Question

    You know you have to read "between the lines" to get the most out of anything. I want to persuade you to do something equally important in the course of your reading. I want to persuade you to “write between the lines." Unless you do, you are not likely to do the most efficient kind of reading.

I insist, quite bluntly, that marking up a book is not an act of damage but of love.

There are two ways in which one can own a book. The first is the property right you establish by paying for it, just as you pay for clothes and furniture. But this act of purchase is only the first step to possession. Full ownership comes only when you have made it a part of yourself and the best way to make yourself a part of it is by writing in it. I am arguing that books must be absorbed in your bloodstream to do you any good.

Why is marking up a book necessary to reading? First, it keeps you awake. (And I don't mean only conscious; I mean wide awake.) In the second place, reading, if it is active, is thinking and thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken or written. The marked book is usually the thought-through book. Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had, or the thoughts the author expressed.

But, you may ask, why is writing necessary? Well, the physical act of writing, with your own hand, brings words and sentences more sharply before your mind and preserves them better in your memory. To set down your reaction to important words and sentences you have read, and the questions they have raised in your mind, is to preserve those reactions and sharpen those questions.

If reading is to accomplish anything more than passing time, it must be active. You can't let your eyes glide across the lines in a book and come up with an understanding of what you have read. The books you read for pleasure can be read in a state of relaxation, and nothing is lost. An ordinary piece of light fiction, like "Gone with the Wind," doesn't require the most active kind of reading, and you don't absorb the ideas of John Dewey the way you absorb the story of David Copperfield.

You may also say that this business of marking books is going to slow up your reading. It probably will. That's one of the reasons for doing it. Most of us have been taken in by the notion that speed of reading is a measure of our intelligence. There is no such things as the right speed for intelligent reading. Some things should be read quickly and effortlessly, and some should be read slowly and even laboriously. The sign of intelligence in reading is the ability to read different things differently according to their worth. In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through you — how many you can make your own. A few friends are better than a thousand acquaintances. If this be your aim, as it should be, you will not be impatient if it takes more time and effort to read a great book than it does a newspaper.

1.Full ownership of a book does not occur until ________.

A.it is purchased B.it is read between the lines

C.it is written between the lines D.it is worn, shaken and loosened

2.The main advantage of marking up a book is ________.

A.to keep you from feeling sleepy

B.to show that you are absorbed in reading

C.to make yourself conscious that you are reading actively

D.to make yourself a part of it, making further understanding possible

3.The author most probably agrees that ________.

A.Gone with the Wind and David Copperfield are not thought-through books

B.Marking a book can help preserve your questions about what is read

C.Reading will benefit us more if it is done actively

D.Intelligent people usually read quickly and differently

4.The purpose of this passage is ________.

A.to tell the readers how to read different books

B.to encourage the readers to read slowly but actively

C.to argue that the readers should read between lines

D.to introduce ways to mark up a book while reading

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章主要讲述了给一本书做标记的好处：可以让书中的思想成为自己的一部分。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第三段的Full ownership comes only when you have made it a part of yourself and the best way to make yourself a part of it is by writing in it.(只有你让它成为你自己的一部分，你才能完全拥有一本书，而最好的方法就是通过在上面做标记)可知，通过在字里行间做标记，才能真正拥有一本书。C. it is written between the lines (在字里行间做笔记)符合以上说法，故选C项。

2.细节理解题。根据文章第四段的The marked book is usually the thought-through book. Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had, or the thoughts the author expressed.(有记号的书通常都是经过深思熟虑的书。最后，做笔记帮助你记住你的想法，或作者表达的想法)可知，在书上做笔记的优势是：更加理解这本书，并且让自己成为其中的一部分。D. to make yourself a part of it, making further understanding possible.(让你自己成为书的一部分，让进一步的理解变得可能)符合以上说法，故选D项。

3.推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段的An ordinary piece of light fiction, like "Gone with the Wind," doesn't require the most active kind of reading, and you don't absorb the ideas of John Dewey the way you absorb the story of David Copperfield.(一部普通的轻松小说，比如乱世佳人，不需要积极的阅读，你也不用像理解约翰.杜威的思想那样去理解大卫科波菲尔)可知作者认为乱世佳人和大卫科波菲尔不需要积极的去阅读，故推测作者认为他们不是深思熟虑的书。A. Gone with the Wind and David Copperfield are not thought-through books.(乱世佳人和大卫科波菲尔不是深思熟虑的书)符合以上推测，故选A项。

4.推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段的If reading is to accomplish anything more than passing time, it must be active.(如果阅读的目的不仅仅是消磨时间，那么它必须是积极的。)You may also say that this business of marking books is going to slow up your reading. It probably will. That's one of the reasons for doing it.(你可能还会说，在书上做标记会减慢你的阅读速度。也许会吧，这就是要慢读的原因之一)可推测，作者写本的目的是鼓励读者积极地，慢慢地阅读。B. to encourage the readers to read slowly but actively. (鼓励读者慢且积极的阅读)符合以上说法，故选B项。