题文
No matter how long your life is, you will, at best, be able to read only a few books of all that have been written, and the few you do read should include the best. It is to be expected that the selections will change with the times. Yet there is a surprising uniformity (一致) in the lists which represent the best choices of any period.What are the signs by which we may recognize a great book? The four I will mention may not be all there are, but they are the ones I’ve found most useful in explaining my choices over the years.
Great books are probably the most widely read. They are not best sellers for a year or two. They are enduring best sellers. GONE WITH THE WIND has had relatively few readers compared to the plays of Shakespeare or DONQUIXOTE. It would be reasonable to estimate that Homer Iliad has been read by at least 25,000,000 people in the last 3000 years.
Great books are popular, not pedantic(卖弄学问的). They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. Whether they are philosophy or science, or history or poetry, they treat of human, not academic problems. They are written for men, not professors. To read a textbook for advanced students, you have to read an elementary textbook first. But the great books can be considered elementary in the sense that they treat the elements of any subject matter. They are not related to one another as a series of textbooks, graded in difficulty or in the technicality of the problems with which they deal.
Great books are always contemporary, the most readable and instructive.
Great books deal with the persistently unsolved problems of human life. There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Great minds acknowledge mysteries honestly. Wisdom is fortified (加强), not destroyed, by understanding its limitations.
小题1:Which is NOT the standard in the following when evaluating a great book?A．Although not a best seller for a year or two, it must be the most widely read.B．A great book can be read without any effort.C．Great books are never out of date.D．Great books will not disappoint you if you try to read them well.小题2:According to the author, GONE WITH THE WIND is ______.A．a best sellerB．disgusted by readers who like ShakespeareC．read more often than Don QuixoteD．a great book小题3:After reading the passage, we can infer that ______.A．different periods have different lists of best books because there are many books for people to choose fromB．if you don’t read an elementary textbook, you may have difficulty in understanding an advanced oneC．Homer Iliad must be a best seller when it came outD．great books often deal with unsolved problems of human life for the writers have confidence in settling them小题4:The best title for this passage is ______.A．Great Books in Your Life B．Great Books in Your SpecialtyC．How to Find a Great Book?D．What Is a Great Book? 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
解析
本文是一篇关于名著的说明文。第一、二段指出人们一生要读很多书，但名著却很少，而且古典名著一直被大家公认，从而引出本文讨论的话题：评定名著的标准是什么？文章接下来的部分就此进行了详细分析和说明。
小题1:推理题。此处要注意下文的Yet，表一个转折关系。下文说但是有一些作品可以作为任何时代的必读书目。可判断空白处表达的意思应是不同时代有不同的选读书。B符合此意。其他不合题意。本句意思是：人们预料，随着时代的变迁，选择书籍的方向会有所改变。选D
小题2:观点态度题。文中第四段主要说明名著的一个特点就是读者多，不是一两年的畅销书，而《飘》不如莎士比亚戏剧或《堂吉珂德》的读者多，说明读者认为《飘》不是名著，只是一本畅销书。所以，选A正确。
小题3:细节题：从第四段的句子：To read a textbook for advanced students, you have to read an elementary textbook first. 可知要想高级的书先要读最初的版本，选B
小题4:标题题。A、B说的是在日常生活和专业领域的名著，文章根本没有做这样的分类；文中第三段就谈到评定名著的四个标准，所以D正确。D
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“No matter how long y.....”主要考查你对 [政治经济类阅读 ]考点的理解。政治经济类阅读
政治经济类文章的概念：
要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识，对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇。阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。
如何备考政治经济类阅读理解题：
【题型说明】政治经济类阅读文章是高考常选材料之一。该类文章时代气息浓郁，语言鲜活，但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多，长句、难句多。政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容，读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉，经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花，文章看完，一头雾水。再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
【备考策略】建立心理优势。针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。千万不用着急，因为你觉得难，其他人也一定是同感。在高考前，我们就要有这种心理准备，高考试卷肯定有一、两篇难以阅读的材料。不过，我们平时可以有意识地从报刊杂志上找一些较难的阅读材料来阅读，以培养自己迎难而上的心理素质。
【答题方法】
1、寻找主干：
根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
2、剔除从句：
在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句：
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词：
如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。
