综合教程第六册(第2版)Unit3-on reading.pptVIP

T2-comprehension-1 Text II Comprehension Answer the following multiple-choice questions: 1. What does the author mean by saying “... while we have been arguing so fiercely about which books make the best medicine, the patient has been slipping deeper and deeper into a coma.”? A. There is no point arguing about which books make the best medicine B. Arguing about which books make the best medicine leads to the coma of the patient T2-comprehension-2 C. What we are discussing is of little use for our real situation. D. Books are of no use for patients Text II Comprehension [ C ] T2-comprehension-3 2. What are the most important books for children? A. The books their parents ask them to read. B. The books from school assignments. C. The books from the library, in bookstores or on their friends’ shelves. D. The books they find for themselves. Text II Comprehension [ D ] T2-comprehension-4 3. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? A. There can be a common national purpose of reading. B. Hawthorne’s being on the syllabus would be just a choice part arbitrary, part a nod to the national past, part a kind of reverse affirmative action. C. The canon debaters have a lower expectation of their handful of chosen books. D. People always need professional help to read books. Text II Comprehension [ B ] T2-comprehension-5 4 What do the canon debaters take for granted? A. The books on the list are the only books that are going to be read. B. The more you read the more you understand what you read. C. Only when a book becomes a textbook can it be read. D. Our students only read textbooks. Text II Comprehension [ C ] T2-comprehension-6 5. What’s the author’s attitude towards the canon debaters’ purpose of reading? A. Ironic. B. Supportive. C. Indifferent. D. Opposed Text II Comprehension [ A ] T2-questions-1 1. What does the canon debate reflect? Text II Questions for Discussion The canon debate reflects today’s readers’ utilitarian attitude towar