Question

Since the pre-historic times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always controlled the situations to his advantage. Probably this might be the reason why we humans are the most developed of all living species on the earth. As we climbed the steps of development, we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking -- we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of time.
If you are hungry, what do you do? Get a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet. Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such things. So it silently began to care about your needs and never let itself grow. When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?" "Why am I always given the difficult problems?" Well, this is the result of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.
Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through reading. Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading. You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your "How to?" questions. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before.
【小题1】What is the function of the first paragraph?

A．To show humans are the most developed.

B．To introduce the topic of the passage.

C．To indicate people have different needs to satisfy.

D．To explain why people need to read.

【小题2】What does the author mean by saying "When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop."

A．When mind keeps growing, creativity fully stops.

B．When freedom is lost, creativity gets a full stop.

C．When mind stops growing, creativity fully stops.

D．When growing is lost, creativity gets a flail stop.

【小题3】The paragraph following the passage is probably about ______.

A．how the pre-historic man feeds his mind

B．what other advantages reading brings

C．how to develop creativity

D．how to satisfy your mind by watching TV

【小题4】 The author tends to tell us ______.

A．reading can satisfy your all needs	B．reading can result from creativity
C．reading can feed your mind	D．reading can realize your dreams

Answer 1

【小题1】B
【小题2】A
【小题3】B
【小题4】C

解析试题分析：文章从人类会满足自己的生理需求到提出主题：阅读可以充实我们的大脑，并陈述了理由。
【小题1】写作意图题：文章第一段先是说人类会满足自己的需求，然后提出主题：As we climbed the steps of development, we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking -- we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of time.所以选B
【小题2】句意理解题：从后面的句子：This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?" "Why am I always given the difficult problems?" 可知如果我们一直想，就没有创造力了。选A
【小题3】推理题：从最后一句话：This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before.可知这是阅读的好处，接下来的一段会写阅读带来的另外的好处，选B
【小题4】主旨题：从第三段的句子：Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through reading.可知这篇文章讲的是阅读可以充实我们的大脑。选C
考点：考查日常生活类短文
点评：本文集中考查的题型多样，题目设置较为合理，在推理的时候，要结合人物的对话进行准确理解，确定考点，准确判断。要求考生仔细阅读这篇文章，耐心审题，结合题目做出准确的定位判断。必要的时候要进行推理，透过句子表面看作者的真正意图。