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 buying 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. A comparison may make the point clear. You buy a piece of beef and transfer it from the butcher's icebox to your own. But you do not own the beef in the most important sense until you eat it and get it into your blood. I am arguing that books, too, must be absorbed in your blood to do you any good.

There are three kinds of book owners. The first has all the standard sets and bestsellers — unread, untouched. The second has a great many books — a few of them read through, most of them dipped into, but all of them as clean and shiny as the day they were bought. The third has a few books or many — every one of them worn, shaken and loosened by continual use, marked and scribbled (涂写) in from front to back.

Why is marking up a book necessary to reading it? 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 thought­through book. Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had, or the thoughts the author expressed.

1.The third kind of owners of books must be ______.

A.experienced readers B.untidy readers

C.active readers D.careless readers

2.Marking up a book means ______.

A.writing down difficult sentences

B.finding the extra meanings of unknown words

C.writing in the space the ideas you get through careful reading

D.making notes to show you understand what you have read

3.What does the author persuade you to mark?

A.Whatever you have given deep thought to while reading.

B.Words and sentences that bring up rich ideas.

C.Primary questions that challenge you.

D.Whatever disagreements you may have with the book

4.A great advantage of marking up a book is ______.

A.to absorb all the brilliant ideas it contains

B.to make yourself a part of it

C.to make yourself conscious that you are reading actively

D.to enable yourself to pick up the book for continual reading

Answer

1.C

2.C

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，可以让书中思想成为自己的一部分。

1.推理判断题。根据文章第三段的The third kind has several books, or many, each of which is worn, shaken and loosened due to continuous use, with marks and scratches (scribbled) from front to back.可知，第三种拥有者是，有几本书，或者很多，每一本都因持续使用而磨损、摇晃和松动，从前到后有记号和擦伤（涂写）。由此推测，第三种拥有者一定是积极的阅读者。C. active readers(积极的读者)符合以上推测，故选C项。

2.细节理解题。根据文章最后一段的Reading, if it is active, thinking tends to express itself in oral or written language. Marked books are usually considered books. (阅读，如果它是活跃的，思考倾向于用口头或书面的语言来表达自己。有记号的书通常是经过深思熟虑的书)可知，在书上做标记意味着在书上写下自己通过阅读得到的想法。C. writing in the space the ideas you get through careful reading(在书上的空白处写上通过仔细阅读得到的想法)符合以上说法，故选C项。

3.推理判断题。根据文章最后一段Reading, if it is active, thinking tends to express itself in oral or written language. (阅读，如果它是活跃的，思考倾向于用口头或书面的语言来表达自己)可推测，作者说的做标记是指自己阅读时读者任何经过深思熟虑的想法。A. Whatever you have given deep thought to while reading.(任何你在阅读时经过深思熟虑的想法)符合以上推测，故选A项。

4.细节理解题。根据第二段的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.(只有当你让书成为你的一部分时，书才真正属于你，而最好的方法就是通过在书上做笔记让你成为书的一部分)和最后一段的Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had, or the thoughts the author expressed.(最后，在书上做笔记可以帮你记住你的想法或者作者所表达的想法)可知，给一本书做标记的一大优势是让自己成为其中的一部分。B. to make yourself a part of it(让你自己成为书的一部分)符合以上说法，故选B项。