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1、Week 12WednesdayTask 1：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。(2012江苏，D)Franz Kafka wrote that “a_book_must_be_the_ax_(斧子)_for_the_frozen_sea_inside_us.”I once shared this sentence with a class of seventh graders, and it didnt seem to require any explanation.Wed just finished John Steinbecks novel Of Mi
2、ce and Men.When we read the end together out loud in class, my toughest boy, a star basketball player, wept a little, and so did I“Are you crying？”one girl asked, as she got out of her chair to take a closer look.“I am，”I told her，“and the funny thing is Ive read it many times.”But they understood.W
3、hen George shoots Lennie, the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen.In my 14 years of teaching in a New York City public middle school, Ive taught kids with imprisoned parents, abusive parents, irresponsible parents; kids who are parents themselves; kids who are homeless; kids who
4、 grew up in violent neighborhoods.They understand, more than I ever will, the novels terrible logicthe giving way of dreams to fate (命运)For the last seven years, I have worked as a reading enrichment teacher, reading classic works of literature with small groups of students from grades six to eight.
5、I originally proposed this idea to my headmaster after learning that a former excellent student of mine had transferred out of a selective high schoolone that often attracts the literaryminded children of Manhattans upper classesinto a less competitive setting.The daughter of immigrants，with a fathe
6、r in prison, she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates.I thought additional “cultural capital” could help students like her develop better in high school, where they would unavoidably meet, perhaps for the first time, students who came from homes lined with bookshelves, whose parents ha
7、d earned Ph.D.s.Along with Of Mice and Men, my groups read：Sounder，The Red Pony, Lord of the Flies, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth.The students didnt always read from the expected point of view. About The Red Pony, one student said，“its about being a man, its about manliness.”I had never before seen t
8、he parallels between Scarface and Macbeth, nor had I heard Lady Macbeths soliloquies (独白) read as raps (说唱), but both made sense; the interpretations were playful, but serious. Once introduced to Steinbecks writing, one boy went on to read The Grapes of Wrath and told me repeatedly how amazing it wa
9、s that “all these people hate each other, and theyre all white.”His historical view was broadening, his sense of his own country deepening.Year after year, former students visited and told me how prepared they had felt in their first year in college as a result of the classes.Year after year, howeve
10、r, we are increasing the number of practice tests.We are trying to teach students to read increasingly complex texts, not for emotional punch (碰撞) but for text complexity.Yet, we cannot enrich (充实) the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts.We are teaching them that
11、words do not amaze but confuse.We may succeed in raising test scores, but we will fail to teach them that reading can be transformative and that it belongs to them.【语篇解读】文章主要讲老师教学生文学阅读的感受。老师介绍以前教学生文学阅读时对学生的情感触动，指出现在一些注重字词与测试的文学阅读教学方法不利于学生的发展。1The underlined words in Paragraph 1 probably mean that a
12、book helps to_Arealize our dreamsBgive support to our lifeCsmooth away difficultiesDawake our emotions答案D推理判断题。本句运用了明喻和暗喻的写作手法，从第一段推测难度较大，根据最后一段中的 we cannot enrich the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts可知作者在之前谈到的教授文学阅读时侧重于学生的情感体验，因此可以推断出答案为D。2Why were the student
13、s able to understand the novel Of Mice and Men?ABecause they spent much time reading it.BBecause they had read the novel before.CBecause they came from a public school.DBecause they had similar life experiences.答案D推理判断题。根据第三段可以推断出答案为D。3The girl left the selective high school possibly because_Ashe wa
14、s a literaryminded girlBher parents were immigrantsCshe couldnt fit in with her classDher father was then in prison答案C细节理解题。根据第四段中的she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates可知她不能适应班级。4To the authors surprise, the students read the novels_Acreatively BpassivelyCrepeatedly Dcarelessly答案A推理
15、判断题。根据倒数第二段The students didnt always read from the expected point of view. About The Red Pony, one student said，“its about being a man, its about manliness.” I had never before seen the parallels between Scarface and Macbeth, nor had I heard Lady Macbeths soliloquies read as raps 可以推断出学生进行创造性阅读，提出了一些老师自己没有想到的观点。5The author writes the passage mainly to_Aintroduce classic works of literatureBadvocate teaching literature to touch the heartCargue for equality among high school studentsDdefend the current testing system答案B主旨大意题。根据文章大意，尤其是首尾两段可以推断出作者提倡文学阅读教学应该触动学生心灵。Task 2：词汇积累1tragedy n悲剧2violent
