When readers make inferences, they use _______ to “read between the lines” and draw conclusions from information that is implied.

When appreciating Chinese poems, a wise reader should_______.

A.read between the lines

B.think through

C.fumble with

D.make sense

According to the passage, many readers will feel sad when they read the novel because ______.

A．the characters have a miserable fate

B．it is the last of the series of Harry Potter

C．they have to say good-bye to their childhood

D．it is not as successful as the other ones in the series

At the time Jane Austin's novels were published—between 1811 and 1818—English literature was not part of any academic curriculum. In addition, fiction was under strenuous attack. Certain religious and political groups felt novels has the power to make so-called immoral characters so interesting that young readers would identify with them: these groups also considered novel to be of little practical use. Even Coleridge, certainly no literary reactionary, spoke for many when he asserted that "novel-reading occasions the destruction of the mind ' s power"

These attitudes toward novels help explain why Austin received little attention from early 19—century literary critics. The literary response that was accorded her, however, was often as incisive as 20th century criticism. In his attack in 1816 on novelistic portrayal "outside of ordinary experience", for example, Scott made an insightful remark about the merits of Austin' s fiction. Her novels, wrote Scott, "present to the reader an accurate and exact picture of ordinary everyday people and places, reminiscent of 17th century Flemish Painting." Scott did not use the word "realism", but he undoubtedly used a standard of realistic probability in judging novels. The critic Whately did not use the word realism either, but he expressed agreement with Scott' s evaluation, and went on to suggest the possibilities for moral instruction what we have called Austin' s realistic method. Her characters, wrote Whately, am persuasive agents for moral truth since they are ordinary persons "so clearly evoked that we feel an interest in their fate as if it were our own" Moral instruction, explained Whately, is more likely to be effective when conveyed through recognizably truman and interesting characters than when imparted by a sermonizing narrator. Whately especially praised Austin' s ability to create characters who "mingle goodness and villainy, weakness and virtue, as in life they arc always mingled." Whitely concluded this remarks by comparing Austin' s art of characterization to Dickens' , stating his preference to Austin' s.

Yet the response of 19-century literary critics to Austin was not always so laudatory, and often anticipated the reservations of 20th century critics. An example of such a response was Lewes' complaint in 1859 that Austin' range of subjects and characters was too narrow. Praising her verisimilitude, Lewes added that nonetheless her focus was too often upon only the unlofty and the commonplace. (20th century Marxists, on tile other hand, were to complain about what they saw as her exclusive emphasis on a lofty upper-middle class. ) In any case, having been rescued by some literary critics from neglect and indeed gradually lionized by them, Austin steadily reached, by the midnineteenth century, the enviable pinnacle of being considered controversial.

The author mentions that English literature "was not part of any academic curriculum" in the early 19th century in order to______.

A．emphasize the need for Jane Austin to create ordinary, everyday characters in her novels

B．give support to those religious and political groups that had attacked fiction

C．suggest the superiority of an informal and unsystematized approach to the study of literature

D．give one reason why Jane Austin' s novels received little critical attention in the early 19th century

WILL E-READERS REPLACE THE CONVENTIONAL PAPER BOOK?

Kindles, Nooks and other e-readers are threatening the future of printed books. But reading itself may get a boost from the devices. For example, a study found that the kids felt better about reading after a course in which they used Amazon Kindles. The research is in the _International Journal of Applied Science and Technology._

For two months, 199 middle-school students in a reading improvement class in Texas had 15 to 25 minutes every day when they were free to read on the Kindle. In general, the students felt the device improved their reading ability. And they tended to enjoy using an e-reader.

They noted the ease of carrying multiple books in one device, and the feeling that reading was suddenly a high-tech 21st-century activity rather than a boring waste of time. And some low-level readers who might otherwise be embarrassed to be seen with a simple book liked keeping their peers in the dark about what title they were reading. In the old days, one had to use a fake book-cover to achieve that level of secrecy.

