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【題目】 Grammarphobia is the fear of grammar. This fear attacks almost everybody at one time or another, and it's most likely to strike during English or language arts classes. Even people who love reading and writing have been known to get feverish and insecure when they are aware of the possibility of turning in homework with grammar or spelling mistakes. Though writing may be enjoyable, being corrected is definitely not!

Grammarphobes, it's time to put your fears behind you. Grammar isn't that dreadful (可怕的). Here's why.

Let's assume you like hearing and telling stories and that you enjoy joking with friends. You probably also like emailing and instantmessaging. Well, what do you think makes all these possible? Grammar!

Grammar is simply the art of putting words together to make sentences. Whenever you use words to express yourself, you're using grammar. You do this all the time without even thinking.

So why think about it? Because good grammar helps you convey the ideas you intend. If your words aren't right, or if they are not in the right order, the person you are talking to might get the wrong idea. This can have embarrassing results.

Grammar helps us understand each other. It's like a manual (手冊) for assembling the words in your head. You have to put your words together the right way if you want them to make sense. They can't do what you want if they aren't put together correctly.

What if everybody you know had a different manual? How would you agree on what others' words mean? People with different grammar manuals might be speaking different languages.

Communicating is similar to playing cards. To make sense, we have to play the same game, by the same rules. What are the rules for playing the game of English? You already know most of them without having to open a book.

【1】Grammarphobes refer to people who ________.

A. consider grammar to be boring

B. are afraid of making grammar mistakes

C. mind grammar too much in writing

D. are worried about grammar homework

【2】 The underlined word “assembling” in Paragraph 6 may mean ________.

A. directing B. remembering

C. looking for D. bringing together

【3】What does playing cards have in common with communicating?

A. Both can be learned easily.

B. Both can be interesting games.

C. Both need standards.

D. Both can make sense for our life.

【4】What might be the main idea of the passage?

A. Grammar is not horrible.

B. Forgetting grammar when writing.

C. Improving grammar through writing.

D. What is grammarphobia?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是一篇說明文，介紹了學生為之色變的語法�；加姓Z法恐懼癥的人，要認識到語法就像游戲規(guī)則一樣是必須存在的，它可以幫助我們平時的交流和學習，所以沒有必要對此感到恐懼。

【1】B細節(jié)理解題。第一段介紹grammarphobia是對語法的恐懼，第二段提出grammarphobes不要害怕語法，由此可知，grammarphobes是指那些害怕語法的人，選B。

【2】D詞義推測題。根據(jù)后句“You have to put your words together the right way”及下一句中的“…if they aren’t put together correctly”可知，語法就像幫助人們把頭腦中的詞匯結(jié)合在一起的操作指南，選D。

【3】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章末段內(nèi)容可知作者認為它們相似的原因是無論打撲克還是交流都必須遵循一定的規(guī)則，沒有規(guī)則的話，就達不到溝通或娛樂的目的，選C。

【4】A主旨大意題。本文開頭提到人們害怕語法，害怕出現(xiàn)語法錯誤，而作者認為語法的存在是合理的，我們學習語言必須遵循一定的規(guī)則，所以沒有必要對語法感到恐懼，選A。