2016年12月大學英語四級閱讀模擬練習(12)

　　It is simple enough to say that since books have classes fiction, biography, poetry—we should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us. Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconception when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow worker and accomplice(同謀). If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read. But if you open your mind as widely as possible, then signs and hints of almost imperceptible finess(委婉之處), from the twist and turn of the first sentences, will bring you into the presence of a human being unlike any other. Steep yourself in this, acquaint yourself with this, and soon you will find that your author is giving you, or attempting to give you, something far more definite. The thirty two chapters of anovel—if we consider how to read a novel first—are an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building but words are more impalpable than bricks, reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing. Perhaps the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read, but to write; to make your own experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words. Recall, then, some event that has left a distinct impression on you—how at the corner of the street, perhaps, you passed two people talking. A tree shook; an electric light danced; the tone of the talk was comic, but also tragic; a whole vision, an entire conception, seemed contained in that moment.

　　21.What does the author mean by saying “Yet few people ask from books what books can give us.”?

　　A.The author means that lots of people read few books.

　　B.The author thinks that readers have only absorbed part of knowledge in books.

　　C.The author holds that few people have a proper idea about what content some kind of books should include.

　　D.The author considers that readers can scarcely understand most of the books.

　　22.According to the passage, which of the following statement is right?

　　A.A reader should find some mistakes when he is reading.

　　B.The more difficult a book is, the more you can get from it.

　　C.To read something is easier than to watch something.

　　D.One should be in the same track with the writer when he is reading.

　　23.What is the possible meaning of “impalpable” (Paragraph 2) in the passage?

　　A.Clear. B.Elusive. C.Delicate. D.Precise.

　　24.What’s the main idea of this passage?

　　A.The importance of reading. B.The proper way to read.

　　C.How to get most from one book. D.The characters of a good book.

　　25.When a writer is writing he often get the whole conception ____.

　　A.after a long time’s thinking

　　B.through an instant inspiration

　　C.according to his own experience

　　D.by way of watching the objects attentively

　　參考答案：

　　21.答案C。解答此題，正確理解“Yes…us”一句含義是 關(guān)鍵。其實質(zhì)含義是：“許多人讀書時因觀念不正確，而僅僅能從書本中得到很少的知識獲得很少的啟迪”。這樣，我們 就可以對選項進行逐個分析取舍了。A項意為“作者認為許多人讀的書都太少”，顯然與我 們的分析不符。B項意為“作者認為讀者僅僅從書中汲取了部分知識。”這句話只是引文部 分的字面含義，所以也應排除。再看C項作者認為許多人對某類書應該包含什么樣的內(nèi)容沒 有正確的觀念。這才是作者的隱含意思，所以是正確的。而D項“作者認為許多讀者對大量 的書都不能讀懂。”這也是一種錯誤的理解，也應排除。這樣就可確定選項為C。

　　22.答案D。此題只能用排除法，去掉與文章細節(jié)不符的選 項。選項A意為“讀者在閱讀時應該能發(fā)現(xiàn)一些錯誤。”文章中沒有此細節(jié)，可排除。B項“一本書越難讀，從中得到知 識也越多。”也與文意無關(guān)。再看C項“閱讀比觀看容易。”根據(jù)文章第二段第四句最后一分句可知這正與作者的觀點相反，故也排除。最后只剩下D項，應為正確答案。而其內(nèi)容“讀者在閱讀時應和作者保持一致。”正是作者的觀點，無疑正確。

　　23.答案B。先看上文：作家想把素材安排得像一座完整的大房，使之具體化。接下來就是含有“impalpable”一句。句首用“but”引導，有轉(zhuǎn)折含義。所以此單詞意義可能與“具體”相對。再看下文，閱讀比觀看更復雜和費時。這樣，該詞的含義就可以基本確定了，應該是“非常抽象難以捉摸的”之類的意思。(這里與”磚頭”相比，更加強了這一點)據(jù)此可 排除A、D項。C項意為“微妙”，意近。但B項恰好意為“難以捉摸的”，更與生詞含義接近 ，所以應選B。此題目C項干擾性較大，注意要避免匆忙選擇，而功虧一簣。

　　24.答案B。解答此題關(guān)鍵在于先弄清文章的主旨和大意。 在此基礎(chǔ)上就可進行選棄了。此短文主要講“何為正確的讀書方法”。據(jù)此，A項“閱讀的重要性”，C項“如何從書中獲 取最多的信息”，D項“一本好書的特征”，均不能選。而B項“何為正確的讀書方法”，正與我們的分析不謀而合，所以B為正確答案無疑。

　　25.答案B。答案可從文章最后一句獲得。解答此類題的關(guān) 鍵就是找到并正確理解有關(guān)細節(jié)。根據(jù)最后一句可知“作家構(gòu)思的獲得是通過瞬間的感悟。”可確定：B項為正確答案。