我可能不该花时间去读。但是，在不同历史或人物的思想和经历中生活一段时间的挑战，使得即使是最差的一本书也成为一项有价值的努力。可以推知，从这一段中我们能了解到作者从阅读一些有挑战性的书中可以获益匪浅。故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据When I step back and look at the books on my shelf, it is as if I am looking at the history of the different lives that I have lived. 当我退后一步看书架上的书时，就好像我在看我所生活过的不同生活的历史。可以推知，这一段是作者为他的主要观点提供了进一步的支持。故选B。