Question

When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very . Some stories are told they were true. Real people who live in a world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not . They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be for us.

But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only . How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter ,we seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than . Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of . When we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our --which is real—and our imagination—which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.

Both realism and fantasy(幻想) the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we that we are real and they are . It sounds ,but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.

Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.

1.A. possible B. easy C. new D. different

2.A. that B. What C. whether D. as if

3.A. usual B. normal C.certain D. common

4.A. realistic B. reasonable C. moral D. instructive

5.A. difficult B. impossible C. important D. necessary

6.A. thinkable B. designed C. imagined D. planned

7.A. do B. make C. have D. are

8.A. lessons B. dreams C. experience D. magic

9.A. working B .thinking C.living D. understanding

10.A. knowledge B. skill C. Words D. grammar

11.A. make B. get C. use D. have

12.A. a newspaper B.something C. everything D. a story

13.A. find B. learn C. know D. hope

14.A. too B. not C. all D. so

15.A. dangerous B. serious C. strange D. terrible

16.A. talk B. learn C. read D. think

17.A. telling B. pretending C. promising D. guessing

18.A. mind B. life C. world D. society

19.A. heart B.time C. money D. ourselves

20.A. what B. how C. when D. why

Answer 1

1.D

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文向我們介紹了關(guān)于閱讀。當我們閱讀書的時候似乎我們進入了一個新的世界，這個新的世界可能與我們生活的世界相似，也可能是不同的。讀書象寫作一樣，是一種行為，是一種思考的方法。

1. 考查形容詞。A. possible 可能的；B. easy容易的；C. new新的；D. different不同的。上文中有similar相似，or提醒我們應(yīng)選與similar意義相反的詞different，故選D。

2.

3. usual通常的；B. normal正常的；C.certain確定的；D. common共同的、常見的。usual習慣性，符合規(guī)章制度的或一貫如此的；common的意思：常見的，普通的，不足為奇的，有時可引申為“平凡”的意思；normal 正常的，正規(guī)的。標準的生活在正常世界的現(xiàn)實的人做實際的事。故選B。

4. realistic現(xiàn)實的；B. reasonable合情合理的；C. moral道德的，道義上的;精神上的；D. instructive有益的;教育性的。換句話說，那些故事就是有關(guān)象我們這樣的人做我們所做的事。有些故事則是虛構(gòu)的。故選A。

5. difficult困難的；B. impossible 不可能的；C. important重要的；D. necessary必要的。這些故事中的人和動物與我們不同，他們能做對我們來說是不可能的事。故選B。

6. thinkable 能想到的，可相信的；B. designed； C. i有計劃的，原意的；imagined想象的；D. planned計劃的。甚至現(xiàn)實的作品也只是想象出來的（不是可以思考的，也不是設(shè)計出來的，更不是計劃好的）。故選C。

7.

8. lessons 功課；B. dreams夢想；C. experience經(jīng)驗、經(jīng)歷；D. magic魔法。 當他研究魔術(shù)時，他對自己現(xiàn)實生活的了解也比對魔術(shù)的了解要多。故選D。

9. working 工作；B .thinking 思考；C.living 居住；D. understanding理解。讀書象寫作一樣，是一種行為，是一種思考的方法。故選B。

10. knowledge知識；B. skill技能；C. Words單詞；D. grammar語法。用我們的知識（現(xiàn)實的知識）和想象（不同方式體現(xiàn)的現(xiàn)實）使得言語在我們的腦海中具有生命力。故選A。

11. make 制造；B. get 得到；C. use 使用；D. have有�，F(xiàn)實和幻想用讀書和寫作的想象力和魅力使我們?nèi)ニ伎肌９蔬xC。

12. a newspaper 一張報紙；B.something某事；C. everything每件事；D. a story一個故事。當我們讀到某些現(xiàn)實的東西時，我們就不得不去想象我們所讀到的有關(guān)的人就象我們一樣。故選B。

13. find 找到；B. learn學習；C. know 知道；D. hope希望。即使我們知道我們是現(xiàn)實的而他們是虛構(gòu)的（則不是現(xiàn)實的）。故選C。

14. too 太；B. not 不；C. all 全部；D. so所以。即使我們知道我們是現(xiàn)實的而他們是虛構(gòu)的（則不是現(xiàn)實的）。故選B。

15. dangerous危險的；B. serious嚴重的；C. strange奇怪的； D. terrible可怕的。這聽起來很奇怪（正確率：73.3%）。故選C。

16. talk談?wù)�；B. learn學習；C. read閱讀；D. think認為。我們讀書的時候，可以把丟失的信息補充起來而且會思考一個人所做事情的影響和起因。故選D。

17. telling告訴；B. pretending假裝；C. promising許諾；D. guessing猜測。我們只有通過自稱我們所讀到的東西就象真正的生活一樣來給作家一些幫助。某種意義上講我們也在寫作。故選B。

18. mind智慧、頭腦；B. life生活；C. world世界；D. society社會。沒有思考我們腦子中在想什么。故選A。

19. heart 心臟；B.time 時間；C. money金錢；D. ourselves我們自己。埋頭于一則精彩的故事中（正確率：71.7%），故選D。

20. what 什么；B. how 怎樣；C. when 當---時候；D. why為什么。我們讀書時如果知道我們的感受如何的話，那將有助于我們成為更好的讀者。故選C。

考點：考查說明文閱讀。