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真题研练62

Task1：阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

(2015·浙江，A)Fromtheverybeginningofschoolwemakebooksandreadingaconstantsourceofpossiblefailureandpublichumiliation.Whenchildrenarelittlewemakethemreadaloud，beforetheteacherandotherchildren，sothatwecanbesurethey“know”allthewordstheyarereading.Thismeansthatwhentheydontknowaword，theyaregoingtomakeamistake，rightinfrontofeveryone.Afterhavingtaughtfifth-gradeclassesforfouryears，Idecidedtotryatallcoststoridthemoftheirfearanddislikeofbooks，andtogetthemtoreadoftenerandmoreadventurously.

Onedaysoonafterschoolhadstarted，Isaidtothem，“NowImgoingtosaysomethingaboutreadingthatyouhaveprobablyneverheardateachersaybefore.Iwouldlikeyoutoreadalotofbooksthisyear，butIwantyoutoreadthemonlyforpleasure.Iamnotgoingtoaskyouquestionstofindoutwhetheryouunderstandthebooksornot.Ifyouunderstandenoughofabooktoenjoyitandwanttogoonreadingit，thatsenoughforme.AlsoImnotgoingtoaskyouwhatwordsmean.”

Thechildrensatstunnedandsilent.Wasthisateachertalking？Onegirl，whohadjustcometousfromaschoolwhereshehadhadaveryhardtime，lookedatmesteadilyforalongtimeafterIhadfinished.Then，stilllookingatme，shesaidslowlyandseriously，“Mr.Holt，doyoureallymeanthat？”Isaidjustasseriously，“Imeaneverywordofit.”

Duringthespringshereallyastonishedme.Oneday，shewasreadingatherdesk.FromaglimpseoftheillustrationsIthoughtIknewwhatthebookwas.Isaidtomyself，“Itcantbe，”andwenttotakeacloserlook.Sureenough，shewasreadingMobyDick，intheeditionwithwoodcuts.Isaid，“Dontyoufindpartsofitratherheavygoing？”Sheanswered，“Oh，sure，butIjustskipoverthosepartsandgoontothenextgoodpart.”

Thisisexactlywhatreadingshouldbeandinschoolsoseldomis—anexciting，joyousadventure.Findsomething，diveintoit，ta