英語等級考試-PETS二級-第一章閱讀-短文理解

英語等級考試-PETS二級-第一章閱讀—短文理解共享題干題Passage

1Wemaybeverypleasedwiththerapidprogresswehavemadeine（江南博哥）veryfieldofstudy.Butthewaytotestastudent’sknowledgeandabilitystillremainsaspoorasitwas.Wehavealmostdonenothingtoimproveourexaminationsystem.Itiswellknownthattheexaminationsystemwearenowusingmaybeagoodwayoftestingastudent’smemory,butitcantellyounothingaboutastudent’sability.Itdoesnogoodtostudentsandteachers.Assoonasachildbeginsschool,heentersaworldofexaminationsthatwilldecidehisfuturejob.Infactagoodexaminationsystemshoulddivainastudenttothinkforhimself.Butitnowdoesnothingaboutthat.Studentsareencouragedtorememberwhatistaught.Itdoesnotenablethemtogainmorenewknowledge.Thestudentswhocomeoutfirstintheexaminationoftenmaynotbethebestintheirstudies.Besides,theexaminationsoftenforceteacherstodivainstudentswhattodowiththecomingexaminationfromtimetotime.Theremustbesomesimplerandbetterwaytotestastudent’sabilitybesidesknowledge.Andthatiswhatweshoulddoatonce.[單選題]1.Themostsuidivtitleofthispassageis______.A.ProgressintheFieldofStudyB.Teachers’RoleinStudyC.HowtoImproveStudents’AbilityD.BadPointsoftheExaminationSystem正確答案：D參考解析：主旨大意題。文章從幾個方面闡述了現(xiàn)行考試制度的弊端，對現(xiàn)行的考試制度強烈不滿。Wemaybeverypleasedwiththerapidprogresswehavemadeineveryfieldofstudy.Butthewaytotestastudent’sknowledgeandabilitystillremainsaspoorasitwas.Wehavealmostdonenothingtoimproveourexaminationsystem.Itiswellknownthattheexaminationsystemwearenowusingmaybeagoodwayoftestingastudent’smemory,butitcantellyounothingaboutastudent’sability.Itdoesnogoodtostudentsandteachers.Assoonasachildbeginsschool,heentersaworldofexaminationsthatwilldecidehisfuturejob.Infactagoodexaminationsystemshoulddivainastudenttothinkforhimself.Butitnowdoesnothingaboutthat.Studentsareencouragedtorememberwhatistaught.Itdoesnotenablethemtogainmorenewknowledge.Thestudentswhocomeoutfirstintheexaminationoftenmaynotbethebestintheirstudies.Besides,theexaminationsoftenforceteacherstodivainstudentswhattodowiththecomingexaminationfromtimetotime.Theremustbesomesimplerandbetterwaytotestastudent’sabilitybesidesknowledge.Andthatiswhatweshoulddoatonce.[單選題]2.Nowlittlehasbeendoneto______.A.decideastudent’sjobB.testastudent’sabilityC.testastudent’sknowledgeD.testastudent’smemory正確答案：B參考解析：推理判斷題。由第一段第二句和第二段ItCantellyounothingaboutastudent’sability.可知，現(xiàn)在的考試制度并不能測試出一個學(xué)生的能力。Wemaybeverypleasedwiththerapidprogresswehavemadeineveryfieldofstudy.Butthewaytotestastudent’sknowledgeandabilitystillremainsaspoorasitwas.Wehavealmostdonenothingtoimproveourexaminationsystem.Itiswellknownthattheexaminationsystemwearenowusingmaybeagoodwayoftestingastudent’smemory,butitcantellyounothingaboutastudent’sability.Itdoesnogoodtostudentsandteachers.Assoonasachildbeginsschool,heentersaworldofexaminationsthatwilldecidehisfuturejob.Infactagoodexaminationsystemshoulddivainastudenttothinkforhimself.Butitnowdoesnothingaboutthat.Studentsareencouragedtorememberwhatistaught.Itdoesnotenablethemtogainmorenewknowledge.Thestudentswhocomeoutfirstintheexaminationoftenmaynotbethebestintheirstudies.Besides,theexaminationsoftenforceteacherstodivainstudentswhattodowiththecomingexaminationfromtimetotime.Theremustbesomesimplerandbetterwaytotestastudent’sabilitybesidesknowledge.Andthatiswhatweshoulddoatonce.