题目内容
___________ the chapter four times, and I finally understand the author’s theory.
- A.Reading
- B.Having read
- C.To read
- D.Read
考察非谓语动词。根据and可知前后两部分是并列结构,因此排除ABC,因为ABC只能作状语,D是祈使句,和后面I作主语的句子是并列关系,去掉and选择B
句意为,读了这个章节四次,我最总理解了作者的理论。
Dear Teresa Silva,
The official of the university has reported to us that you are an English major who meets the high standards for membership in Sigma Tau Delta. As is known, Sigma Tau Delta was founded in 1924 at Dakota Wesleyan University. It is an international collegiate honor society for students of English. It presently has over 850 chapters in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. Over 9,000 new members are admitted into the organization annually.
Sigma Tau Delta’s purpose is to promote literature and writing and to advance the study of the written word. Members gather annually in the spring at the international meeting to present papers and share experiences and ideas within the English subject. The Society offers tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships, awards, as well as publication chances in its journals The Rectangle and The Sigma Tau Delta Review.
It is our pleasure if you can complete the application for Sigma Tau Delta membership. If you would like to be included in this spring’s induction (入会) ceremony, please complete the application form, and include amount to cover both local and international fees. Your completed form must be received by date to be considered for the upcoming induction ceremony.
We congratulate you on your outstanding academic record and hope you will join us as a Sigma Tau Delta member. If you want to get more information, please visit our website www.sigmataudelta.org, or give us a call. The phone number is 583-2864.
Sincerely,
Emily Lister
【小题1】According to the passage, Sigma Tau Delta ______.
A.deals with language learning |
B.opens its door to all the students of English |
C.changes its members every year |
D.mainly takes charge of scientific publications |
A.meet all the chapter leaders |
B.receive tens of thousands of dollars |
C.share experiences and views |
D.choose a particular subject as a major |
A.introduction | B.congratulation | C.thanks | D.invitation |
Whether they’re project documents, trade journals, blogs, business books or ebooks, most of us read regularly as part of our jobs, and to develop our skills and knowledge.
But do you ever read what should be a useful document, yet fail to gain any helpful information from it? Or, re-read something several times to get a full understanding of the content? If so, look at the following strategies (策略) that will help you read more effectively.
●Think About What You Want to Know
Before you start reading anything, ask yourself why you’re reading it. Are you reading with a purpose, or just for pleasure? What do you want to know after you’ve read it? Once you know your purpose, you can examine the resource (资源) to see whether it’s going to help you.
Ask yourself whether the resource meets your needs, and try to work out if it will give you the right amount of knowledge. If you think that the resource isn’t consummate, don’t waste time reading it.
●Know How Deeply to Study the Material
Where you only need the shallowest knowledge of a subject, you can skim material. Here you read only chapter headings, introductions, and summaries.
If you need a moderate (中等的) level of information on a subject, then you can scan the text. This is when you read the chapter introductions and summaries in detail. You can then speed read the contents of the chapters, picking out and understanding key words and concepts.
Only when you need full knowledge of a subject is it worth studying the text in detail (细节). Here it’s best to skim the material first to get an overview of the subject. This gives you an understanding of its structure, into which you can then fit the detail gained from a full reading of the material.
【小题1】Why should we know our purpose before reading?
A.Because we can develop our skills and knowledge. |
B.Because we can get a full understanding of the content. |
C.Because we can avoid re-reading something several times. |
D.Because we can check it out whether the material will be helpful. |
A.Legal. | B.Natural. | C.Perfect. | D.Formal. |
A.2. | B.3. | C.4. | D.5. |
A.Reading Strategies |
B.Think About What You Want to Know |
C.Know How Deeply to Study the Material |
D.How to Develop our Skills and Knowledge |
Testing has replaced teaching in most public schools. My own children's school week is framed by pretests, drills, tests, and retests. They know that the best way to read a textbook is to look at the questions at the end of the chapter and then skim the text for the answers. I believe that my daughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any of her school textbooks all the way through. And teachers are often heard to state proudly and openly that they teach to the mandated (国家指定的) state test.
Teaching to the test is a curious phenomenon. Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learn them, and then using some reasonable methods of assessment to discover whether students have mastered the skills, teachers are encouraged to reverse the process. First, one looks at a commercially available test. Then, one distills (提取) the skills needed not to master reading, say, or math, but to do well on the test. Finally, the test skills are taught.
The ability to read or write or calculate might infer the ability to do reasonably well on standardized tests. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through being taught to take tests. We must be careful to avoid mistaking preparation for a test of a skill with the acquisition of that skill. Too many discussions of the basics of skills make this fundamental confusion because people are test-centered rather than concerned with the nature and quality of what is taught.
Recently, many schools have faced what could be called the crisis of comprehension or, in simple terms, the phenomenon of students with phonic and grammar skills still being unable to understand what they read. These students are capable of taking tests and filling in workbooks. However, they have little or no experience reading or thinking, and talking about what they read. They know the details but can't see or understand the whole. They are taught to be so concerned with grade that they have' no time or ease of mind to think about meaning, and reread things if necessary.
【小题1】As is indicated in the second paragraph, the author finds it strange that __.
A.tests are used to assess students' skills |
B.skills are determined before tests are set |
C.teaching is aimed to prepare students for tests |
D.teachers use some reasonable methods of assessment |
A.students' poor phonic and grammar skills |
B.teaching that takes up much of students' free time |
C.teaching that emphasizes details rather than the whole |
D.students' lack of ability to think about what they read |
A.the basics of skills have been discussed too much |
B.the nature and quality of what is taught are fully concerned |
C.skills in general are not only useless but often mislead students |
D.doing well in a test does not necessarily mean acquiring the skill |