题文
阅读理解。 In Africa, listening is a guiding principle. It's a principle that's been lost in the constant chat of theWestern world. From my own past experience, I noticed how much faster I had to answer a question
during a TV interview. It's as if we have completely lost the ability to listen. We talk and talk, and we
end up frightened by silence.
Everywhere, people on the African continent write and tell stories. Even the nomads (流浪者) who
still live in the Kalahari Desert are said to tell one another stories on their daylong wanderings, during
which they search for roots and animals to hunt.
A number of years ago I sat down on a stone bench outside the Teatro Avenida in Maputo,
Mozambique, where I worked as an artistic consultant. It was a hot day, and we were taking a break,
hoping that a cool gentle wind would move past. Two old African men were sitting on that bench, but
there was room for me, too. In Africa people share more than just water. Even when it comes to shade,
people are generous.
I heard the two men talking about a third old man who had recently died. One of them said, "I was
visiting him at his home. He started to tell me an amazing story about something that had happened to
him when he was young. But it was a long story. Night came, and I decided that I should come back the
next day to hear the rest. But when I arrived, he was dead."
The man fell silent. I decided not to leave that bench until I heard how the other man would respond
to what he'd heard. Finally he, too, spoke. "That's not a good way to die-before you've told the end of
your story."
What separates us from animals is the fact that we are storytelling creatures and we can listen to other
people's dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats-and they in turn can listen to ours.
Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.
Many words will be written on the wind and the sand, or end up in store. But the storytelling will go
on until the last human being stops listening. Then we can send the great record of human out into the
endless universe.
Who knows? Maybe someone is out there, willing to listen…1. From the very beginning of the passage, we can know Europeans ________.A. actually lose the ability to listen
B. seldom chat constantly with each other
C. feel frightened when they are alone and silent
D. tend to talk more and listen less2. It can be inferred from the passage that if you are in Africa, you will _______. A. suffer hot weather and lack of water
B. be certainly helped when in trouble
C. often hear the stories told by strangers
D. have no choice but to listen during a talk3. According to the last three paragraphs, we can know _________.A. no one knows exactly why Africans are willing to listen
B. information is hard to understand without interpretation
C. listening makes the difference between information and knowledge
D. the existence of humans' recordings totally depends on the way of storytelling4. The passage mainly talks about __________.A. the experience of the author
B. the art of listening in Africa
C. the importance of storytelling
D. the life styles of Africans 题型：未知难度：其他题型
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考点
据考高分专家说，试题“阅读理解。 In A.....”主要考查你对 [故事类阅读 ]考点的理解。故事类阅读
故事类阅读概念：
这类文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。
故事类阅读应试技巧：
1、抓住文章的6个要素：
阅读时要学会从事情本身的发展去理解故事情节而不要只看事件在文中出现的先后顺序。因此，无论是顺叙还是倒叙，阅读此类文章时，必须要找到它结构中的5个W（when, where, who, why, what）和1个H（how），不过不是每篇都会完整地交待六个要素。毫无疑问，寻出这些元素是能够正确快速解题的一个先决条件。
2、注意作者的议论和抒情：
高考英语阅读理解故事类文章常伴随着作者思想情感的流露和表达，因此议论和抒情往往夹杂其中。行文时或按事情发生发展的先后时间进行或按事情发生发展的地点来转换，也可能按事情发展的阶段来布局。在引出话题，讲完一件事情后，作者往往会表达个人感悟或提出建议等。这些体现作者观点或思想的语句在阅读时可以划线，它们往往体现文章中心或者写作意图，属于必考点，所以要仔细体会。
3、结合前两点归纳文章中心，把握作者态度：
故事类文章是通过记叙一件事来表达中心思想的，它是文章的灵魂。归纳文章中心思想时，尤其要分析文章的结尾，因为很多文章卒章显志，用简短的议论、抒情揭示文章中心；文章中议论抒情的句子往往与中心密切相关；也有的文章需要在结合概括各段大意的基础上归纳中心。另外，叙述一件事必有其目的，或阐明某一观点，或赞美某种品德，或抨击某种陋习，这就要求我们在阅读时，通过对细节（第1点中的六要素）的理解，把握作者的态度。
4、有章有据进行解题判断：
分析文章，归纳主题，属于分析、概括、综合的表述能力的考查。切忌脱离文章，架空分析，一定让分析在文章中有依据。