[單選題]3.Theexaminationsystemwearenowusingcanonlymakethestudents______.A.gainmoreandmoreknowledgeB.makerapidprogressC.rememberwhatistaughtD.thinkforthemselves正確答案：C參考解析：事實細節(jié)題。由文章第四段第三句Studentsareencouragedtorememberwhatistaught.可知，現(xiàn)在的考試制度只是讓學(xué)生記憶學(xué)過的東西。Wemaybeverypleasedwiththerapidprogresswehavemadeineveryfieldofstudy.Butthewaytotestastudent’sknowledgeandabilitystillremainsaspoorasitwas.Wehavealmostdonenothingtoimproveourexaminationsystem.Itiswellknownthattheexaminationsystemwearenowusingmaybeagoodwayoftestingastudent’smemory,butitcantellyounothingaboutastudent’sability.Itdoesnogoodtostudentsandteachers.Assoonasachildbeginsschool,heentersaworldofexaminationsthatwilldecidehisfuturejob.Infactagoodexaminationsystemshoulddivainastudenttothinkforhimself.Butitnowdoesnothingaboutthat.Studentsareencouragedtorememberwhatistaught.Itdoesnotenablethemtogainmorenewknowledge.Thestudentswhocomeoutfirstintheexaminationoftenmaynotbethebestintheirstudies.Besides,theexaminationsoftenforceteacherstodivainstudentswhattodowiththecomingexaminationfromtimetotime.Theremustbesomesimplerandbetterwaytotestastudent’sabilitybesidesknowledge.Andthatiswhatweshoulddoatonce.[單選題]4.Inordertomakestudentsgainhighmarksinthecomingexamination,teachershaveto______.A.developtheirstudents’abilitiesB.filltheirstudents’headswithmuchinformationC.teachfreelyD.teachtheirstudentshowtostudy正確答案：B參考解析：事實細節(jié)題。由文章最后一段第一句…theexaminationsoftenforceteacherstotrainstudentswhattodowiththecomingexaminationfromtimetotime.可知，為了讓學(xué)生在考試中取得高分，老師們要向?qū)W生灌輸很多信息。故B項符合題意。Wemaybeverypleasedwiththerapidprogresswehavemadeineveryfieldofstudy.Butthewaytotestastudent’sknowledgeandabilitystillremainsaspoorasitwas.Wehavealmostdonenothingtoimproveourexaminationsystem.Itiswellknownthattheexaminationsystemwearenowusingmaybeagoodwayoftestingastudent’smemory,butitcantellyounothingaboutastudent’sability.Itdoesnogoodtostudentsandteachers.Assoonasachildbeginsschool,heentersaworldofexaminationsthatwilldecidehisfuturejob.Infactagoodexaminationsystemshoulddivainastudenttothinkforhimself.Butitnowdoesnothingaboutthat.Studentsareencouragedtorememberwhatistaught.Itdoesnotenablethemtogainmorenewknowledge.Thestudentswhocomeoutfirstintheexaminationoftenmaynotbethebestintheirstudies.Besides,theexaminationsoftenforceteacherstodivainstudentswhattodowiththecomingexaminationfromtimetotime.Theremustbesomesimplerandbetterwaytotestastudent’sabilitybesidesknowledge.Andthatiswhatweshoulddoatonce.[單選題]5.Thepassagetellsusabouttheimportanceof______.A.gettingexaminationsystemimprovedB.takingexaminationsC.testingastudent’sknowledgeD.workinghardatalllessons正確答案：A參考解析：主旨大意題。由全文知，作者對現(xiàn)行的考試制度極度不滿，目的是說明改進現(xiàn)在考試制度的重要性。Passage

