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11．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 didn't seem to require any explanation．
We'd just finished John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice 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 I've read it many times．"
But they understood．When George shoots Lennie，the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen．In my 14years of teaching in a New York City public middle school，I've taught kids with imprisoned parents，abusive parents，irresponsible parents； kids who are parents themselves； kids who are homeless； kids who grew up in violent neighborhoods．They understand，more than I ever will，the novel's terrible logic-the giving way of dreams to fate （命運(yùn)）．
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．I originally proposed this idea to my headmaster after learning that a former excellent student of mine had transferred out of a selective high school-one that often attracts the literary-minded children of Manhattan's upper classes-into a less competitive setting．The daughter of immigrants，with a father 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 had 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 didn't always read from the expected point of view．
About The Red Pony，one student said，"it's about being a man，it's about manliness．"I had never before seen the parallels between Scarface and Macbeth，nor had I heard Lady Macbeth's soliloquies （獨(dú)白） read as raps （說(shuō)唱），but both made sense； the interpretations were playful，but serious．Once introduced to Steinbeck's writing，one boy went on to read The Grapes of Wrath and told me repeatedly how amazing it was that"all these people hate each other，and they're 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，however，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 （充實(shí)） the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts．We are teaching them that 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．

66．The underlined words in Paragraph 1probably mean that a book helps toD．
A．realize our dreams
B．give support to our life
C．smooth away difficulties
D．a(chǎn)wake our emotions
67．Why were the students able to understand the novel Of Mice and Men？D
A．Because they spent much time reading it．
B．Because they had read the novel before．
C．Because they came from a public school．
D．Because they had similar life experiences．
68．The girl left the selective high school possibly becauseC．．
A．she was a literary-minded girl
B．her parents were immigrants
C．she couldn't fit in with her class
D．her father was then in prison
69．To the author's surprise，the students read the novelsA．．
A．creatively      
B．passively      
C．repeatedly       
D．carelessly
70．The author writes the passage mainly toB．
A．introduce classic works of literature
B．a(chǎn)dvocate teaching literature to touch the heart
C．a(chǎn)rgue for equality among high school students
D．defend the current testing system．

Answer 1

分析 這篇文章詳細(xì)介紹了作者在平時(shí)教學(xué)生文學(xué)閱讀過(guò)程中是如何觸及學(xué)生心靈的．作者的教書(shū)經(jīng)歷讓我們明白一個(gè)道理：教文學(xué)一定要觸及心靈，不要只停留于文字表面．

解答 66．答案：D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．該句運(yùn)用了明喻和暗喻的寫(xiě)作手法，將書(shū)比作斧子，冰凍的大海意指讀者封鎖的情感．作者引用這句話旨在告訴學(xué)生：一本好書(shū)應(yīng)有助于喚醒讀者的情感．故選D．
67．答案：D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段第一、二句"But they understood．When George shoots Lennie，the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen．"可知，學(xué)生之所以能夠讀得懂，是因?yàn)樗麄冇羞^(guò)相似的生活經(jīng)歷．故選D．
68．答案：．C細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第四段第三句"The daughter of immigrants，with a father in prison，she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates．"可知，那個(gè)女孩離開(kāi)學(xué)�？赡苁且�?yàn)樗�不能融入到她的班�?jí)中去．故選C．
69．答案：A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第五段第四句"I had never before seen the parallels between Scarface and Macbeth，nor had I heard Lady Macbeth's soliloquies read as raps，but both made sense； the interpretations were playful，but serious．"可推斷出，作者對(duì)學(xué)生們閱讀小說(shuō)的創(chuàng)造力感到驚訝，字里行間流露出自豪之情．故選A （creatively創(chuàng)造性地）．B．passively"被動(dòng)地"；C．repeatedly"重復(fù)地"；D．carelessly"粗心地"．
70．答案：B．寫(xiě)作意圖題．通讀全文可知，作者講述了在自己教學(xué)生涯中，教授學(xué)生文學(xué)閱讀時(shí)的感受．同時(shí)指出，通過(guò)文學(xué)閱讀，可以美化心靈．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本題型考查了學(xué)生對(duì)文章段落或某一板塊的理解概括能力．做此類(lèi)題時(shí)要先閱讀問(wèn)題，然后帶著問(wèn)題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀．在詞義與句義理解的基礎(chǔ)上，結(jié)合上下文總結(jié)歸納某一段或幾段的大意，對(duì)于把握文章主旨，分析全文結(jié)構(gòu)都是至關(guān)重要的．