Question

    Literature is an important part of a total language arts program at all grade levels because of the many benefits it offers.

Literature provides pleasure to listeners and readers.It is a relaxing escape from daily problems,and it fills leisure moments.Making time for recreational reading and using high-quality literature help to develop enthusiastic readers and improve achievement.Developing a love of literature as a recreational activity is possibly the most important outcome of a literature program.

Literature builds experience.Through reading,children expand their horizons through vicarious(引起共鸣的)experiences.They visit new places,gain new experiences,and meet new people.They learn about the past as well as the present and learn about a variety of cultures,including their own.They discover the common goals and similar emotions found in people of all times and places. Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly,Giff,a hard survival story,is set in Ireland during the potato hunger of I845,and Patricia Polacco's The Butterfly ,deals with Nazis,resistance,and Jewish persecution(迫害)during World War II.

Literature provides a language model for those who hear and read it.Good literature exposes children to correct sentence patterns,standard story structures,and varied word usage.Children for whom English is a second language can improve their English with the interesting context,and all children benefit from new vocabulary that is woven into the stories.

Literature develops thinking skills.Discussions of literature bring out reasoning related to sequence;cause and effect; character motivation; predictions;visualization of actions, characters, and settings; critical analysis of the story;and creative responses.

Literature helps children deal with their problems.By finding out about the problems of others through books, children receive insights into dealing with their own problems,a process called bibliotherapy. Children might identify with Gilly,living angrily in a foster home in Katherine Paterson's The Great Gilly Hopkins,or with Mary Alice,a city girl forced to live with her grandma in a“hick town"in Richard Peck's A Year Down Yonder.

1.What is likely to be the most significant consequence of a literature program?

A.The habit of reading for pleasure. B.The lessons learned from works.

C.The achievements of language skills. D.The ways of thinking developed by reading.

2.Why are Nory Ryan's Song and The Butterfly mentioned in paragraph 3?

A.To introduce two great masterpieces..

B.To expand children's horizons in literature.

C.To prove literature includes a variety of cultures.

D.To give examples of books that provide such experiences.

3.From the last paragraph we know that literature can be___

A.educational B.practical

C.changeable D.reliable

4.What could be the best title of the text?

A.Power of Books B.Ways of Reading

C.Source of Human Progress D.Benefits of Literature

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

本文是一篇议论文，文学是语言艺术项目中非常重要的一部分，它有很多好处。例如：文学可以带来快乐，可以让我们有更多经历还可以帮助人们解决问题等。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“Developing a love of literature as a recreational activity is possibly the most important outcome of a literature program.”可知把文学当成娱乐活动来喜爱也许是文学项目的最重要的结果。也就是说要把文学阅读当成快乐的事情，故A项正确。

2.推理判断题。本的中心思想是“Literature builds experience.”文学可以给我们提供经历，通过阅读我们可以拓宽视野。列举了Nory Ryan's Song and The Butterfly的事例就是让读者了解爱尔兰土豆危机以及二战中犹太人被迫害的历史事实，让读者了解这样的历史。所以这两本书是举例说明书本可以给我们提供这样的经历。故D项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据本段中前两句“Literature helps children deal with their problems. By finding out about the problems of others through books, children receive insights into dealing with their own problems, a process called bibliotherapy.”可知文学可以帮助儿童处理他们问题，说明文学是很实用的。故B项正确。

4.主旨大意题。根据文章主题段“Literature is an important part of a total language arts program at all grade levels because of the many benefits it offers.”可知文学是语言艺术项目中非常重要的一部分，因为它有很多好处。2-6段分别介绍了文学给我们带来的5种好处。例如：文学可以带来快乐，可以让我们有更多经历还可以帮助人们解决问题等。所以本文主要是讲述的是文学的好处，故D项正确。