20.It happened to me recently.I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama's Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of our President.A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was,in his words,"a brilliantly(精彩地)written book".However,he then went on to talk about Mr Obama in a way which suggeste he had no idea of his background at all.I sensed that I was talking to a book liar.
And it seems that my friend is not the only one.Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven't.In the World Book Day's"Report on Guilty Secrets",Dreams From My Father is at number 9.The report lists ten books,and various authors,which people have lied about reading,and as I'm not one to lie too often (I'd hate to be caught out),I'll admit here and now that I haven't read the entire top ten.But I am pleased to say that,unlike 42percent of people,I have read the book at number one,George Orwell's 1984.I think it's really brilliant.
The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it.It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen,Charles Dickens,F(xiàn)yodor Dostoevsky (I haven't read him,but haven't lied about it either ) and Herman Melville.
Asked why they lied,the most common reason was to"impress"someone they were speaking to.This could be tricky if the conversation became more indepth!
But when asked which authors they actually enjoy,people named J.K.Rowling,John Grisham,Sophie Kinsella (ah,the big sellers,in other words).Fortytwo percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story (I'll come clean:I do this and am astonished that 58percent said they had never done so).
12.How did the author find his friend a book liar?D
A.By judging his manner of speaking.
B.By looking into his background.
C.By mentioning a famous name.
D.By discussing the book itself.
13.Which of the following is a"guilty secret"according to the World Book Day report?B
A.Charles Dickens is very low on the topten list.
B.42% of people pretended to have read 1984.
C.The author admitted having read 9books.
D.Dreams From My Father is hardly read.
14.By lying about reading,a person hopes toB.
A.control the conversation
B.a(chǎn)ppear knowledgeable
C.learn about the book
D.make more friends
15.What is the author's attitude to 58% of readers?C
A.Favorable.
B.Uncaring.
C.Doubtful.
D.Friendly.
分析 本文作者主要闡明了自己對一些人的看法,那就是有些人沒有讀過一些名著也不了解一些著名的作家,卻撒謊說他們讀過這些名著也讀過這些著名的作家的信息,但也有些像作者這樣從來不撒謊的人.
解答 12.選D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容可知,作者的朋友說他讀過奧巴馬的Dreams From My Father,但是他卻以一種不了解奧巴馬的背景的方式談?wù)搳W巴馬,據(jù)此作者判斷出他撒謊了.故選D.
13.選B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第二段的內(nèi)容可知,"Report on Guilty Secrets"揭露了三分之二的人撒謊說他們讀過一些沒有讀過的書,其中42%的人撒謊說他們讀過George Orwell的1984.由此可知選B.
14.選B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第四段的內(nèi)容可知,撒謊說他們讀過一些名著,想給人留下印象,好像自己知識淵博.故選B.
15.選C.推理判斷題.文章最后一句I do this and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so中的astonished(吃驚的)表明作者不相信58%的人說的話.故選C
點(diǎn)評 本文是人物故事類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時(shí)要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).