首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、Encourage the growth of reading. B、Change people’s attitudes to reading. C、Show how reading methods have been improved. D、Expl
A、Encourage the growth of reading. B、Change people’s attitudes to reading. C、Show how reading methods have been improved. D、Expl
admin
2013-07-30
33
问题
Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval worlds, while during the fifteenth century the term "reading" undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become commonplace.
One should be careful, however, in assuming that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is a distraction to others. Examination of factors related to the historical development of silent reading reveals that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.
The 19th century saw a steady gradual increase in literacy, and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, so the number of potential listeners decreased, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the flourishing of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, railway carriages and offices. There reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers.
Towards the end of 20th century there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information, and over whether the reading material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its virtues are, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the mass media on the one hand and by books and magazines for a specialized readership on the other. The social, cultural, and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term "reading" implied.
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. Why was reading aloud commonplace before the 19th century?
27. What did the development of silent reading during the 19th century indicate?
28. What are educationalists still arguing about?
29. What is the speaker attempting to do?
选项
A、Encourage the growth of reading.
B、Change people’s attitudes to reading.
C、Show how reading methods have been improved.
D、Explain how present-day reading habits developed.
答案
D
解析
选项中的Encourage,show how, Explain how 等表明,本题可能考查说话者的意图。短文开头就提出silent reading这种阅读方式,接下来对这种方式的产生和演变进行了详细说明,短文结尾还指出时代的发展会改变人们对于“阅读”的理解。由此可见,短文主要讲的是今天的阅读习惯是怎么发展来的,故答案为[D]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/E997777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Itwasmorerespected.B、Itwasusedbymorepeople.C、Itwasvandalizedbytourists.D、ItquicklydeterioratedagainafterLi
A、Thedoctorsdidn’tknowheartscouldtakesurgery.B、Thedoctorsdidn’thavetherightcuttingtoolsforthesurgery.C、Thedo
A、Utah.B、Ohio.C、Kentucky.D、WestVirginia.A选项表明,本题考查地点场所,故听音时应留意与地点场所相关的信息。短文中提到,Utah(犹他州)的烟民最少,也就是说,Utah的吸烟比率最低,故答案为[A]。
A、Anessay.B、Amagazinearticle.C、Apoem.D、Ashortstory.DWhatmustthestudentsreadforWednesday?预览选项可知,本题考查关于学生的某项作业。问题
A、Marygotuplaterthanusual.B、Thetrainwaslate.C、Marymissedthetrain.D、Herclockwasoutoforder.CM:Mary,whywere
Whenmenandwomengettogether,thereare,ineffect,twoworlds--hisandhers.Theyhavedifferentvalues,【B1】______,andhab
A、TheFunFair.B、TheWaterWorld.C、TheOceanPark.D、TheWaterfallGarden.A推理判断题。对话中男士最后说娱乐场(FunFair)很有趣,但是对大点的孩子来说更有意思,因此可知
A、Theclimate.B、One’ssocialposition.C、Thematerialsavailable.D、Familysize.D选项A,B,C都是文中提到的决定人们住什么样的房子的因素,只有D未被提到。
A、4hours.B、6hours.C、12hours.D、18hours.BW:Whydowehavetofinishthisproposaltonight?It’salready6p.m.Can’twec
剩女指的是那些将近30岁还没结婚的职业女性。中国人口近14亿,想找个丈夫并不难,但考虑到社会地位,单身职业女性的选择就不那么多了。政府制定计划生育政策,中国文化传统又偏爱男孩,导致男性人口多于女性人口,男女比例之大比很多国家都严重。2011年的最新人口普查
随机试题
行政组织结构的灵魂和核心是()
A.Aα纤维B.Aβ纤维C.Aδ纤维D.C纤维传导慢痛的外周神经纤维丰要是
目前诊断应为患者的血红蛋白降低
某经产妇,29岁。足月顺产后第2日,出现轻微下腹部阵痛。脐下3指可触及宫底,无压痛,阴道流血不多,无恶心、呕吐。恰当处理措施应为
马斯洛的“需要层次论”认为人有五种基本需要,按需要等级从高到低排列,最低级的需要是()
学生刚学英语时,对26个字母的记忆往往两头容易、中间难。可以解释这一现象的理论是()。
教师运用一些醒目的文字、符号、色彩对比等对学生行为进行的强化是()。
释迦牟尼(北京大学2003年世界古代史真题)
甲和乙公司签订一份汽车买卖合同,约定由乙公司在6月底将一辆行驶3万公里的卡车交付给甲,价款为3万元,甲交付定金5000元,交车后15日内余款付清。合同还约定,乙公司晚交车1天,扣除车款50元,甲晚交款1天,应多交车款50元;一方有其他违约情况,应向对方支
设(I),α1,α2,α3,α4为四元非齐次线性方程组BX=b的四个解,其中α1=.求方程组(Ⅰ)的基础解系;
最新回复
(
0
)