2Almosteveryfamilybuysatleastonecopyofanewspapereveryday.Somepeoplesubscribe(訂閱)toasmanyastwoorthreenewspapers.Butwhydopeoplereadnewspapers?Fivehundredyearsago,newsofimportanthappenings—battleslostandwon,kingsorrulersoverthrown(推翻)orkilled—tookmonthsandevenyearstodivavelfromonecoundivytoanother.Thenewspassedbywordofmouthandwasneveraccurate.Todaywecanreadinournewspapersofimportanteventsthatoccurinfarawaycoundiviesonthesamedaytheyhappen.Apartfromsupplyingnewsfromallovertheworld,newspapersgiveusalotofotherusefulinformation.Thereareweatherreports,radios,televisionandfilmguides,bookreviews,storiesand,ofcourse,advertisements.Thebiggeronesareputinbylargecompaniestobringattentiontotheirproducts.Theypaythenewspapersthousandsofdollarsfortheadvertisingspace,butitisworththemoney,fornewsoftheirproductsgoesintoalmosteveryhomeinthecoundivy.Forthosewhoproducenewspapers,advertisementsarealsoveryimportant.Moneyearnedfromadvertisementsmakesitpossibleforthemtoselltheirnewspapersatalowpriceandstillmakeaprofit.Newspapersoftenhaveinformationongardening,cookingandfashionaswellasasmallbutverypopularsectiononjokesandcartoons(漫畫).[單選題]6.Whatisthetextabout?A.Advertisementsarethemostimportantpartinnewspapers.B.Itindivoducesnewspaperspastandtodayanditscontents.C.Thereisalotofusefulinformationonnewspapers.D.Peoplelikenewspapersverymuch.正確答案：B參考解析：主旨大意題。本文首先介紹了過去和現(xiàn)在的報紙，緊接著說了報紙的內(nèi)容，故答案選B。Almosteveryfamilybuysatleastonecopyofanewspapereveryday.Somepeoplesubscribe(訂閱)toasmanyastwoorthreenewspapers.Butwhydopeoplereadnewspapers?Fivehundredyearsago,newsofimportanthappenings—battleslostandwon,kingsorrulersoverthrown(推翻)orkilled—tookmonthsandevenyearstodivavelfromonecoundivytoanother.Thenewspassedbywordofmouthandwasneveraccurate.Todaywecanreadinournewspapersofimportanteventsthatoccurinfarawaycoundiviesonthesamedaytheyhappen.Apartfromsupplyingnewsfromallovertheworld,newspapersgiveusalotofotherusefulinformation.Thereareweatherreports,radios,televisionandfilmguides,bookreviews,storiesand,ofcourse,advertisements.Thebiggeronesareputinbylargecompaniestobringattentiontotheirproducts.Theypaythenewspapersthousandsofdollarsfortheadvertisingspace,butitisworththemoney,fornewsoftheirproductsgoesintoalmosteveryhomeinthecoundivy.Forthosewhoproducenewspapers,advertisementsarealsoveryimportant.Moneyearnedfromadvertisementsmakesitpossibleforthemtoselltheirnewspapersatalowpriceandstillmakeaprofit.Newspapersoftenhaveinformationongardening,cookingandfashionaswellasasmallbutverypopularsectiononjokesandcartoons(漫畫).[單選題]7.Thehabitofreadingnewspapersis______.A.uncommonintheworldB.notpopularinUSA.C.widespreadintheworldD.foundamongafewfamilies正確答案：C參考解析：事實細節(jié)題。由關(guān)鍵詞habit定位文章第一句“Almosteveryfamilybuysatleastonecopyofanewspapereveryday.”可知，看報紙的習(xí)慣在世界上很廣泛。