I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a plicated idea until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony (嘲讽) or its very plicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read. Strict with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times. (How, after all, could one read a book more than once?) And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length. (Could anything shorter be a book?)
There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the hundred most important books of Western Civilization. More than anything else in my life, the professor told the reporter with finality , these books have made me all that I am . That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore. I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato's The Republic, for example, I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition (迷信) of a schoolboy, I looked at every word of the text. And by the time I reached the last word, pleased, I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic, and seriously crossed Plato off my list.
【小题1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A．The writer thought it was impossible for one to read two thousand books.B．While at high school, the writer had plans for reading.C．The writer only read books no more than 100 pages. D．The writer thought the teacher was not being serious about the suggestion of reading.【小题2】The underlined phrase with finality most probably means . A．firmlyB．immediatelyC．simplyD．pleasantly【小题3】The writer's purpose in mentioning The Republic is to . A．explain why it was included in the listB．describe why he seriously crossed it off the listC．show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understandD．prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word【小题4】The writer provides two book lists to . A．show how he developed his point of viewB．tell his reading experience at high schoolC．introduce the two persons' reading methodsD．explain that he read many books at high schoolB
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(答案→)B
解析：作者举出了两个读书清单讲述了两个在高中读书的经历。一个是自己列出的100个读书清单，一个是根据英语教授的推荐列了自己要读的书单，制定了读书计划。是为了支撑他整篇文章的主题：他在中学的时候是如何读书的，而并不是他如何形成自己的观点、介绍两个读书方法、解释他在中学的时候读过很多书。
【小题1】推断题。根据第二段“That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore (忽视).I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles.”可知作者在高中根据英语教授的推荐列了自己要读的书单，制定了读书计划。选B。
【小题2】词义猜测题。根据教授的话“these books have made me all that I am.”可知他对于推荐的书是很推崇的，所以他的推荐是坚决的。选A。
【小题3】推理题。根据最后一段“Most books,of course,I hardly understood.While reading Plato’s The Republic,for example,”可知作者提到The Republic是为了作为一个例子说明作者的书单里面很多书看不懂。选C。
【小题4】归纳题。作者举出了两个读书清单讲述了两个在高中读书的经历。选B。