Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（请将答案涂在答题卡的1-5的位置）

There is 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 the 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. The writer should have a better communicating skill.

B. Such communication between un equals 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. Thus, we can employ the word “reading” in two distinct senses.

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

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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】G

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述了阅读的两种不同作用以及人们可以运用不同的阅读材料锻炼提高不同方面的能力。

【1】根据第二段第一句：The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else.和第三段第一句The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand.可知作者是从两个不同的角度使用reading。故选E正确。

【2】根据下一句Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding.可知这样的材料可以很快提高我们的信息储存量，但是它们并不能改善我们的理解力。也就是说我们可以很容易抓住材料的内容，但是对我们的理解力的提高并没有什么好处。故选C项符合上下文。

【3】根据前一句The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader’s understanding.可知作者在交流一下能够提高读者理解力的事情。这些对读者来说比较难的内容是可以提高读者的理解力的，也就是说这样的做法是可以实现的。故选B。

【4】根据下句Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack.书的作者一定在理解方面高于读者，所以他的作品才可以提高别人的理解力。故选D。

【5】根据下一句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.可知这里想说，除了获得信息和理解，还有另外一个阅读目标：娱乐。故选G。