There is a distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding.1.       

  The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers,

magazines,or anything else.2.        Such materials may increase our store of information,but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don’t have any difficulty in gaining the new information,for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise,we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.

  The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader’s understanding.3.     Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here “learning” means understanding more,not remembering more information.

  What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First,there is inequality in understanding.4.        Besides,his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second,the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is approached,success of communication is achieved.

  5.     It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact,any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.

   A. Thus,we can employ the word “reading” in two distinct senses.

   B. Such communication between unequals must be possible.

   C. We can get access to the content of those materials easily.

   D. The writer must be “superior” to the reader in understanding.

   E. The writer should have a better communicating skill.

   F. Besides gaining information and understanding,there’s another goal of reading—entertainment.

   G. Reading for entertainment is capable of increasing our understanding for information.

  My father’s friend Jane recently related a story to us. Due to some unfortunate circumstance her sister Cathy was left in the snow,far away from her cabin and companions during a trip to mountains. She was 1        because a man on his snow plow (伊雪车) found her and took her to a 2     at 2:00 am.

  The hospital first 3        Cathy was dead because she had been 4        in the snow for hours. But luckily,they were able to revive (使复苏) her. Cathy has been in hospital 5      .When she woke up,the doctor couldn’t 6 Jane that Cathy would be as 7        as before,but it seemed that she would be okay and back to normal 8     

  Jane was 9        of money,and she got into trouble since she needed to 10        her sister’s hospital fees. Today she came to ask if my father could 11        her a few hundred dollars,since her employer didn’t give all her salary in advance 12        the situation.

  My father was 13        to give only $ 150 to her. I’m only a college student. I don’t have too much 14        of my own,but I was thinking about what I could do to help her. Finally I managed to 15        together $ 100 from my own money and passed it to her. She was really surprised,but also 16        grateful,and I felt happy that I could help ease someone else’s 17     in time of need.

  It may not be a huge 18        of kindness,but I felt great that I could be there to 19        someone—emotionally and financially. It always reminds me that I can reach out to those in need 20        I am not wealthy!

(   ) 1. A. worried   B. freezing

   C. lucky   D. weak

(   ) 2. A. base   B. hospital

   C. cabin   D. hotel

(   ) 3. A. found   B. reported

   C. discovered   D. thought

(   ) 4. A. waiting   B. blocked

   C. trapped   D. lying

(   ) 5. A. ever since   B. at once

   C. soon after   D. for long

(   ) 6. A. remind   B. assure

   C. say   D. warn

(   ) 7. A. pretty   B. active

   C. same   D. heavy

(   ) 8. A. too   B. yet

   C. forever   D. soon

(   ) 9. A. aware   B. afraid

   C. short   D. fond

(   ) 10. A. apply for   B. pay for

   C. long for   D. stand for

(   ) 11. A. lend   B. offer

   C. present   D. provide

(   ) 12. A. in view of   B. in need of

   C. in honour of   D. in spite of

(   ) 13. A. willing   B. prepared

   C. able   D. likely

(   ) 14. A. freedom   B. money

   C. thought   D. time

(   ) 15. A. gather   B. join

   C. hold   D. bring

(   ) 16. A. instantly   B. strongly

   C. lightly   D. extremely

(   ) 17. A. fear   B. pain

   C. burden   D. press

(   ) 18. A. act   B. trick

   C. plan   D. behaviour

(   ) 19. A. meet   B. cure

   C. pity   D. support

(   ) 20. A. if   B. though

   C. because   D. when

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