Whether they’re project documents, trade journals, blogs, business books or ebooks, most of us read regularly as part of our jobs, and to develop our skills and knowledge.
But do you ever read what should be a useful document, yet fail to gain any helpful information from it? Or, re-read something several times to get a full understanding of the content? If so, look at the following strategies (策略) that will help you read more effectively.
●Think About What You Want to Know
Before you start reading anything, ask yourself why you’re reading it. Are you reading with a purpose, or just for pleasure? What do you want to know after you’ve read it? Once you know your purpose, you can examine the resource (资源) to see whether it’s going to help you.
Ask yourself whether the resource meets your needs, and try to work out if it will give you the right amount of knowledge. If you think that the resource isn’t consummate, don’t waste time reading it.
●Know How Deeply to Study the Material
Where you only need the shallowest knowledge of a subject, you can skim material. Here you read only chapter headings, introductions, and summaries.
If you need a moderate (中等的) level of information on a subject, then you can scan the text. This is when you read the chapter introductions and summaries in detail. You can then speed read the contents of the chapters, picking out and understanding key words and concepts.
Only when you need full knowledge of a subject is it worth studying the text in detail (细节). Here it’s best to skim the material first to get an overview of the subject. This gives you an understanding of its structure, into which you can then fit the detail gained from a full reading of the material.
小题1:Why should we know our purpose before reading?| A．Because we can develop our skills and knowledge. | | B．Because we can get a full understanding of the content. | | C．Because we can avoid re-reading something several times. | | D．Because we can check it out whether the material will be helpful. |
小题2:What does the underlined word “consummate” in the 5th paragraph mean?| A．Legal. | B．Natural. | C．Perfect. | D．Formal. |
小题3: According to the depth to study the material, how many reading strategies are mentioned? 小题4:The best title for this passage should be ______.| A．Reading Strategies | | B．Think About What You Want to Know | | C．Know How Deeply to Study the Material | | D．How to Develop our Skills and Knowledge |
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A |
试题分析：
小题1:D 细节题。根据第三段最后一句Once you know your purpose, you can examine the resource (资源) to see whether it’s going to help you.说明带着目的去阅读才我们才知道这段材料对我们是否有用，故D正确。
小题2:C 推理题。根据If you think that the resource isn’t consummate, don’t waste time reading it. 说明如果你认为这个资源没有用，你就不要浪费时间了。故该词应该指对你很有用，很完美，故C正确。
小题3:B 细节题。文章最后三段给出了三个方法：skim，scan，和studying the text in detail说明共三种方法，故B正确。
小题4:A 主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了我在阅读的时候可以采用的多种阅读方法和阅读的策略。故A正确。
点评：文章主要讲述了我在阅读的时候可以采用的多种阅读方法和阅读的策略。考查细节题较多，在解答这类问题时要求学生抓住题干文字信息，采用针对性方法进行阅读，因为这类题的答案在文章中可以直接找到。 |
核心考点
试题【Whether they’re project documents, trade journals, blogs, business books or eboo】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
You’re standing in the dairy section at the grocery store, searching for your favorite brand. Suddenly, you catch a smell of chocolate cookies. You forget about dairy and head for the bakery (烘烤食品) section. Guess what? You just walked into an odor (气味) trap (陷阱)! The odor was cooked up by scientists in a lab.
For years, scientists have been studying the special powers of smell. They found that more than our other senses, smell changes our mood and helps us remember things.
So companies have begun spending thousands of dollars to scent (使充满香味) entire stores. Artificial (人造的) scents are being used to lead customers by the nose. These smells help to get people inside and put them in the mood to buy. They even make customers remember the store later, so they’ll come back for more. Also, many companies have smartly made use of product smells. A company added lemon fragrance to its dish cleaner. They wanted people to think the soap contained “natural” cleaners. It worked!
