2023年12月18日我们又将迎来四六级考试，你复习得怎样了?针对大部分考生的备考难点，在线陆续推出四六级词汇、听力和阅读的专项测评以及在线模考，并提供全面综合的复习指导。现在就来参加#四六级测评#吧，每天测评10分钟，轻松搞定四六级，更有每周幸运大抽奖，精彩奖品等你拿!

　　It is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidence of the depressing state of literacy. These figures from the Department of Education are sufficient: 27 million Americans cannot read at all, and a further 35 million read at a level that is less than sufficient to survive in our society.

　　But my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elemental literacy than it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the decline in the skill even of the middle-class reader, of his unwillingness to afford those spaces of silence, those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentration, that surround the image of the classic act of reading. It has been suggested that almost 80 percent of America s literate, educated teenagers can no longer read without an accompanying noise in the background or a television screen flickering(闪烁)at the corner of their field of perception. We know very little about the brain and how it deals with simultaneous conflicting input, but every common-sense intuition suggests we should be profoundly alarmed. This violation of concentration, silence, solitudegoes to the very heart of our notion of literacy, this new form of part-reading, of part-perception against background distraction, renders impossible certain essential acts of apprehension and concentration, let alone that most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves, which is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.

　　Under these circumstances, the question of what future there is for the arts of reading is a real one. Ahead of us lie technical, psychic, and social transformations probably much more dramatic than those brought about by Gutenberg, the German inventor in printing. The Gutenberg revolution, as we now know it, took a long time; its effects are still being debated. The information revolution will touch every facet of composition, publication, distribution, and reading. No one in the book industry can say with any confidence what will happen to the book as we ve known it.

　　31.The picture of the reading ability of the American people, drawn by the author, is .

　　A) rather bleak C) very impressive

　　B) fairly bright D) quite encouraging

　　32. The author s biggest concern is .

　　A) elementary school children s disinterest in reading classics

　　B) the surprisingly low rate of literacy in the U.S.

　　C) the musical setting American readers require of reading

　　D) the reading ability and reading behavior of the middle class

　　33. A major problem with most adolescents who can read is .

　　A) their fondness of music and TV programs

　　B) their ignorance of various forms of art and literature

　　C) their lack of attentiveness and basic understanding

　　D) their inability to focus on conflicting input

　　34. The author claims that the best way a reader can show admiration for a piece of poetry or prose is .

　　A) to the able to appreciate it and memorize it

　　B) to analyze its essential features

　　C) to think it over conscientiously

　　D) to make a fair appraisal of its artistic value

　　35. About the future of the arts of reading the author feels .

　　A) upset B) uncertain C) alarmed D) pessimistic

　　31.A 32.D 33.C 34.A 35.B

　　2023年12月18日我们又将迎来四六级考试，你复习得怎样了?针对大部分考生的备考难点，在线陆续推出四六级词汇、听力和阅读的专项测评以及在线模考，并提供全面综合的复习指导。现在就来参加#四六级测评#吧，每天测评10分钟，轻松搞定四六级，更有每周幸运大抽奖，精彩奖品等你拿!

　　It is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidence of the depressing state of literacy. These figures from the Department of Education are sufficient: 27 million Americans cannot read at all, and a further 35 million read at a level that is less than sufficient to survive in our society.

　　But my own worry today is less that of the overwhelming problem of elemental literacy than it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the decline in the skill even of the middle-class reader, of his unwillingness to afford those spaces of silence, those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentration, that surround the image of the classic act of reading. It has been suggested that almost 80 percent of America s literate, educated teenagers can no longer read without an accompanying noise in the background or a television screen flickering(闪烁)at the corner of their field of perception. We know very little about the brain and how it deals with simultaneous conflicting input, but every common-sense intuition suggests we should be profoundly alarmed. This violation of concentration, silence, solitudegoes to the very heart of our notion of literacy, this new form of part-reading, of part-perception against background distraction, renders impossible certain essential acts of apprehension and concentration, let alone that most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves, which is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.

　　Under these circumstances, the question of what future there is for the arts of reading is a real one. Ahead of us lie technical, psychic, and social transformations probably much more dramatic than those brought about by Gutenberg, the German inventor in printing. The Gutenberg revolution, as we now know it, took a long time; its effects are still being debated. The information revolution will touch every facet of composition, publication, distribution, and reading. No one in the book industry can say with any confidence what will happen to the book as we ve known it.

　　31.The picture of the reading ability of the American people, drawn by the author, is .

　　A) rather bleak C) very impressive

　　B) fairly bright D) quite encouraging

　　32. The author s biggest concern is .

　　A) elementary school children s disinterest in reading classics

　　B) the surprisingly low rate of literacy in the U.S.

　　C) the musical setting American readers require of reading

　　D) the reading ability and reading behavior of the middle class

　　33. A major problem with most adolescents who can read is .

　　A) their fondness of music and TV programs

　　B) their ignorance of various forms of art and literature

　　C) their lack of attentiveness and basic understanding

　　D) their inability to focus on conflicting input

　　34. The author claims that the best way a reader can show admiration for a piece of poetry or prose is .

　　A) to the able to appreciate it and memorize it

　　B) to analyze its essential features

　　C) to think it over conscientiously

　　D) to make a fair appraisal of its artistic value

　　35. About the future of the arts of reading the author feels .

　　A) upset B) uncertain C) alarmed D) pessimistic

　　31.A 32.D 33.C 34.A 35.B