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
It is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidence of the depressing state of literacy. These figures from the Department of
It is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidence of the depressing state of literacy. These figures from the Department of
admin
2019-06-23
40
问题
It is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidence of the depressing state of literacy. These figures from the Department of Education are sufficient: 27 million Americans cannot read at all, and a further 35 million read at a level that is less than sufficient to survive in our society.
But my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elemental literacy than it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the decline in the skill even of the middle-class reader, of his unwillingness to afford those spaces of silence, those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentration, that surround the image of the classic act of reading. It has been suggested that almost 80 percent of America’s literate, educated teenagers can no longer read without an accompanying noise(music)in the background or a television screen flickering(闪烁)at the corner of their field of perception. We know very little about the brain and how it deals with simultaneous conflicting input, but every common-sense intuition suggests we should be profoundly alarmed. This violation of concentration, silence, solitude(独处的状态)goes to the very heart of our notion of literacy; this new form of part-reading, of part-perception against background distraction, renders impossible certain essential acts of apprehension and concentration, let alone that most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves, which is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.
Under these circumstances, the question of what future there is for the arts of reading is a real one.
Ahead of us lie technical, psychic(心理的), and social transformations probably much more dramatic than those brought about by Gutenberg, the German inventor in printing. The Gutenberg revolution, as we now know it, took a long time; its effects are still being debated. The information revolution will touch every fact of composition, publication, distribution, and reading. No one in the book industry can say with any confidence what will happen to the book as we’ve known it.
About the future of the arts of reading the author feels _____.
选项
A、upset
B、uncertain
C、alarmed
D、pessimistic
答案
B
解析
在第3段第1句,作者写道“在这种情况下,阅读艺术的将来确实是一个真正的大问题”,在最后一句,作者又提到“图书界没有人能充满信心地预言到底会发生什么情况”,因此可推断,作者对阅读艺术的将来感到难以把握。故B与文章所陈述的观点一致。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/XjX7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Studentslearnbestbydoingthingsforreal.B、Studentslearnfastinbusinessenvironment.C、Studentslearnfastthroughonl
Childrenwholivenearamainroadareingreaterdangerofcatchingpneumonia(肺炎)becausepollutionfrompassingtrafficdamag
Comparisonsweredrawnbetweenthedevelopmentoftelevisioninthe20thcenturyandthediffusionofprintinginthe15thand1
AreTeenagersReallyCarelessAboutOnlinePrivacy?[A]Theyshare,like,everything.Howtheyfeelaboutasong,theirmathsho
A、Theyuseamusinglanguage.B、Theycoverinternationalnews.C、Theyexpresspublicfeelingonlocalissues.D、Theyfocusonpro
A、SheshotachildonastreetB、Shelostherlifeforbeingshot.C、Sherecoveredfromshooting.D、Sheprotectedakidfromvio
A、Purchasingaveryexpensiveredsportscar.B、Findingsuddenlyyourbabyisawayfromyou.C、Feelingidlealldaylongwithno
A、Protectingbuyersofpaintings.B、Whycopiesoffamouspaintingsaremade.C、HowpaintingsaresoldintheUnitedStates.D、Pr
WhyhascrimeintheU.S.declinedsodramaticallysincethe1990s?Economistsandsociologistshaveofferedabountyofreas
Nearlytwo-thirdsofbusinessesintheUKwantto【C1】______staffwithforeignlanguageskills.Frenchisstillthemosthighlyp
随机试题
实行“一次托运、一次收费、一票到底、一次保险、全程负责”规则的运输方式是()
贮存式自身输血一般需要患者在手术前多长时间开始贮血
下列说法正确的是
刘某,女,1岁,患化脓性脑膜炎,脑脊液细菌培养为肺炎链球菌。首选治疗药物为
抹灰工程应分层进行,当抹灰总厚度大于或等于()时,应采取加强措施。
假冒他人专利的情形有()。
下列各项中,关于耕地占用税的表述正确的是()。
青少年美术作品是青少年身体发展水平、知觉能力、情感态度和生活经验的产物。下列关于青少年绘画作品的主要特点说法错误的是()。
清代袁枚有诗云:白日不到处,青春恰自来。苔花如米小,也学牡丹开。这首诗反映了()。
为恶意和憎恨所局限的观察者,即使具有敏锐的观察力,也只能见到表面的东西;而只有当敏锐的观察力同善意和热爱相结合,才能探到人和世界的最深处,并且还有希望达到最崇高的目标。以下哪项可以从上述断定中必然地推出?
最新回复
(
0
)