New uses for smells are being created every day. One bank, for example, gives customers coupons (优惠券) advertising car loans (贷款). To get people to take out a loan, bank officials hope to coat these coupons with the fresh leather smell of a new car. In Australia, telephone offices are putting sweat odor on unpaid bills. Since some people sweat when they’re scared, this smell might remind them of when they were frightened. And they’ll pay the bills right away!
What lies ahead for our noses? Smell scientists are working on some pretty far-out ideas. Would you believe TV sets that produce smells? Or how about scent diets? Certain food smells will fool your stomach into thinking it’s full. Alarm clocks will scent your bedroom with a strong pleasant smell designed to wake you up. Scientists are even working on ways to keep garbage from smelling. Researchers expect scents to help students make more sense of what they’re learning.
And just think. Someday soon, even your homework may smell nice!
小题1:How do sales methods affect customers in the stores?| A．They change customers’ preferences. | | B．They persuade customers to use credit cards. | | C．They make customers avoid bad and unsafe products. | | D．They influence customers to make unplanned purchases. |
小题2:Why do telephone offices put sweat odor on unpaid bills?| A．Because the sweat odor is a reminder of terrifying experience. | | B．Because the sweat odor can change people’s attitude. | | C．Because most people don’t think much of sweating. | | D．Because many people dislike paying bills. |
小题3:What does the author mean by saying “Someday soon, even your homework may smell nice!”?| A．Students would benefit more from smell research. | | B．Students would be more willing to do homework. | | C．Smell research would develop beyond our imagination. | | D．Smell research would make great differences to our life. |
小题4: Why does the author write this passage?| A．To encourage the store owners to use smells. | | B．To expose wrong practices by smell scientists. | | C．To inform the readers of an interesting subject. | | D．To blame the advertisers that use smells to sell. |
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It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members （36） the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of (37) . Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would (38) all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be (39) —so I thought. I waited backstage all (40 ) in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies (41) that my class was next.
My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the (42). All I had to do in the next move was to put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. It really was an (43) move. I was concentrating so much (44) the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look (45) I was going. I missed my partner’s box altogether and (46) .There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles(咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the (47) rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not (48) .I did my best to follow her (49) as I continued with the routine.
When the curtain dropped, so did my (50) for the evening. I (51) bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could (52) me down.
Recently I realized I had been a (53) that night. I was (54) but I fought the urge to run off the stage. (55) I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.
| 小题1: | | A．filled | B．attended | C．decorated | D．visited |
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| 小题2: | | A．impression | B．debate | C．attention | D．pressure |
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| 小题3: | | A．show off | B．take over | C．give up | D．look after |
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| 小题4: | | A．obvious | B．reasonable | C．suitable | D．perfect |
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| 小题5: | | A．mixed up | B．dressed up | C．folded up | D．covered up |
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| 小题6: | | A．explained | B．suggested | C．announced | D．predicted |
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| 小题7: | | A．music | B．audience | C．stage | D．curtain |
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| 小题8: | | A．active | B．adventurous | C．easy | D．extra |
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| 小题9: | | A．containing | B．hiding | C．sharing | D．keeping |
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| 小题10: | | A．why | B．what | C．whether | D．where |
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| 小题11: | | A．slipped | B．wandered | C．skipped | D．waved |
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| 小题12: | | A．pride | B．pleasure | C．tear | D．blood |
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| 小题13: | | A．leave | B．cheer | C．notice | D．believe |
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| 小题14: | | A．advice | B．gesture | C．example | D．plan |
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| 小题15: | | A．hopes | B．voice | C．patience | D．doubts |
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| 小题16: | | A．argued | B．shouted | C．begged | D．sobbed |
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| 小题18: | | A．pioneer | B．star | C．loser | D．fool |
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| 小题19: | | A．moved | B．embarrassed | C．satisfied | D．confused |
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| 小题20: | | A．Instead | B．However | C．in return | D．In total |
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Dear Dad,
I was very upset when I received your letter. I knew you 46 not like my results, but I didn’t realize you and Mum were so 47 with me. This has made me 48 very carefully about myself, and now I 49 how silly I have been.
