六级阅读练习 2011.04.03
<p> <span word="Passage">Passage</span> <span word="Three">Three</span></p><p> <span word="Questions">Questions</span> 31 <span word="to">to</span> 35 <span word="are">are</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="passage">passage</span>.</p><p> <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="necessary">necessary</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cite">cite</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="depressing">depressing</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="literacy">literacy</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="figures">figures</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Education">Education</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="sufficient">sufficient</span>: 27 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="further">further</span> 35 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="sufficient">sufficient</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="survive">survive</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="society">society</span>.</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="worry">worry</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="overwhelming">overwhelming</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="elemental">elemental</span> <span word="literacy">literacy</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="slightly">slightly</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="luxurious">luxurious</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="skill">skill</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span>-<span word="class">class</span> <span word="reader">reader</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="unwillingness">unwillingness</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="afford">afford</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="spaces">spaces</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="silence">silence</span>, <span word="those">those</span> <span word="luxuries">luxuries</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="domesticity">domesticity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="concentration">concentration</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="surround">surround</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="image">image</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="classic">classic</span> <span word="act">act</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="reading">reading</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="suggested">suggested</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> 80 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Americas">Americas</span> <span word="literate">literate</span>, <span word="educated">educated</span> <span word="teenagers">teenagers</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="longer">longer</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="accompanying">accompanying</span> <span word="noise">noise</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="background">background</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="screen">screen</span> <span word="flickering">flickering</span>(闪烁)<span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="corner">corner</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="field">field</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="perception">perception</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="deals">deals</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="simultaneous">simultaneous</span> <span word="conflicting">conflicting</span> <span word="input">input</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="common">common</span>-<span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="intuition">intuition</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="profoundly">profoundly</span> <span word="alarmed">alarmed</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="violation">violation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="concentration">concentration</span>, <span word="silence">silence</span>, <span word="solitudegoes">solitudegoes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="heart">heart</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="notion">notion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="literacy">literacy</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="part">part</span>-<span word="reading">reading</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="part">part</span>-<span word="perception">perception</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="background">background</span> <span word="distraction">distraction</span>, <span word="renders">renders</span> <span word="impossible">impossible</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="essential">essential</span> <span word="acts">acts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="apprehension">apprehension</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="concentration">concentration</span>, <span word="let">let</span> <span word="alone">alone</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="tribute">tribute</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="poem">poem</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="piece">piece</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="prose">prose</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="loves">loves</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="learn">learn</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="heart">heart</span>. <span word="Not">Not</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="brain">brain</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="heart">heart</span>; <span word="the">the</span> <span word="expression">expression</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="vital">vital</span>.</p>
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