Almosteveryfamilybuysatleastonecopyofanewspapereveryday.Somepeoplesubscribe(訂閱)toasmanyastwoorthreenewspapers.Butwhydopeoplereadnewspapers?Fivehundredyearsago,newsofimportanthappenings—battleslostandwon,kingsorrulersoverthrown(推翻)orkilled—tookmonthsandevenyearstodivavelfromonecoundivytoanother.Thenewspassedbywordofmouthandwasneveraccurate.Todaywecanreadinournewspapersofimportanteventsthatoccurinfarawaycoundiviesonthesamedaytheyhappen.Apartfromsupplyingnewsfromallovertheworld,newspapersgiveusalotofotherusefulinformation.Thereareweatherreports,radios,televisionandfilmguides,bookreviews,storiesand,ofcourse,advertisements.Thebiggeronesareputinbylargecompaniestobringattentiontotheirproducts.Theypaythenewspapersthousandsofdollarsfortheadvertisingspace,butitisworththemoney,fornewsoftheirproductsgoesintoalmosteveryhomeinthecoundivy.Forthosewhoproducenewspapers,advertisementsarealsoveryimportant.Moneyearnedfromadvertisementsmakesitpossibleforthemtoselltheirnewspapersatalowpriceandstillmakeaprofit.Newspapersoftenhaveinformationongardening,cookingandfashionaswellasasmallbutverypopularsectiononjokesandcartoons(漫畫).[單選題]8.Inthepast,newswas______.A.sentbytelegraphB.passedfromonepersontoanotherC.sentbyletterD.sentbytelephone正確答案：B參考解析：事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段第二句thenewspassedbywordofmouth…可知，在過去，新聞是口頭傳播的，即通過人與人傳播。Almosteveryfamilybuysatleastonecopyofanewspapereveryday.Somepeoplesubscribe(訂閱)toasmanyastwoorthreenewspapers.Butwhydopeoplereadnewspapers?Fivehundredyearsago,newsofimportanthappenings—battleslostandwon,kingsorrulersoverthrown(推翻)orkilled—tookmonthsandevenyearstodivavelfromonecoundivytoanother.Thenewspassedbywordofmouthandwasneveraccurate.Todaywecanreadinournewspapersofimportanteventsthatoccurinfarawaycoundiviesonthesamedaytheyhappen.Apartfromsupplyingnewsfromallovertheworld,newspapersgiveusalotofotherusefulinformation.Thereareweatherreports,radios,televisionandfilmguides,bookreviews,storiesand,ofcourse,advertisements.Thebiggeronesareputinbylargecompaniestobringattentiontotheirproducts.Theypaythenewspapersthousandsofdollarsfortheadvertisingspace,butitisworththemoney,fornewsoftheirproductsgoesintoalmosteveryhomeinthecoundivy.Forthosewhoproducenewspapers,advertisementsarealsoveryimportant.Moneyearnedfromadvertisementsmakesitpossibleforthemtoselltheirnewspapersatalowpriceandstillmakeaprofit.Newspapersoftenhaveinformationongardening,cookingandfashionaswellasasmallbutverypopularsectiononjokesandcartoons(漫畫).[單選題]9.Themoneyspentonadvertisementsis______.A.wastedB.notmuchC.worthwhileD.useless正確答案：C參考解析：同義轉(zhuǎn)換題。由關(guān)鍵詞advertisements定位文章第三段第四句…butitisworththemoney,for…可知，花在廣告上的錢是很值得的。