1. Amazon Kindles is a kind of e-books. {T; F}

2. The research done in the _International Journal of Applied Science and Technology_ has lasted for two years. {T; F}

3. The students felt e-books could not improve their reading ability. {T; F}

4. Many students tended to enjoy using an e-reader. {T; F}

5. Some low-level readers used to use fake book-covers to keep their peers in the dark. {T; F}

Looking to the Future

When a magazine for high-school students asked its readers what life would be like in twenty years, they said: Machines would be run by solar power. Buildings would rotate so they could follow the sun to take maximum advantage of its light and heat. Walls would "radiate light" and "change color with the push of a button". Food would be replaced by pills. (1) Cars would have radar. Does this sound like the year 2000? (2) .

The future is much too important to simply guess about, the way the high school students did, so experts are regularly asked to predict accurately. (3) But can they? One expert on cities wrote: cities of the future would not be crowded, but would have space for farms and fields. People would travel to work in "airbuses", large all-weather helicopters carrying up to 200 passengers. When a person left the airbus station he could drive a coin-operated car equipped with radar. The radar equipment of cars would make traffic accidents "almost unheard of". Does that sound familiar? If the expert had been accurate it would, because he was writing in 1957, his subject was "The city of 1982".

If the professionals sometimes sound like high-school students, it&39;s probably because future study is still a new field. But economic forecasting, or predicting what the economy will do, has been around for a long time. It should be accurate, and generally it is. But there have been some big mistakes in this field, too. (4) In October of that year, the stock market had its worst losses ever, mining thousands of investors who had put their faith in financial foreseers.

(5) In 1957, H. J. Rand of the Rad Corporation was asked about the year 2000, "Only one thing is certain," he answered. "Children will have reached the age of 43."

(1)

??A. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen.B. School would be taught "by electrical impulse while we sleep."C. One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant errors.D. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market.E. Everyone may look to the future for it is always promising.F. Actually, the article was written in 1958 and the question was, "what will life be like in 19787"??

(2)

??A. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen.B. School would be taught "by electrical impulse while we sleep."C. One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant errors.D. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market.E. Everyone may look to the future for it is always promising.F. Actually, the article was written in 1958 and the question was, "what will life be like in 19787"??

(3)

A. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen.

B. School would be taught "by electrical impulse while we sleep."

C. One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant errors.

D. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market.

E. Everyone may look to the future for it is always promising.

F. Actually, the article was written in 1958 and the question was, "what will life be like in 19787"

(4)

A. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen.

B. School would be taught "by electrical impulse while we sleep."

C. One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant errors.

D. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market.

E. Everyone may look to the future for it is always promising.

F. Actually, the article was written in 1958 and the question was, "what will life be like in 19787"

(5)

A. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen.

B. School would be taught "by electrical impulse while we sleep."

C. One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant errors.

D. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market.

E. Everyone may look to the future for it is always promising.

F. Actually, the article was written in 1958 and the question was, "what will life be like in 19787"

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Looking to the Future

When a magazine for high-school students asked its readers what life would be like in twenty years, they said: Machines would be run by solar power. Buildings would rotate so they could follow the sun to take maximum advantage of its light and heat. Walls would "radiate light" and "change color with the push of a button". Food would be replaced by pills. (1) Cars would have radar. Does this sound like the year 2000? (2) .

The future is much too important to simply guess about, the way the high school students did, so experts are regularly asked to predict accurately. (3) But can they? One expert on cities wrote: cities of the future would not be crowded, but would have space for farms and fields. People would travel to work in "airbuses", large all-weather helicopters carrying up to 200 passengers. When a person left the airbus station he could drive a coin-operated car equipped with radar. The radar equipment of cars would make traffic accidents "almost unheard of". Does that sound familiar? If the expert had been accurate it would, because he was writing in 1957, his subject was "The city of 1982".

If the professionals sometimes sound like high-school students, it's probably because future study is still a new field. But economic forecasting, or predicting what the economy will do, has been around for a long time. It should be accurate, and generally it is. But there have been some big mistakes in this field, too. (4) In October of that year, the stock market had its worst losses ever, mining thousands of investors who had put their faith in financial foreseers.

(5) In 1957, H. J. Rand of the Rad Corporation was asked about the year 2000, "Only one thing is certain," he answered. "Children will have reached the age of 43."

A. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen.

B. School would be taught "by electrical impulse while we sleep."

C. One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant errors.

D. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market.

E. Everyone may look to the future for it is always promising.

F. Actually, the article was written in 1958 and the question was, "what will life be like in 19787"

(1)