06-11湖北高考阅读-广告书评3

Join the thousands of professionals and international travelers who depend on Chanps Elysees, Schau ins Land, Puerta del Sol,and Acquerello italiano to help them stay in touch with the languages and cultures they love. Designed to help you greatly improve your listening, vocabulary, and cultural IQ, these unique European audio-magazines are guaranteed(保证) to give you enthusiasm and determination to study the language—or your money back!

Each audio-magazine consists of an hour-long programme on CD or DVD. You’ll hear interviews with well-known Europeans, passages covering current events and issues as well as feature stories on the culture you love. A small book, which goes with CD or DVD, contains a complete set of printed materials, notes (background notes included) averaging 600 words and expressions translated into English. The result: you build fluency month in and month out.

To help you integrate language study into your busy life, we’ve made each audio magazine convenient. Work on language fluency while driving to work, exercising, or cooking anytime and anywhere you want!

Best of all, each programme is put together by professional broadcasters, journalists, and editors who have a strong interest in European languages and cultures. That enthusiasm comes through in every edition. From New York to London to Singapore, the users tell us no company produces a better product for language learners at all levels. Ring for more information, or order at www. audiomagazine. com. We guarantee that you have nothing to lose if it’s not for you; let us know within 6 weeks and we will completely reimburse you. 56. The audio-magazines in the passage are__________.

A. published in European languages B. read on the computer screen

C. designed in the form of small sized books D. broadcast on television and the radio 57. The audio magazines are mainly for__________.

A. European journalists B. professional travelers C. language learners D. magazine collectors 58. What is mentioned as a feature of the audio-magazines?

A. They are translated into English. B. They are convenient for the users. C. They are very easy to read D. They are cheap and popular. 59. What does the underlined part “reimburse” probably mean?

A. Return the money you paid. B. Change the product you bought. C. Offer you a free repair. D. Guarantee you the quality.

(2010湖北D篇)

This brief book is aimed at high school students, but speaks to anyone learning at any stage of life.

Its formal, serious style closely matches its content, a school-masterly book on schooling. The author W. H. Armstrong, starts with the basics; reading and writing. In his opinion, reading doesn’t just mean recognizing each word on the page; it means taking in the information, digesting it and incorporating it into oneself just as one digests a sandwich and makes it a part of himself. The goal is to bring the information back to life, not just to treat it as dead facts on paper from dead trees.

Reading and writing cannot be completely separated from each other; in fact, the aim of reading is to express the information you have got from the text. I’ve seen it again and again; someone who can’t express an idea after reading a text is just as ineffective as someone who hasn’t read it at all. Only a third of the book remains after that discussion, which Armstrong devotes to specific tips for studying languages, math, science and history. He generally handles these topics thoroughly(透彻的) and equally ,except for some weakness in the science and math sections and a bit too much passion (激情) regarding history. Well, he was a history teacher—if conveyed only a tenth of his passion to his students, that was a hundred times more than my history teachers ever got cross. To my disappointment, in this part of the book he ignores the arts. As a matter of fact, they demand all the concentration and study that math and science do, though the study differs slightly in kind. Although it’s commonly believed that the arts can only be naturally acquired, actually, learning the arts is no more natural than learning French or mathematics.

My other comment is that the text aged. The first edition apparently dates to the 1960s , none of the references (参考文献) seem newer than the late 1950s. As a result, the discussion misses the entire computer age.

These are small points, though, and don’t affect the main discussion. I recommend it to any student and any teacher, including the self-taught student.

63. According to Armstrong, the goal of reading is to________.

A. gain knowledge and expand one’s view B. understand the meaning between the lines C. express ideas based on what one has read D. get information and keep it alive in memory . The author of the passage insists that learning the arts________. A. requires great efforts B. demands real passion

C. is less natural than learning maths D. is as natural as learning a language 65. What is a shortcoming of Armstrong’s work according to the author?

A. Some ideas are slightly contradictory.

B. There is too much discussion on studying science. C. The style is too serious. D. It lacks new information.

66. This passage can be classified as________.

A. an advertisement B. a book review

C. a feature story D. a news report

(2011湖北D篇)

Feeling blue about the world? “Cheer up,” says science writer Matt Ridley. “The world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and for nature.”

Ridley calls himself a rational optimist—rational, because he’s carefully weighed the evidence; optimistic, because that evidence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good. And this is what he’s set out to prove from a unique point of view in his most recent book, The Rational Optimist. He views mankind as a grand enterprise that, on the whole, has done little but

progress for 100,000 years. He backed his finding with hard facts gathered through years of research.

Here’s how he explains his views. 1) Shopping fuels invention

It is reported that there are more than ten billion different products for sale in London alone. Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty, our own generation has access to more nutritious food, more convenient transport, bigger houses, better cars, and of course, more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us. This will continue as long as we use these things to make other things. The more we specialize and exchange, the better off we’ll be. 2) Brilliant advances

One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs—food, clothing, fuel and shelter—have grown a lot cheaper. Take one example. In 1800 a candle providing one hour’s light cost six hours’ work. In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes’ work to pay for. In 1950 it was eight seconds. Today it’s half second.

3) Let’s not kill ourselves for climate change

Mitigating(减轻) climate change could prove just as damaging to human welfare as climate change itself. A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fossil-fuel(化石燃料) electricity is forbidden by well-meaning members of green political movements trying to save the world, is just as great a tragedy as a child that dies in a flood caused by climate change. If climate change proves to be mild, but cutting carbon causes pain, we may well find that we have stopped a nose bleed by putting a tourniquet(止血带) around our necks.

63. What is the theme of Ridley’s most recent book?

A. Weakness of human nature. B. Concern about climate change. C. Importance of practical thinking. D. Optimism about human progress. . How does Ridley look at shopping? A. It encourages the creation of things. B. It results in shortage of goods. C. It demands more fossil fuels. D. It causes a poverty problem.

65. The candle and lamp example is used to show that________. A. oil lamps give off more light than candles

B. shortening working time brings about a happier life. C. advanced technology helps to produce better candles. D. increased production rate leads to lower cost of goods. 66. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?

A. Cutting carbon is necessary in spite of the huge cost. B. Overreaction to climate change may be dangerous. C. People’s health is closely related to climate change. D. Careless medical treatment may cause great pain.