2019年12月英语六级阅读练习：阅读学习

2019年12月英语六级阅读练习：阅读学习 It is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidenceof the depressing state of literacy. These figuresfrom the Department of Education are sufficient： 27million Americans cannot read at all. and a further35million read al a level that is less than sufficient tosurvive in our society.But my own worry today is fess that of the overwhelming problem of elemental literacy thanit is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the decline in the skill even of the middle-classreader, of his unwillingness to afford those spaces of silence. those luxuries of domesticityand time and concentration, that surround the image of the classic act of reading. n has beensuggested that almost 80 percent of Americas literate, educated teenagers can no longer readwithout an accompanying noise (music) in the background or a television screen flickering (闪烁)at the corner of their field of perception. We know very little about the brain and how it dealswith simultaneous conflicting input, but every common-sense intuition suggests we should beprofoundly alarmed. This violation of concentration silence, solitude (独处的状态) goestothe very heart of our notion of literacy; this new form of part-reading, of part-perceptionagainst background distraction renders impossible certain essential acts of apprehensionand concentration, let alone that most important tribute any human being can pay to a poemor a piece of prose he or she really loves, which is to learn it by heart. Not by brain. by heart;the expression is vital.Under these circumstances. the question of what future there is for the arts of reading is a realone. Ahead of us lie technical. psychic(心理的). and social transformations probably much moredramatic than thosebrought about by Gutenberg, the German inventor in printing. TheGutenberg revolution. as we now know it, took a long time; its effects are still being debated.The information revolution will touch every fact ofcomposition. publication. distribution. andreading. No one in the book industry can say with any confidence what willhappen to the book as weve known it.1. The picture of the reading ability of theAmerican people, drawn by the author,is_.A) rather bleakB) fairly brightC) very impressiveD) quite encouraging2. The authors biggest concern is_.A) elementary school childrens disinterest in reading classicsB) the surprisingly low rate of literacy in the U.S.C) the musical setting American readers require for readingD) the reading ability and reading behavior of the middle class3. A major problem with most adolescents who can read is_.A) their fondness of music and TV programsB) their ignorance of various forms of art and literatureC) their lack of attentiveness and basic understandingD) their inability to focus on conflicting input4. The author claims that the best way a reader can show admiration for a piece ofpoetry or prose is _.A) to be able to appreciate it and memorize itB) to analyze its essential featuresC) to think it over conscientiouslyD) to make a fair appraisal of its artistic value5. About the future of the arts of reading the author feels_.A) upsetB) uncertainC) alarmedD) pessimistic1.作者描绘的美国人的阅读水平的画面是_。A) 很暗淡的B) 很明亮的C) 令人印象深刻D)非常具有鼓舞性A根据文章第1段第1句“我无需举例说明那种令人沮丧的受教育状况”。句中depressing的意思与bleak相近，由此可推断作者描绘的这幅画面是相当黯淡的。2.作者的担心是_。A) 小学生对阅读课不感兴趣B)美国的文盲率出奇地高C) 美国人阅读的时候需要有背景音乐D) 中产阶级的阅读水平和阅读行为D根据文章第2段第1句“当前我担心的倒不是基本文化水平这个大问题，而是一个较为奢侈的问题，即美国中产阶级读者阅读艺术的衰退，即使是中级的读者也不愿意在寂静无声的空间里，放下家庭事务，付出时间全神贯注地实行经典性的阅读”，所以，只有D才与文中所陈述的意恩相符。3.有阅读水平的绝大部分青少年的一个主要问题是_。A) 他们喜欢音乐和电视节目B) 他们对艺术和文学多种多样的形式一无所知C) 他们缺乏注意力和基础的知识D) 他们不能专注于相互冲突的内容C在第2段第2句和倒数第二句作者提到“大约80%的有文化、受过教育的十几岁的年轻人没有背景音乐和闪烁的电视屏幕的陪伴就无法阅读”和“而这种边阅读边在背景的干涉下实行理解的新方法使人们不可能对所阅读的东西全神贯注地加以理解”，由此可推断只有C是准确的。4.作者声称，读者展示对诗歌或散文青睐的的方法就是_。A) 能够理解并记得住B) 分析其最根本的特点C) 有意识地深刻理解它D) 对其艺术价值作出公平的评价A根据文章第2段倒数第二句“更不用说将散文或诗歌，不是用脑。而是用心