My poor 50 have come from my own 51 . Of course, I want to do my best. I want you and Mum to be proud 52 me, but somehow when I get to school I just can’t keep my 53 on the subject and I stop 54 the teacher. So many other things seem so much more 55 , but I know that I must not 56 the chance you and Mum have given me. If I don’t work very hard 57 the next few months, I am going to get 58 results. So I am going to study hard this summer. And I will show Mum anything 59 I can’t understand so that she can give me help.
I 60 you will allow me to play some basketball. I think I need some exercise, 61 _ I will control the time I 62 on it properly.
If you want me to stop meeting Cindy, I will — but there is 63 serious. We are just good friends, and she often helps me 64 my schoolwork.
Dad, I am really sorry I have made you angry. I’m going to try my best to 65 my study. I promise that I will make you proud of me soon.
Yours,
Jimmy
| 小题1: | | A．will | B．would | C．need | D．should |
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| 小题2: | | A．angry | B．upset | C．strict | D．happy |
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| 小题3: | | A．talk | B．speak | C．think | D．hear |
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| 小题4: | | A．receive | B．believe | C．insist | D．realize |
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| 小题5: | | A．results | B．memories | C．parents | D．friends |
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| 小题6: | | A．stubbornness | B．carelessness | C．laziness | D．illness |
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| 小题8: | | A．head | B．mind | C．eyes | D．heart |
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| 小题9: | | A．listening to | B．to listen to | C．hearing | D．to hear |
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| 小题10: | | A．boring | B．dull | C．beautiful | D．interesting |
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| 小题11: | | A．find | B．share | C．waste | D．afford |
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| 小题12: | | A．during | B．at | C．through | D．until |
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| 小题13: | | A．better | B．best | C．poorer | D．poorest |
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| 小题14: | | A．which | B．that | C．whom | D．what |
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| 小题15: | | A．wish | B．advise | C．hope | D．decide |
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| 小题18: | | A．everything | B．something | C．anything | D．nothing |
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| 小题20: | | A．develop | B．improve | C．interest | D．finish |
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The price of milk may be going up. There was not enough rain in some parts of the country last year and the bad weather may mean that a gallon (加仑) of milk will cost 41 cents more after October 1st.
California already has high milk prices and the California court does not want the price to go any higher. High milk prices will be very hard for some people. Families with many children will have to spend more money to buy milk. The poor and older people without much money will also be hurt by higher prices.
The court said that more milk from other states should be sold in California as the price of milk from other states is not as high. Some states got enough rain so their costs did not go up. People will then be able to buy the cheaper milk, meaning that unless milk producers bring their milk prices down, their milk will not sell.
The drought (干旱) around the country has meant market forces are likely to push milk prices up by as much as 41-cent a gallon by October 1st. Experts said this decision by the Californian court could reduce (减少) the effect of the price rise here.
The 41-cent increase would add to California’s already high milk prices so California must allow more milk producers from outside the state to sell their products there. This would then lead to increased supplies (供应), which would, as a result, stop milk prices from increasing.
小题1:Who will be hurt by high milk prices?| A．Young people. | B．Milk producers from outside California. | | C．Rich people. | D．Families with lots of children. |
小题2:What caused milk prices in California to increase?| A．Short supplies from other states. | B．Being short of rain. | | C．The California court. | D．Children’s need for milk. |
小题3:What will California do to keep milk prices down?| A．Force milk producers to lower their price. | | B．Encourage people to drink less milk. | | C．Get men to produce more rain. | | D．Increase the supply of milk in the state. |
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小题1:What made “I” finally think of getting a cell phone?| A．Being stuck by the highway． | | B．Being urged by his grandkids． | | C．Being persuaded by cell phone salespersons． | | D．Being attracted by the friendly return policy． |
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