Question

If you are hungry, what will you do? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? Just like stomach, even your mind will be hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things. So it silently begins to hide your needs and never lets itself grow. When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity gets its full stop. This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next?”, “Why can’t I think?”, “Why am I always given the difficult problems?” Well, this is the after-effect of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.

Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through extensive reading. But why is it reading but not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educational tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading for help. You have a number of books in the world which will answer all your “how-to” questions. Once you read a book, you just don’t run your eyes through the lines, but your mind decodes (譯解) it and explains it to you. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, which you would never thought of in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. The more books you read, the wider your mind will become. Also this improves your oratorical (speech-making) skills to a large extent and also makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary. When you start speaking English or any other language fluently with your friends or other people, you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time.

Actually, I had a problem in speaking English fluently, but as I read, I could improve significantly. So guys, do join me and give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading. Now what are you waiting for? Go, grab a book and let me know!

1. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Hunger of the mind

B. Stomach and Mind

C. Feed your Mind by reading

D. Reading or Watching TV

2.You don’t know your mind is in hunger because _____.

A. you are not hungry

B. you keep it thinking of silly things

C. your creativity gets a full stop

D. you always meet with difficult problems

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the advantage of reading?

A. Reading can make your dream come true.

B. Reading can contribute to your vocabulary.

C. Reading can improve your spoken ability.

D. Reading can make people creative.

4.The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to _______.

A. comment and blame B. introduce and describe

C. explain and persuade D. advise and inform

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:當(dāng)我們感到餓的時候，我們會去找東西吃，但是當(dāng)大腦“餓”的時候，我們卻很少會意識到。其實我們的大腦同胃一樣都需要營養(yǎng)，只不過大腦需要閱讀來培養(yǎng)我們的創(chuàng)造力、來幫助我們擴大詞匯量，并且還可以提高我們的語言表達能力。

1.主旨大意題。文章首段提出人的大腦像胃一樣也會饑餓，也需要“營養(yǎng)”，然后在下文講述如何去通過閱讀來供給大腦這些“營養(yǎng)物質(zhì)”，由此判斷C選項內(nèi)容可以概括文章中心，選C。

2. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章首段But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such absurd things. 判斷選B。

3. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段內(nèi)容This is nothing but creativity和 and also makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary以及 Also this improves your oratorical (speech-making) skills to a large extent可以判斷B、C、D選項均有涉及，而A選項內(nèi)容沒有提到，故選A。

4. 推理判斷題。文章主要通過解釋，比較的方法來介紹大腦同胃一樣也需要 “營養(yǎng)”， 而閱讀則是最佳方法，由此判斷選C。

考點：考查社會文化類短文閱讀