Question

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.Thus, we can employ the word “reading” in two distinct senses.

B.Such communication between unequals 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.The writer should have a better communicating skill.

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

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

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.F

【解析】

1. is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding，意思是：在阅读信息和阅读理解之间存在着区别，所以阅读这个词可以表示两个不同的含义。故选A

2. 我们可以很容易获取这些材料。由后面的Such materials may increase our store of information中Such materials，可知道，前面讲的是我们容易获取这些材料。故选C

3. 这种不平等间的交流是非常可能的。前面一句The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader’s understanding.意思是作者在交流一些能够提升读者理解的东西，而后面的一句Otherwise one person could never learn from another.意思是否则一个人永远不能从其他人身上学到东西。说明虽然作者和读者之间的交流有时是不平等的，但是这很有益读者从作者身上学习和提升理解的，故选B

4. there is inequality in understanding，所以就说明作者的理解能力要高于读者，故选B

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