Since the pre-historic times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always controlled the situations to his advantage. Probably this might be the reason why we humans are the most developed of all living species on the earth. As we climbed the steps of development, we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking -- we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of time.
If you are hungry, what do you do? Get a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet. Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such things. So it silently began to care about your needs and never let itself grow. When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a 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 result of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.
Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through reading. Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading. You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your "How to?" questions. 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, of which you would have never thought in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before.
小題1:What is the function of the first paragraph?
A．To show humans are the most developed.
B．To introduce the topic of the passage.
C．To indicate people have different needs to satisfy.
D．To explain why people need to read.
小題2:What does the author mean by saying "When mind looses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop."
A．When mind keeps growing, creativity fully stops.
B．When freedom is lost, creativity gets a full stop.
C．When mind stops growing, creativity fully stops.
D．When growing is lost, creativity gets a flail stop.
小題3:The paragraph following the passage is probably about ______.
A．how the pre-historic man feeds his mind
B．what other advantages reading brings
C．how to develop creativity
D．how to satisfy your mind by watching TV
小題4: The author tends to tell us ______.
A．reading can satisfy your all needsB．reading can result from creativity
C．reading can feed your mindD．reading can realize your dreams

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C

試題分析：文章從人類會滿足自己的生理需求到提出主題：閱讀可以充實我們的大腦，并陳述了理由。
小題1:寫作意圖題：文章第一段先是說人類會滿足自己的需求，然后提出主題：As we climbed the steps of development, we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking -- we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of time.所以選B
小題2:句意理解題：從后面的句子：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?" 可知如果我們一直想，就沒有創(chuàng)造力了。選A
小題3:推理題：從最后一句話：This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before.可知這是閱讀的好處，接下來的一段會寫閱讀帶來的另外的好處，選B
小題4:主旨題：從第三段的句子：Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through reading.可知這篇文章講的是閱讀可以充實我們的大腦。選C
點評：本文集中考查的題型多樣，題目設置較為合理，在推理的時候，要結合人物的對話進行準確理解，確定考點，準確判斷。要求考生仔細閱讀這篇文章，耐心審題，結合題目做出準確的定位判斷。必要的時候要進行推理，透過句子表面看作者的真正意圖。
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