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强化练3词义猜测题专练

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(2026·长春高三质量检测二)

Analarmingphenomenonhassprungupoverthepastfewyears:Manystudentsarearrivingatcollegeunpreparedtoreadentirebooks.Manystudentsareoverwhelmedatthethoughtofreadingmultiplebooksinasemester.Theyshutdownwhenthey’refacedwithideastheydon’tunderstand.

Whyisthishappening?Theattractionofsmartphonesandsocialmediacameup,anditappearsthatmanymiddleandhighschoolsareteachingfewerfullbooks.ButonepossiblecausethatInodtoisachangeinvalues,notability.Theproblemdoesnotappeartobethatkidsthesedaysareincuriousoruninterestedinreading.Instead,youngpeoplemightberespondingtoaculturalmessage:Booksjustaren’tthatimportant.

Ioncespokewith33professorsatsometopuniversities,whodidn’tthinktheirstudentswerelazy.Itisnotunusualthattheirstudents’schedulesarecrowdedwithactivitiesthatarelessaboutpersonaldevelopmentandmorerelevanttofutureemployment.“Therearetoomanydemandsontheirtimetodevotethemselvesfullytoworksofliteraturethatmighttake20hourstoconsume,”saidJamesShapiro,anEnglishprofessoratColumbia.

In1971,37%studentssaidthatacoreobjectiveoftheircollegeyearswastobecomewell-offfinancially.63%saiditwastodevelopameaningfulphilosophyoflife.By2015,thosenumbershadalmostreversed(颠倒).Expertsandparentsalikehaveemphasizedpreprofessionalcoursesbutdownplayedtheimportanceofhumanisticstudy.

Howeversocietychanges,thereisnodenyingthatreadingisofsignificance.Ifwe’veshiftedwhatweholdinesteem(推崇),itisreasonablethatwecould,asasociety,shiftback.Theresponsibilitydoesn’tlieonlyinGenerationZ.Everyonewho’supsetaboutthechangehasaroletoplayinreversingit.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇议论文。文章指出近几年来出现很多大学生没有准备好阅读整本书的现象,其原因可能包括智能手机和社交媒体的吸引、很多中学和高中教授的整本书的减少以及价值观的变化等。

1.Accordingtotheauthor,whatisthecauseofthephenomenon?

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