Reading in a whole new way

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题目与答案

1. 14 What does the writer say about dictation?
   • It helped people learn to read
   • It affected the way people wrote
   • It was not used until the 11th century
   • It was used mainly for correspondence

   答案：It affected the way people wrote

   原文定位：In ancient times, authors often dictated their books. Dictation sounded like an uninterrupted series of words, so scribes wrote these down in one long continuous string, just as they occur in speech. For this reason, text was written without spaces between words until the 11th century

   同义替换：「affected the way people wrote」↔「scribes wrote these down in one long continuous string」

2. 15 According to the writer, what changed after the invention of the printing press?
   • Romance became more popular than serious fiction
   • Newspapers became more popular than books
   • Readers asked for more autobiographies
   • Authors had a wider choice of topics

   答案：Authors had a wider choice of topics

   原文定位：The technology of printing increased the number of words available, and more types of media, such as newspapers and magazines, broadened what was written about. Authors no longer had to produce scholarly works, as was common until then, but could write, for example, inexpensive, heart-rending love stories or publish autobiographies, even if they were unknown

   同义替换：「a wider choice of topics」↔「broadened what was written about」

3. 16 In the third paragraph, the writer focuses on the
   • legal concerns of authors
   • rapid changes in public libraries
   • growing status of the written word
   • recognition of the book as an art form

   答案：growing status of the written word

   原文定位：In time, the power of the written word gave birth to the idea of authority and expertise. Laws were compiled into official documents, contracts were written down and nothing was valid unless it was in this form

   同义替换：「growing status of」↔「the power of」

4. 17 What does the writer say about screens in the fourth paragraph?
   • They are hard to read
   • They are bad for our health
   • They can improve our work
   • They can be found everywhere

   答案：They can be found everywhere

   原文定位：Screens fill our pockets, briefcases, cars, living-room walls and the sides of buildings. They sit in front of us when we work - regardless of what we do. And of course, these newly ubiquitous screens have changed how we read and write

   同义替换：「can be found everywhere」↔「ubiquitous」

5. 18 According to the writer, computers differ from television because they
   • encourage more reading
   • attract more criticism
   • take up more of our leisure time
   • include more educational content

   答案：encourage more reading

   原文定位：The first screens that overtook culture, several decades ago - the big, fat, warm tubes of television - reduced the time we spent reading to such an extent that it seemed as if reading and writing were over. Educators and parents worried deeply that the TV generation would be unable to write. But the interconnected, cool, thin displays of computer screens launched an epidemic of writing that continues to swell. As a consequence, the amount of time people spend reading has almost tripled since 1980

   同义替换：「encourage more reading」↔「the amount of time people spend reading has almost tripled」

6. Screen reading has reduced the number of books and newspapers people read.
   • YES
   • NO
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：As a consequence, the amount of time people spend reading has almost tripled since 1980;But it is not book reading or newspaper reading, it is screen reading

   同义替换：「Screen reading」↔「it is not book reading or newspaper reading」

7. 20 Screen literacy requires a wider range of visual skills than book-based literacy.
   • YES
   • NO
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：YES

   原文定位：This new platform is very visual, and it is gradually merging words with moving images. You might think of this new medium as books we watch, or television we read. We also use screens to present data, and this encourages numeracy: visualising data and reading charts, looking at pictures and symbols are all part of this new literacy

8. 21 Screen reading is more active than book reading.
   • YES
   • NO
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：YES

   原文定位：The most we may do while reading a book is to flip the pages or turn over a corner, but when we use a screen, we interact with what we see

   同义替换：「active」↔「interact」

9. 22 Screens and books produce similar thought patterns in their readers.
   • YES
   • NO
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NO

   原文定位：Book reading strengthened our analytical skills, encouraging us to think carefully about how we feel. Screen reading, on the other hand, encourages quick responses, associating this idea with another, equipping us to deal with the thousands of new thoughts expressed every day

10. 23 People are easily persuaded to believe lies on the screen.
    • YES
    • NO
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：NO

    原文定位：Propaganda is less effective, and false information is hard to deliver in a world of screens because while misinformation travels fast, corrections do, too. On a screen, it is often easier to correct a falsehood than to tell one in the first place

    同义替换：「lies」↔「falsehood」

11. The film Minority Report illustrates
    • the accuracy of its information
    • people’s ability to concentrate
    • the global use of the Internet
    • how people behave physically when they read screens
    • the screen’s ability to make an object seem real
    • how rapidly opinions can be communicated

    答案：how people behave physically when they read screens

    原文定位：In the futuristic movie Minority Report, the main character stands in front of a screen and hunts through huge amounts of information as if conducting an orchestra. Just as it seemed strange five centuries ago to see someone read silently, in the future it will seem strange to read without moving your body

12. Our behaviour when we watch a film shows
    • the accuracy of its information
    • people’s ability to concentrate
    • the global use of the Internet
    • how people behave physically when they read screens
    • the screen’s ability to make an object seem real
    • how rapidly opinions can be communicated

    答案：how rapidly opinions can be communicated

    原文定位：For example, we review a movie for our friends while we watch it; we read the owner’s manual of a device we see in a shop before we purchase it, rather than after we get home and discover that it can’t do what we need it to do

13. Wikipedia’s success relies on
    • the accuracy of its information
    • people’s ability to concentrate
    • the global use of the Internet
    • how people behave physically when they read screens
    • the screen’s ability to make an object seem real
    • how rapidly opinions can be communicated

    答案：the accuracy of its information

    原文定位：Wikipedia works so well because it removes an error in a single click

    同义替换：「success」↔「works so well」，「the accuracy of its information」↔「removes an error in a single click」