There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding. 【小题1】__ The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else.【小题2】Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don’t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement. The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader’s understanding.【小题3】Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here “learning” means understanding more, not remembering more information. What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding【小题4】 Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is approached, success of communication is achieved. 【小题5】It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.
A．Thus, we can employ the word “reading” in two distinct senses.
B．Such communication between unequals must be possible.
C．We can get access to the content of those materials easily.
D．The writer must be “superior” to the reader in understanding.
E.The writer should have a better communicating skill. F.Besides gaining information and understanding, there’s another goal of reading—entertainment. G.Reading for entertainment is capable of increasing our understanding for information.
答案：【小题1】A 【小题2】C 【小题3】B 【小题4】D 【小题5】F
【小题1】A：因此，我们可以使用单词“阅读”来表示两个截然不同的意义。前面的一句There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding，意思是：在阅读信息和阅读理解之间存在着区别，所以阅读这个词可以表示两个不同的含义。故选A 【小题2】C: 我们可以很容易获取这些材料。由后面的Such materials may increase our store of information中Such materials，可知道，前面讲的是我们容易获取这些材料。故选C 【小题3】B: 这种不平等间的交流是非常可能的。前面一句The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader’s understanding.意思是作者在交流一些能够提升读者理解的东西，而后面的一句Otherwise one person could never learn from another.意思是否则一个人永远不能从其他人身上学到东西。说明虽然作者和读者之间的交流有时是不平等的，但是这很有益读者从作者身上学习和提升理解的，故选B 【小题4】D:在理解上，作者必须高于读者。前面讲这种理解的条件是什么？接着后面First, there is inequality in understanding，所以就说明作者的理解能力要高于读者，故选B 【小题5】F:除了获取信息和理解，阅读还有另外一个目的是娱乐。后面讲阅读是破坏最小和费力最小的，以及知道怎样阅读的人就知道怎样通过阅读娱乐自身，所以这里讲的是阅读的娱乐功能，故选B。 考点:考查说明文阅读。