《【推荐】2015年职称英语综合B阅读理解+完型填空附通关绝佳经验技巧》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《【推荐】2015年职称英语综合B阅读理解+完型填空附通关绝佳经验技巧（34页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、 第四部分 阅读理解第一篇Telling Tales about PeopleOne of the most common types of nonfiction, and one that many people enjoy reading, is stories about peoples lives. These stories fall into three general categories: autobiography, memoir, and biography.An autobiography is the story of a persons life written by
2、 himself or herself. Often it begins with the persons earliest recollections and ends in the present. Autobiography writers may not be entirely objective in the way they present themselves. However, they offer the reader a good look at the way they are and what makes them that way. People as diverse
3、 as Benjarmin Franklin and Helen Keller have written autobiographies. 1Other writers, such as James Joyce，have written thinly fictionalized accounts of their lives. These are not autobiographies，but they are very close to it.Memoirs, strictly speaking, are autobiographical accounts that focus as muc
4、h on the events of the times as on the life of the author. 2Memoir writers typically use these events as backdrops for their lives. They describe them in detail and discuss their importance. Recently，though，the term memoir seems to be becoming interchangeab1e with autobiography. A memoir nowadays ma
5、y or may not deal with the outside world.Biographies are factual accounts of someone elses life. In many senses，these may be the hardest of the three types to write. Autobiography writers know the events they write about because they lived them. But biography writers have to gather information from
6、as many different sources as possible. Then they have to decide which facts to include. Their goal is to present a balanced picture of a person，not one that is overly positive or too critical. A fair well-presented biography may take years to research and write.练习： 1. This passage is mostly about _.
7、A. the characteristics of autobiographies，memoirs，and biographiesB. famous autobiographiesC. why biography can be difficult to writeD. differences between autobiographies and memoirs2. Helen Keller wrote_.A. a memoirB. an autobiographyC. a work of fictionD. a biography3. Autobiography writers are no
8、t always objective because they_.A. feel they have to make up details to make their books sellB. constantly compete with biography writersC. want to present themselves in a good lightD. have trouble remembering the good times4. The writer introduces each category in the passage by_. A. defining itB.
9、 giving an exampleC. explaining why it is hard to writeD. telling when people first began writing it5. Diverse means_.A. able to swim in deep waterB. similar or alikeC. varied or differentD. enjoying poetry译文：第一篇 讲述关于人们的故事 最普遍的非小说类文学作品类型之一就是一些描述人们生活的故事，并且很多人喜欢阅读这 类作品。这些故事大致分为三类：自传、回忆录和传记。自传是作者记录自己故事
10、的文章。通常自传会、以作者最早期的回忆开始并以对现在情况的总 结作为结束。自传的作者也许不会完全客观地介绍自己。然而，他们给读者提供了一个途径来了 解自己比较好的行事风格和为何成就这样的&己。就像本杰明?富兰克林和海伦? 凯勒一样，各 种各样的人们已经写了自传。其他的作者就像詹姆斯?乔伊斯一样仅仅写了关于自己生活的虚构 小说。这些不是自传，但是它们和自传非常相近。严格意义上来讲，回忆录是既注重作者本身的生活经历，也注重其所处的时代所发生的事件 的自传性的描述。回忆录作者通常把这些事件作为他们生活的背景。他们详细地描述这些事件并 论述这些事件的重要性。虽然近些年，回忆录这个词似乎开始变得可以和自
11、传互换，但是目前回 忆录也许还没有因外界评论而有所改变。传记事实上是记录（作者以外).其他人的生活。在很多方面，传记也许是这三种非小说类文 学作品中最难写的了。自传作者知悉他们所写的事件因为他们就生活在其中。但是传记作者不得 不尽量从很多不同的渠道来收集信息。然后他们不得不决定包含哪种事实。他们的目标是用比较 全面的图片来介绍一个人物，并不是过于萝极也不是过于批判。一个公正并详尽的传记也许要花 费许多年来研究并进行书写。第二篇Outside-the-classroom Learning Makes a Big DifferencePutting a bunch of college stude
12、nts in charge of a $300,000 Dance Marathon, fundraiser surely sounds a bit risky1.When you consider the fact that the money is supposed to be given to children in need of medical care, you might call the idea crazy.Most student leaders dont want to spend a large amount of time on something they care
13、 little about, said 22-year-old University of Florida student Darren Heitner. He was the Dance Marathons operations officer for two years.Yvonne Fangmeyer, director of the student organization office at the University of Wisconsin, conducted a survey in February of students involved in campus organi
14、zations2. She said the desire for friendship was the most frequently cited reason for joining.At large universities like Fangmeyers, which has more than 40,000 students, the students first of all want to find a way to belong in their own corner of campus.Katie Rowley, a Wisconsin senior, confirms th
15、e surveys findings.I wanted to make the campus feel smaller by joining an organization where I could not only get involved on campus butalso find a group of friends.All of this talk of friendship, however, does not mean that students arent thinking about their resumes. I think that a lot of people d
16、o join to fatten up their resume, said Heitner.At the beginning of my college career, I joined a few of these organizations, hoping to get a start in my leadership roles.But without passion student leaders can have a difficult time trying to weather the storms that come. For example, in April, several student organizations at Wisconsin teamed up3 for an event designed to educate students about homelessness and poverty. Stu
