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12.Tell a story and tell it well,and you may open wide the eyes of a child,open up lines of communication in a business,or even open people's mind to another culture or race.People in many places are digging up the old folk stories and the messages in them.For example,most American storytellers get their tales from a wide variety of sources,cultures,and times.They regard storytelling not only as a useful tool in child education,but also as a meaningful activity that helps adults understand themselves as well as those whose culture may be very different from their own.
"Most local stories are based on a larger theme,"American storyteller Opalanga Pugh says,"Cinderella (灰姑娘),or the central idea of a good child protected by her goodness,appears in various forms in almost every culture of the world."
Working with students in schools,Pugh helps them understand their own cultures and the general messages of the stories.She works with prisoner too,helping them know who they are by telling stories that her listeners can write,direct,and act in their own lives.If they don't like the story they are living,they can rewrite the story. Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers."For every advance in business,"she says,"there is a greater need for communication."Storytelling can have a great effect on either side of the manager-worker relationship,she says.
Pugh spent several years in Nigeria,where she learned how closely storytelling was linked to the everyday life of the people there.The benefits of storytelling are found everywhere,she says.
"I learned how people used stories to spread their culture,"she says,"What I do is to focus on the value of the stories that people can translate into their own daily world of affairs.We are all storytellers.We all have a story to tell.We tell everybody's story."
5.What do we learn about American storyteller from Paragraph 2?D
A.They share the same way of storytelling.
B.They prefer to tell the stories from other cultures.
C.They learn their stories from the American natives.
D.They find storytelling useful for both children and adults.
6.The underlined sentence(Paragraph 4)suggests that prisoners canA.
A.start a new life
B.settle down in another place
C.direct films
D.become good actors
7.Pugh has practised storytelling withB groups of people.
A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5
8.What is the main idea of the text?D
A.Storytelling can influence the way people think.
B.Storytelling is vital to the growth of businesses.
C.Storytelling is the best way to educate children in school.
D.Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others.
分析 本文主要讲了讲故事在我们的生活中的作用,不仅有助于人们了解自己也有助于了解他人.
解答 5.D 细节理解题.由文章第二段最后一句话:"They regard storytelling not only as …may be very difficult from their own."可知他们发现讲故事对孩子和成年人都很有用.所以答案选D.
6.A 句意理解题.根据句意:如果他们不喜欢他们的生活故事,他们可以重写这个故事.说明如果犯人认为做犯人不好,可以开始新的生活,争做新人.所以答案选A.
7.B 推理判断题.由文章第四段:Working with students in schoolsPugh 与在校学生一起,Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers.还开办经理工人间的交流热线,She works with prisoner too她也和犯人一起工作,故一共是三组.所以答案选B.
8.D 主旨大意题.由文章第一、二段可知.A、B、C太片面.而D选项说讲故事有助于人们了解自己和他人,符合本文的主旨.
点评 阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力,要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系,对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断;或根据作者所阐述的观点理论,对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释.考生首先要仔细阅读短文,完整了解信息,准确把握作者观点.
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