小托福大智慧--閱讀系列【學海無涯】—

小托福大智慧--閱讀系列【學海無涯】——劉娜娜

發布時間：2013-12-05

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弗朗西斯·培根的 Of Study 里，對讀書的重要性進行了深刻的論述。但要讀書要講究方法，做到有的放矢，一起學習做一個成功的讀者吧。

If you wish to become a better reader, here are four important things to remember about reading rate:

● Knowing why you are reading or what you are reading to find out will often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly.

● Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples are directions for making or doing something, arithmetic problems, science and history books, which are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important step and understand each important ideas.

● Some things should be read rapidly throughout. Examples are simple stories meant for enjoyment, news letters from friends, pieces of news from local, or home-town, papers, telling what is happening to friends and neighbors.

● In some of your reading, you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast, as you go along. You will need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas which must be remembered.

1. The underlined word "rate" in the first sentence means _______.

A. fast B. slow C. speed D. skill

2. Which should be read slowly according to the passage?

A. Stories for enjoyment B. Arithmetic problems

C. Letters from friends D. News from hometown newspapers

3. How fast should we read?

A. The faster, the better. B. The more slowly, the better.

C. Neither too fast nor too slow. D. It depends on what we are reading.

4. According to the passage which of the following is NOT true?

A. Read slowly when you are reading something important to you.

B. Read fast when you are reading something unimportant to you.

C. Read the materials that you are interested in slowly.

D. Read the materials that you are interested in fast.

【答案與解析】本文說明讀書時要注意效率，有的東西要仔細閱讀，而有的只要快速瀏覽一下。

1. C。推斷題。文中各點講的都是讀書的速度問題，所以 reading rate 意為“讀書的速度”，即是 rate 是“速度”的意思，因此答案為 C。

2. B。細節題。根據 Examples are directions for making or doing something, arithmetic problems… 可知此題答案為 B。

3. D。判斷題。通過閱讀全文可知：有的東西需要仔細讀，而有的快速瀏覽一下就行，是慢讀還是快讀取決于所讀的內容，所以此題答案為 D。

4. D。推斷題。通過閱讀全文和平時的常識可知對于你感興趣的材料一定會讀得仔細，所以 D 的說法是錯誤的，因此此題答案為 D。

名家摘錄：

STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of business.

讀書足以怡情，足以博彩，足以長才。其怡情也，最見于獨處幽居之時；其傅彩也，最見于高談闊論之中；其長才也，最見于處世判事之際。