Almosteveryfamilybuysatleastonecopyofanewspapereveryday.Somepeoplesubscribe(訂閱)toasmanyastwoorthreenewspapers.Butwhydopeoplereadnewspapers?Fivehundredyearsago,newsofimportanthappenings—battleslostandwon,kingsorrulersoverthrown(推翻)orkilled—tookmonthsandevenyearstodivavelfromonecoundivytoanother.Thenewspassedbywordofmouthandwasneveraccurate.Todaywecanreadinournewspapersofimportanteventsthatoccurinfarawaycoundiviesonthesamedaytheyhappen.Apartfromsupplyingnewsfromallovertheworld,newspapersgiveusalotofotherusefulinformation.Thereareweatherreports,radios,televisionandfilmguides,bookreviews,storiesand,ofcourse,advertisements.Thebiggeronesareputinbylargecompaniestobringattentiontotheirproducts.Theypaythenewspapersthousandsofdollarsfortheadvertisingspace,butitisworththemoney,fornewsoftheirproductsgoesintoalmosteveryhomeinthecoundivy.Forthosewhoproducenewspapers,advertisementsarealsoveryimportant.Moneyearnedfromadvertisementsmakesitpossibleforthemtoselltheirnewspapersatalowpriceandstillmakeaprofit.Newspapersoftenhaveinformationongardening,cookingandfashionaswellasasmallbutverypopularsectiononjokesandcartoons(漫畫).[單選題]10.Thesectiononjokesandcartoonsis______.A.readonlybychildrenB.ofnovalueC.nothelpfulD.readbymanypeople正確答案：D參考解析：推理判斷題。由關(guān)鍵詞jokesandcartoons定位文章最后一段“butverypopularsectiononjokesandcartoons”可知，笑話和漫畫很受歡迎，因此推斷有很多人看。Passage

3Accordingtostatistics,in2007morethan6,000childrenwereexpulsed(開除)fromUSschoolsforbringinggunsandbombstoschool.TheUSDepartmentofEducationgaveareporttotheexpulsionsassayinghandgunsaccountedfor58percentofthe6,093expulsionsin2003-2004,against7percentforrifles(步槍)orshotgunsand35percentforothertypesoffirearms.“Thereportisaclearsignthatournation’spublicschoolsarecrackingdown(嚴(yán)懲)onstudentswhobringgunstoschool,”EducationSecretaryRichardRileysaidinastatement.“Weneedtobesdivong-mindedaboutkeepinggunsoutofourschoolsanddoeverythingtokeepourchildrensafe.“InMarch2004,an11yearsoldboyand13yearsoldboyusinghandgunsandriflesshotdeadfourchildrenandateacherataschoolinJonesboro,Arkansas.InOctober,twowerekilledandsevenwerewoundedinashootingataMississippischool.Twomonthslater,14yearsoldboykilledthreehighschoolstudentsandwoundedfiveinDasucah,Kentucky.Mostoftheexpulsions,56percent,werefromhighschools,whichhavestudentsfromaboutage13.34percentwerefromjuniorhighschoolsand9percentwerefromelementaryschools,thereportsaid.[單選題]11.FromthefirstparagraphwecaninferthatintheUSschools______.A.studentsenjoyshootingB.studentsareeagertobesoldiersC.safetyisaproblemD.studentscanmakeguns正確答案：C參考解析：推理判斷題。由關(guān)鍵詞theUSschools定位文章開始提到美國學(xué)校開除了很多學(xué)生，因為他們帶著槍等危險武器進校園，由此我們可以知道，在美國的校園內(nèi)，學(xué)生的安全是個問題。故C項正確。其他三項原文均沒有提及。Accordingtostatistics,in2007morethan6,000childrenwereexpulsed(開除)fromUSschoolsforbringinggunsandbombstoschool.TheUSDepartmentofEducationgaveareporttotheexpulsionsassayinghandgunsaccountedfor58percentofthe6,093expulsionsin2003-2004,against7percentforrifles(步槍)orshotgunsand35percentforothertypesoffirearms.“Thereportisaclearsignthatournation’spublicschoolsarecrackingdown(嚴(yán)懲)onstudentswhobringgunstoschool,”EducationSecretaryRichardRileysaidinastatement.“Weneedtobesdivong-mindedaboutkeepinggunsoutofourschoolsanddoeverythingtokeepourchildrensafe.