Question

【题目】阅读理解。

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a “complicated(复杂的) idea” until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony(嘲讽) or its very complicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read. Strict with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times.(How, after all, could one read a book more than once?)And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length.(Could anything shorter be a book?)

There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the “hundred most important books of Western Civilization.”“More than anything else in my life,”the professor told the reporter with finality, “these books have made me all that I am.” That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore. I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato’s The Republic, for example, I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition(迷信) of a schoolboy, I looked at every word of the text. And by the time I reached the last word, pleased, I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic, and seriously crossed Plato off my list.

【1】On hearing the teacher’s suggestion of reading, the writer thought ________.

A. one must read as many books as possible

B. a student should not have a complicated idea

C. it was impossible for one to read two thousand books

D. students ought to make a list of the books they had read

【2】 While at high school, the writer ________.

A. had plans for reading

B. learned to educate himself

C. only read books over 100 pages

D. read only one book several times

【3】 The writer’s purpose in mentioning The Republic is to ________.

A. explain why it was included in the list

B. describe why he seriously crossed it off the list

C. show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand

D. prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word

【4】The writer provides two book lists to ________.

A. show how he developed his point of view

B. tell his reading experience at high school

C. introduce the two persons’ reading methods

D. explain that he read many books at high school

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】本文主要讲述了作者中学时期的阅读经历。

【1】A 推理判断题。根据这一段的内容可知，作者在听了老师的话后，不管老师的话是嘲讽还是真理，将自己读过的书都列出来，其实是希望能达到2000本。故选A项。

【2】A 推理判断题。根据第二段That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore. I ... titles.可知，作者根据英语教授的推荐列了自己要读的书单，制定了读书计划。

【3】C 推理判断题。根据最后一段Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato’s The Republic, for example,…可知，作者提到The Republic是作为一个例子说明作者的书单里面很多书看不懂。

【4】B 主旨大意题。作者举了自己的两个读书清单是为了讲述自己在高中阅读的经历。