68．The purpose of
writing the article is to .
A．point out the importance of noticing everyday science
B．give background information about a latest study
C．prove that ears and eyes help us to walk
D．explain why we can’t walk in strictly straight line
Key: 65．D 66．A 67．C 68．D
(D)
In school and out，many people need to put the
information they find in an
encyclopedia(百科全书)into words of their own．The student who is writing a
composition，the businessman who is writing a
report，and
the housewife who is
preparing a talk for a woman’s
club often need the kind of information they
can find in an encyclopedia．But no one wants what he writes to
read as if it were copied
from an encyclopedia．what you write should read as if
it came from you．
Even if you have every intention of
rewriting the material in your own words，it
is unwise to copy information from
an encyclopedia word for word．Instead，write
brief notes to remind yourself of
the facts you wish to express．Later，with the
encyclopedia closed，you can expand(拓展)those notes into sentences and
paragraphs of your own．
The advantage of note-taking over
copying is that it forces you to think for
yourself at least twice--first
when you are reading and second when you are using
your notes．It is easy to copy a paragraph
without being sure of what it means．But to
make a note expressing the meaning
of a paragraph in your own words requires you
to prove to yourself that you have
understood that paragraph．Note-taking also
helps you to remember what you
have read．It is much easier to remember what you
have said in a note than what
someone else has said in a book．Eyen if an author’s
vocabulary is easily understood，it isn’t the vocabulary you
naturally think of．
Putting his ideas into your
vocabulary makes those ideas yours，and yours are the
ideas you best remember．
Some people write notes in complete
sentences．Others write notes that are
phrases of topics．For example，a sentence note on the paragraph
above might be
“Notes help you remember．”A topical note for the same
paragraph might be “Notes
as memory helps．”Both of these are four-word notes，and therefore either has a
advantage to save time at the
moment of note-taking．
Remember that the purpose of taking
notes is always for some future use，often
for some future writing that you
will do．Notes
that make you think as you write are
better than notes that merely help
you remember information．The thinking writer is
the one who creates something new，something that no one can point to
and say，
“Oh，I’ve seen that same paragraph in
an encyclopedia．”