“InMarch2004,an11yearsoldboyand13yearsoldboyusinghandgunsandriflesshotdeadfourchildrenandateacherataschoolinJonesboro,Arkansas.InOctober,twowerekilledandsevenwerewoundedinashootingataMississippischool.Twomonthslater,14yearsoldboykilledthreehighschoolstudentsandwoundedfiveinDasucah,Kentucky.Mostoftheexpulsions,56percent,werefromhighschools,whichhavestudentsfromaboutage13.34percentwerefromjuniorhighschoolsand9percentwerefromelementaryschools,thereportsaid.[單選題]12.ThereportfromtheUSDepartmentofEducationshowsthat______.A.thenumberoftheexpulsionsisnotlargeB.thenumberoftheexpulsionsiswrongC.therearesoldiershidingamongthestudentsD.gunsareoutofcondivolinUSschools正確答案：D參考解析：推理判斷題。由關(guān)鍵詞Thereport定位第二段，從教育部報告所列出的持槍者數(shù)字，我們可以看出美國校園內(nèi)槍支的管理是混亂的，故D項正確。原文紙上給出了爆炸案件的數(shù)字，并沒有對此作出評價，故A項和B項錯誤，C項原文沒有提及。Accordingtostatistics,in2007morethan6,000childrenwereexpulsed(開除)fromUSschoolsforbringinggunsandbombstoschool.TheUSDepartmentofEducationgaveareporttotheexpulsionsassayinghandgunsaccountedfor58percentofthe6,093expulsionsin2003-2004,against7percentforrifles(步槍)orshotgunsand35percentforothertypesoffirearms.“Thereportisaclearsignthatournation’spublicschoolsarecrackingdown(嚴(yán)懲)onstudentswhobringgunstoschool,”EducationSecretaryRichardRileysaidinastatement.“Weneedtobesdivong-mindedaboutkeepinggunsoutofourschoolsanddoeverythingtokeepourchildrensafe.“InMarch2004,an11yearsoldboyand13yearsoldboyusinghandgunsandriflesshotdeadfourchildrenandateacherataschoolinJonesboro,Arkansas.InOctober,twowerekilledandsevenwerewoundedinashootingataMississippischool.Twomonthslater,14yearsoldboykilledthreehighschoolstudentsandwoundedfiveinDasucah,Kentucky.Mostoftheexpulsions,56percent,werefromhighschools,whichhavestudentsfromaboutage13.34percentwerefromjuniorhighschoolsand9percentwerefromelementaryschools,thereportsaid.[單選題]13.Themainideaofthesecondparagraphshowsus______.A.someexamplesofshootinginUSschoolsB.theAmerican’sfeelingC.somefamousschoolsD.thatsometeacherswerekilledbystudents正確答案：A參考解析：主旨大意題。由文章的第二段可知作者通過幾個血腥的例子向讀者證明了由于槍支的管制不嚴(yán)，所引起的嚴(yán)重后果。所以本題的正確答案為A項。Accordingtostatistics,in2007morethan6,000childrenwereexpulsed(開除)fromUSschoolsforbringinggunsandbombstoschool.TheUSDepartmentofEducationgaveareporttotheexpulsionsassayinghandgunsaccountedfor58percentofthe6,093expulsionsin2003-2004,against7percentforrifles(步槍)orshotgunsand35percentforothertypesoffirearms.“Thereportisaclearsignthatournation’spublicschoolsarecrackingdown(嚴(yán)懲)onstudentswhobringgunstoschool,”EducationSecretaryRichardRileysaidinastatement.“Weneedtobesdivong-mindedaboutkeepinggunsoutofourschoolsanddoeverythingtokeepourchildrensafe.“InMarch2004,an11yearsoldboyand13yearsoldboyusinghandgunsandriflesshotdeadfourchildrenandateacherataschoolinJonesboro,Arkansas.InOctober,twowerekilledandsevenwerewoundedinashootingataMississippischool.Twomonthslater,14yearsoldboykilledthreehighschoolstudentsandwoundedfiveinDasucah,Kentucky.Mostoftheexpulsions,56percent,werefromhighschools,whichhavestudentsfromaboutage13.34percentwerefromjuniorhighschoolsand9percentwerefromelementaryschools,thereportsaid.