单选题
Reading Something In English
When you read to learn English composition, you 【51】 regard the language as the main thing.
When you read a 【52】 in English, do you read it for the story or for the English? This is a question that is not so foolish 【53】 it may seem, 【54】 I find that many students of English 【55】 far more attention to the story than to the English. They read and enjoy and 【56】 a long time afterwards remember the story, but do not care to study the use of words and 【57】 in it. For instance, they know the plot (情节) of the story 【58】 , but do not remember a 【59】 sentence in the story and cannot tell what preposition is used before or 【60】 a certain word in the speech of a certain character(人物).
Of course, it is all right to read and 【61】 and remember a story, and so long as one 【62】 to know the story only, one need not bother about the language. But the case is quite different 【63】 a student of English. I mean a student of English as distinguished (区别于)from a reader of stories or what is called the general reader. As you may have 【64】 form the above, a student of English should read very 【65】 and regard the language as the main thing.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】ought to为情态动词，做“应该，应当”讲，如：You don't look well．You ought to go to see a doctor．你气色不好，应该去看医生。need用做情态动词时，常用在否定句和条件句中。如：He said she need not hurry．他说她不必匆忙。在肯定句中，need常为实义动词。如：He needs to have his hair cut．他需要理发了。would用做情态动词时，表示过去的意愿或习惯。如：They asked us if we would have a look-round first．他们问我们想不想先去转转。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题可以从下面的主句“do you read it for the story or…”中推断出。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】“not so(as)…as”为一固定搭配，表示“…不如…”。如：It is not so big as I thought it would be．那东西不如我想象的大。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】for是并列连词，用来连接两个并列分句，意为“因为”，一般不用于句首。如：I asked her to stay for tea，for I had something to tell her．我请她留下来喝茶，因为我有事要告诉她。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】pay attention to为固定短语，意思是“注意”。如：Pay attention to what you aye doing．注意你在做的事。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】for a long time为一固定搭配，做“很长一段时间”讲。如：They havenl met each other for along time．他们很久未见面了。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】words and phrases指“单词和短语”，从上下文可以得知，作者说人们不注意学习故事中单词和短语的用法。其他选项均不适合本题。paragraphs指“(文章的)段落”，terms表示“(专业)用语”，letters指“字母，信件”。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】know(get，learn)sth．by heart为固定搭配，意为“熟记，能背出”。如：She could learn what the teacher said in class by heart．她能熟记课堂上老师所讲的话。
【答案解析】want to do sth．表示“想做…”。如：He wants to leave as soon as possible．他想尽早走。do和satisfy都不能与to连用，fail to do sth．意思为“失败”。如：They failed to pass the examination．他们考试不及格。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】be different with sb．意为“对于某人来说是不同的”。如：A child may be excused for that，but things are different with adults．小孩那样做可以原谅，但对成年人来说，情况就不同了。be different from表示“和…不一样”。如：Your method is different from mine．你的方法和我的不同。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】gather from可以看成一固定搭配，意为“从…中推断出”。如：What did you gather from his statement?你从他的话中推断出了什么?secure from意思为“使…免受…”。如：By strengthening the embankment they secured the village from floods．他们加固堤防，使该村庄免受洪水之患。