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Reading to oneself is modem activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval (between AD 1100 and
Reading to oneself is modem activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval (between AD 1100 and
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Reading to oneself is modem activity which was almost unknown to the scholars of the classical and medieval (between AD 1100 and 1500) 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 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 last 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, where reading aloud would cause distraction to other readers.
Towards the end of the century there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of materials such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by book and magazines for a specialized readership on the other.
By the end of the century students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use skills in reading them which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological changes in the century had greatly altered what the term "reading" implied.
What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
选项
A、Encourage students to read more books.
B、Tell the importance of reading.
C、Show how reading methods have changed.
D、Explain how present reading habits developed.
答案
D
解析
作者从一开头就讲了人们阅读习惯的改变,从大声朗读到默读。在最后一句中也讲到了“阅读”这个词的定义已经有了很大的改变。故应选D。
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