[單選題]14.Fromthispassageweknowthat______.A.everyAmericancannothavegunsB.onlysoldiersandpolicecanhavegunsC.everyAmericancitizencanowngunsD.teachershavenomoneytobuyguns正確答案：C參考解析：推理判斷題。文章主要說明由于對槍支的管制不嚴(yán)，導(dǎo)致學(xué)生能隨便攜帶槍支進校，因而發(fā)生了很多暴力事件，所以可以推斷，在美國公民是可以持有手槍的。故C項正確。Passage

4Readingtodogsisanunusualwaytohelpchildrenimprovetheirliteracyskills(讀寫能力)Withtheirshiningbrowneyes,waggingtails,andunconditionallove,dogscanprovidethenonjudgmentallistenersneededforabeginningreadertogainconfidence,accordingtoIntermountainTherapyAnimals(ITA)inSaltLakeCity.Thegroupsaysitisthefirstprograminthecoundivytousedogstohelpdevelopliteracyinchildren,withtheindivoductionofReadingEducationAssociationDogs(READ).TheSaltLakeCityPublicLibraryissoldontheidea.“Literacyspecialistsadmitthatchildrenwhoreadbelowtheleveloftheirfellowpupilsareoftenafraidofreadingaloudinagroup,oftenhavelowerself-respect,andregardreadingasaheadache,”saidLisaMyron,managerofthechildren’sdepartment.LastNovemberthetwogroupsstarted“DogDayAfternoon”inthechildren’sdepartmentofthemainlibrary.About25childrenattendedeachofthefourSaturday-afternoonclasses,readingforhalfanhour.Thosewhoattendedthreeofthefourclassesreceiveda“pawgraphed”bookatthelastclass.TheprogramwassosuccessfulthatthelibraryplanstorepeatitinApril,accordingtoDanaThumpowsky,publicrelationsmanager.[單選題]15.Whatismainlydiscussedinthetext?A.Children’sreadingdifficulties.B.Advantagesofraisingdogs.C.Serviceinapubliclibrary.D.Aspecialreadingprogram.正確答案：D參考解析：主旨大意題。根據(jù)對文章的分析可知，本文討論了一種特殊的促進閱讀能力的項目。A、B、C三項在文中均有提及但并非文章主要討論的內(nèi)容，故答案選D。Readingtodogsisanunusualwaytohelpchildrenimprovetheirliteracyskills(讀寫能力)Withtheirshiningbrowneyes,waggingtails,andunconditionallove,dogscanprovidethenonjudgmentallistenersneededforabeginningreadertogainconfidence,accordingtoIntermountainTherapyAnimals(ITA)inSaltLakeCity.Thegroupsaysitisthefirstprograminthecoundivytousedogstohelpdevelopliteracyinchildren,withtheindivoductionofReadingEducationAssociationDogs(READ).TheSaltLakeCityPublicLibraryissoldontheidea.“Literacyspecialistsadmitthatchildrenwhoreadbelowtheleveloftheirfellowpupilsareoftenafraidofreadingaloudinagroup,oftenhavelowerself-respect,andregardreadingasaheadache,”saidLisaMyron,managerofthechildren’sdepartment.LastNovemberthetwogroupsstarted“DogDayAfternoon”inthechildren’sdepartmentofthemainlibrary.About25childrenattendedeachofthefourSaturday-afternoonclasses,readingforhalfanhour.Thosewhoattendedthreeofthefourclassesreceiveda“pawgraphed”bookatthelastclass.TheprogramwassosuccessfulthatthelibraryplanstorepeatitinApril,accordingtoDanaThumpowsky,publicrelationsmanager.