If you want to get the most out of the study of a language, you must also read for pleasure: novels, plays, travel books, and so on. And in reading books of this kind the important thing is to get on with the reading; to try to grasp what the writer is going to tell you in the book as a whole. This is impossible if you stop and think over the meaning of every single word which happens to be unfamiliar(不熟悉). You can not enjoy a story if you stop half a dozen times on every page in order to look up words in the dictionary. You may even prevent yourself from understanding the story as a whole by doing this.
When you are reading books of this kind, therefore, you will usually have to rely mainly on(依靠) the context (上下文) to help you. If you meet an unfamiliar word, do not let it take too much of your attention from the main thread(主线) of the story. In all probability(可能) you will meet the same word again a few pages later on in a slightly different context, and each time you see it that your understanding of it will become more exact.
小题1:To read for pleasure means _____________.
| A．to take pleasure in reading |
| B．to be satisfied in reading book |
| C．to read such books as novels, plays, travel books, etc |
| D．to go on with reading pleasantly |
小题2:The phrase “to ge
t on with reading” in the passage has the same meaning as “_________”.
| A．to try to grasp the meaning of every sentence in the book |
B．to try to catch the meaning of every word i n the book |
| C．to try to understand all the writer is going to tell you |
| D．to try to understand the main idea of the book |
小题3:、When you meet new words in reading such kinds of books, you’d better _________.
| A．stop and look them up in a dictionary | B．stop and think them over |
| C．try to guess their meanings from the context | D．have none of them |
小题4:According to the passage the best way to read novels, plays and travel books is _____.
| A．to read very slowly | B．to read quickly and not too carefully |
| C．to read very carefully | D．to read very seriously |
小题5:The best title for this passage is “___________”.
| A．Read for Pleasure | B．Get on with the Books |
| C．Reading Skills | D．The Importance of Reading |