题文
阅读理解。 August has always been difficult for me. It is the time when I realize that the books my English teacherassigned to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in front of me.
You might think that I don't want to spend my summer reading, but that's not the problem: I love reading.
On the first day of my summer holidays this year, I went to the library and got "A Gathering of Old Men" by
African-American writer Ernest Gaines. I enjoyed it very much. I read all the magazines that my parents
subscribe to and spend about 30 minutes every day with the morning paper. So why do I hate summer reading
for school? Because the books on summer reading lists are often slow-going and just uninviting. Teachers and
librarians don't understand that summer reading can be entertaining as well as educational. They choose books
that a friend of my mother's calls "spinach books": good for you, but not much fun to take in. Every summer,
I read them, hate them and get bitter about the experience.
This bitterness started three years ago when I was about to begin high school. As preparation, my English
teacher told me to read "The Age of Innocence" by American author Edith Wharton. I'm sure there are many
people who enjoyed "The Age of Innocence"-some might even say it's their favorite book.
But I don't think any of these people read it as a 14-year-old boy on his summer vacation.
"The Age of Innocence" is the story of a forbidden romance in New York 100 years ago. At 14, my only
experience with romance was my love for baseball. I couldn't imagine being in love, much less being in love
in 1900. "The Age of Innocence" was totally different to my life.
Most of my required summer reading has been like that-books written in a style that plays up the adjectives
and plays down the verbs. I guess teachers don't think exciting plots make for "good literature". To me, though,
a good writer describes events and characters in a way that makes the reader want to know what happens next.
If I were making up a summer reading list, it would include "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" by George V.
Higgins, "The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe, and "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer. These are all books that have
literary value but, just as important, can also entertain kids on vacation. If the teachers could stand a little fun
in the books they assign, my Augusts would be a lot more enjoyable. 1. The author thinks he will have a difficult August because _____. [ ]A. he doesn't like reading in summer vacation
B. he hates the English teacher assigning homework
C. he is to read the books boring and not right for kids
D. he hates August 2. What can make students interested in August reading ought to be _____. [ ]A. romantic
B. out of date
C. pure
D. entertaining and educational 3. The author listed such books as "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" because he thinks _____. [ ]A. they can change his opinion
B. he can learn a lot more from them
C. they are of literary value, and enjoyable
D. he has to do as teachers tell him to 4. In the opinion of the author of this passage, a good writer should be one who _____. [ ]A. uses a way of describing that makes the reader wish to know what to happen next
B. describes events and characters in different ways
C. is learned
D. is full of imagination 5. Which of the following could be the best title of this passage? [ ]A. I Don't Like Reading on the Vacation
B. Why Can't Teachers Set Us Fun Books?
C. Teachers, Don't Set Us Any Reading Assignments
D. Teachers, Set Us Free 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。 Augu.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