[單選題]16.Specialistsusedogstolistentochildrenreadingbecausetheythink______.A.dogsareyoungchildren’sbestfriendsB.childrencanplaywithdogswhilereadingC.dogscanprovideencouragementforshychildrenD.childrenanddogsunderstandeachother正確答案：C參考解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段第二句“dogsCallprovidethenonjudgmentallistenersneededforabeginningreadertogainconfidence.”和第三段可知，狗可以為害羞的孩子建立起自信心。Readingtodogsisanunusualwaytohelpchildrenimprovetheirliteracyskills(讀寫能力)Withtheirshiningbrowneyes,waggingtails,andunconditionallove,dogscanprovidethenonjudgmentallistenersneededforabeginningreadertogainconfidence,accordingtoIntermountainTherapyAnimals(ITA)inSaltLakeCity.Thegroupsaysitisthefirstprograminthecoundivytousedogstohelpdevelopliteracyinchildren,withtheindivoductionofReadingEducationAssociationDogs(READ).TheSaltLakeCityPublicLibraryissoldontheidea.“Literacyspecialistsadmitthatchildrenwhoreadbelowtheleveloftheirfellowpupilsareoftenafraidofreadingaloudinagroup,oftenhavelowerself-respect,andregardreadingasaheadache,”saidLisaMyron,managerofthechildren’sdepartment.LastNovemberthetwogroupsstarted“DogDayAfternoon”inthechildren’sdepartmentofthemainlibrary.About25childrenattendedeachofthefourSaturday-afternoonclasses,readingforhalfanhour.Thosewhoattendedthreeofthefourclassesreceiveda“pawgraphed”bookatthelastclass.TheprogramwassosuccessfulthatthelibraryplanstorepeatitinApril,accordingtoDanaThumpowsky,publicrelationsmanager.[單選題]17.Bysaying“TheSaltLakeCityPublicLibraryissoldontheidea”,thewritermeansthelibraryA.usedogstoadivivactchildrenB.acceptstheideaputforwardbyITAC.hasopenedachildren’sdepartmentD.hasdecidedtodivainsomedogs正確答案：B參考解析：事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文中第二段第二句的內(nèi)容“…areoftenafraidofreadingaloudinagroup,oftenhavelowerself-respect…”可知，圖書館是贊成這個想法的。Passage

5Readingisnottheonlywaytogainknowledgeoftheworkinthepast.Thereisanotherlargereservoir(知識庫)whichmaybecalledexperience,andthecollegestudentwillfindthateverycraftsman(工匠)hassomethinghecanteachandwillgenerallyteachgladlytoanycollegestudentwhodoesnotlookdownuponthem.Butthedemonsdivation(示范)andreportofwhathappens,andhowithappensarecorrectevenifthereportsareincompletelyunscientificterms(術(shù)語).Presentlythecollegestudentwilllearn,inthiscasealso,whattoacceptandwhattoreject.Anothersourceofknowledgeisthevaststoreofdivaditionalpracticeshandeddownfromfathertoson,ormothertodaughter,ofoldcoundivycustoms,offolklore(風(fēng)俗).Allthisisverydifficultforacollegestudenttoexamine,formuchknowledgeandpersonalexperienceisneededheretoseparategoodplantsfromwildgrass.Thecollegestudentshouldlearntorealizeandrememberhowmuchofrealvaluesciencehasfoundinthiswide,confusedwilderness.[單選題]18.Inthelastparagraphthephrase“thiswide,confusedwilderness”refersto______.A.personalexperienceB.wildweedsamonggoodplantsC.theinformationfromtheparentsD.thevaststoreofdivaditionalpractices正確答案：D參考解析：推理判斷題。題干意思為“在最后一段中‘這片令人迷惑的領(lǐng)域’指的是什么”。根據(jù)文章的第二段首句“另一個知識的來源就是由父親傳給兒子或者母親傳給女兒的各種傳統(tǒng)的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣”可以選出答案。Readingisnottheonlywaytogainknowle