题目内容
9.It is true that good writers rewrite and rewrite and then rewrite some more.But in order to work up the desire to rewrite,it is important to learn to like what you write at the early stage.I am surprised at the number of famous writers I know who say that they so dislike reading their own writing later that they even hate to look over the publishers'opinions.One reason we may dislike reading our own work is that we're often disappointed that the rich ideas in our minds seem very thin and plain when first written down.Jerry Fodor and Steven Pinker suggest that this fact may be a result of how our minds work.
Different from popular belief,we do not usually think in the words and sentences of ordinary language but in symbols for ideas (known as"mentalese"),and writing our ideas down is an act of translation from that symbolic language.But while mentalese contains our thoughts in the form of a complex tapestry (织锦),writing can only be composed one thread(思路) at a time.Therefore it should not be surprising that our first attempt at expressing ideas should look so simple.It is only by repeatedly rewriting that we produce new threads and connect them to get closer to the ideas formed in our minds.
When people write as if some strict critics are looking over their shoulder,they are so worried about what this critic might say that they get stuck before they even start.Peter Elbow makes an excellent suggestion to deal with this problem.When writing we should have two different minds.At the first stage,we should see every idea,as well as the words we use to express it,as wonderful and worth putting down.It is only during rewrites that we should examine what we excitedly wrote in the first stage and check for weaknesses.
33.What do we learn from the text about those famous writers?C
A.They often regret writing poor works
B.Some of them write surprisingly much.
C.Many of them hate reading their own works
D.They are happy to review the publishers'opinions.
34.What do people generally believe about the way human minds work?A
A.People think in words and sentences.
B.Human ideas are translated into symbols
C.People think by connecting threads of ideas.
D.Human thoughts are expressed through pictures.
35.What can we conclude from the text?D
A.Most people believe we think in symbols.
B.Loving our own writing is scientifically reasonable.
C.The writers and critics can never reach an agreement.
D.Thinking and writing are different stages of mind at work.
分析 好的作家都是不停地重写自己的作品,但是他们却不喜欢读自己写的东西.其中的一个原因可能是,当他们第一次写下来的时候,脑海中丰富的思想显得非常单薄和朴实,所以常常感到失望.我们不总是用词和句子思考,而是用符号思考,写作和思考是大脑工作的不同阶段.
解答 33.C 细节理解题.根据第二段的第二句they even hate to look over thepublishers'opinions他们甚至讨厌看出版商的意见,故排除选项D;选项A、B文章中没提到;根据第二段的第一句they so dislike reading their ownwriting later可知,他们不喜欢读自己写的东西,故选C.
34.A 细节理解题.根据第三段的前两句Different from popular belief,we do not usually think in the words andsentences of ordinary language but in symbols for ideas (known as"mentalese")可知,不同于人们一般的看法,我们不总是用普通语言的单词和句子思考,而是用符号.所以一般认为人们用词和句子思考.故选A.
35.D 推理判断题.根据第三段的第一句Different from popularbelief…不同于人们一般的看法,我们不总是用普通语言的单词和句子思考,而是用符号.排除A项;根据第二段的第一句they so dislike reading their own writing later,他们不喜欢读自己的作品,排除B项;根据最后一段的Peter Elbow makes an excellent suggestion to deal with this problem.When writing we should have two differentminds.Peter Elbow提出了一个很好的建议来处理这个问题,写作时我们应该有两种不同的想法.排除C项;根据第二段的the rich ideas in our minds seem very thin and plain when first writtendown.可知,当我们第一次写下来时,我们头脑中丰富的思想显得非常单薄和朴实.所以可推断写作和思考是大脑工作的不同阶段,故选D.
点评 本文是文学艺术类阅读,考查学生对细节的理解把握和推理判断能力,做题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.