书城外语青春阅读-新鲜阅读空气(下)(双语)
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第14章 Angko.Wat(1)

略读

略读(skimming)是利用较短的时间粗略地阅读全文的阅读策略,其主要目的就是迅速抓住文章的主旨大意或作者的写作意图。这是一种高效的、有选择性的、有针对性的阅读技巧。掌握略读这一技巧的关键就在于学会在阅读过程中区别文章重要部分和非重要部分以

及全局性部分和枝节部分。一些次要信息要大胆略去不读,迅速找出topi.sentence,即找出概括全段大意的句子。

我们在运用这一方法阅读文章时要特别注意:①文章的标题;②文章的首句或引导性段落;③文章尾部的结论性语句;④反映段落中心思想的主题句。如果我们找到了每段的主题句,再将这些主题句集中在一起,就差不多能够把握住全文的中心内容了。

阅读理解

Passag.1

Th.oldes.ston.building.i.th.worl.ar.th.pyramid.(金字塔).The.hav.stoo.fo.nearl.5,00.years.an.i.seem.likel.tha.the.wil.continu.t.stan.fo.thousand.o.year.yet.Ther.ar.ove.eight.o.the.scattere.(散布.alon.th.bank.o.th.Nil.①.som.o.whic.ar.differen.i.shap.fro.th.tru.pyramids.Th.mos.famou.o.thes.ar.th.“Step.pyrami.an.th.“Bent.pyramid.

Som.o.th.pyramid.stil.loo.a.muc.alik.a.the.mus.hav.bee.whe.the.wer.buil.thousand.o.year.ago.Mos.o.th.damag.suffere.b.th.other.ha.bee.a.th.hand.o.me.wh.wer.lookin.fo.treasur.or.mor.often.fo.stone.t.us.i.moder.buildings..Th.dr.climat.o.Egyp.ha.helpe.t.kee.th.pyramid.i.goo.condition.an.thei.ver.shap.ha.mad.the.les.likel.t.fal.int.ruin..Thes.ar.goo.reason.wh.the.ca.stil.b.see.today.bu.perhap.th.mos.importan.i.tha.the.wer.planne.t.las.forever.

Th.“Step.pyrami.ha.t.b.o.th.wes.sid.o.th.Nile.th.sid.o.whic.th.su.set.Thi.wa.fo.spiritua.reasons.I.als.ha.t.stan.wel.abov.th.leve.o.th.rive.t.protec.i.agains.th.regula.floods.I.coul.no.b.to.fa.fro.th.Nile.however.a.th.stone.t.buil.i.neede.t.b.carrie.i.boat.dow.th.rive.t.th.neares.point.Wate.transpor.was.o.course.muc.easie.tha.lan.transport.Th.builder.als.ha.t.fin..roc.base.whic.wa.no.likel.t.crac.(破裂.unde.th.grea.weigh.o.th.pyramid.Finally.i.ha.t.b.nea.th.capital.o.bette.stil.nea.th.king.palac.s.tha.h.coul.visi.i.easil.t.personall.chec.th.progres.bein.mad.o.th.fina.restin.plac.fo.hi.body.

译注

①alon.th.ban.o.th.Nil.沿着尼罗河(非洲东北部河流)河岸。

②Mos.o.th.damag.suffere.b.th.other.ha.bee.a.th.hand.o.me.wh.wer.lookin.fo.treasur.or.mor.often.fo.stone.t.us.i.moder.buildings.

其他的金字塔所遭受的损害大部分出自于那些寻宝人之手,事实上更多的时候,他们是寻找可用于现代建筑中的石头。

③...thei.ver.shap.ha.mad.the.les.likel.t.fal.int.ruin.

……它们的这种形状使它们不太可能倒塌。

根据文章内容,选择正确答案:

1.Accordin.t.th.passage.th.“Step.pyrami..

A.i.unlikel.t.fal.int.rui.i.th.nea.future

B.wa.buil.o.th.sand.alon.th.Nile

C.i.on.tha.wa.buil.late.tha.th.tru.pyramids

D.i.th.mos.famou.o.th.tru.pyramids

2.Th.mos.importan.reaso.wh.som.pyramid.remai.i.goo.conditio.i.tha..

A.peopl.hav.take.goo.car.o.them

B.i.doesn.rai.ofte.i.Egypt

C.the.wer.wel.designed

D.th.governmen.ha.protecte.the.fro.damage

3.Mos.o.th.damag.t.th.pyramid.ha.bee.cause.b..

A.th.regula.floods

B.th.dr.climat.o.Egypt

C.th.specia.shap.o.th.pyramids

D.peopl.i.searc.o.buildin.materials

4.Th.Egyptian.buil.th.pyramid.alon.th.bank.o.th.Nil.becaus..

A.the.believe.i.thei.god

B.i.wa.difficul.t.fin..larg.roc.bas.fa.fro.th.Nile

C.th.rive.helpe..lo.i.th.transpor.o.buildin.materials

D.i.wa.no.eas.t.choos..suitabl.plac.fo.th.pyramids

Passag.2

Th.Eri.Cana.(运河.wa.th.firs.importan.nationa.waterwa.buil.i.th.US.I.crosse.Ne.Yor.fro.Buffal.o.Lak.Eri.Tro.t.Alban.o.th.Hudso.River.I.joine.th.Grea.Lake.wit.th.Atlanti.Ocean.Th.cana.serve.a..rout.ove.whic.industria.good.coul.flo.int.th.west.an.material.coul.pou.int.th.east.Th.Eri.Cana.helpe.Ne.Yor.develo.int.th.nation.larges.city.

Th.buildin.o.th.cana.wa.pai.fo.entirel.b.th.stat.o.Ne.York.I.cos.7,143,789.bu.i.soo.gaine.it.pric.man.time.over..Betwee.1825.whe.th.cana.wa.opened.an.1882.whe.tol.charge.(过运河费.wer.stopped.th.stat.collecte.121,461,891.

Fo..hundre.year.befor.th.Eri.Cana.wa.built.peopl.ha.bee.talkin.abou..cana.whic.coul.joi.th.Grea.Lake.an.th.Atlanti.Ocean.Th.ma.wh.planne.th.Eri.Cana.an.carrie.th.pla.throug.wa.D.Wit.Clinton.Thos.wh.wer.agains.th.cana.laughingl.calle.i.“Clinton.Ditc.(沟)”.Clinto.talke.an.wrot.abou.th.cana.an.dre.u.plan.fo.it.H.an.Governo.Morri.wen.t.Washingto.i.181.t.as.fo.hel.fo.th.canal.bu.the.wer.unsuccessful.

Clinto.becam.governo.o.Ne.Yor.i.1817.an.shortl.afterwards.o.Jul.4,1817.brok.groun..fo.th.cana.i.Rome.N.Y.Th.firs.par.o.th.cana.wa.complete.i.1820.A.th.cana.grew.town.alon.it.cours.develope.fast..Th.lengt.o.th.cana.i.36.miles.

译注

①....bu.i.soo.gaine.it.pric.man.time.over.

……但是很快它赚回的就超过了造价的很多倍。

②brea.groun.破土动工。

③A.th.cana.grew.town.alon.it.cours.develope.fast.

随着运河的延伸,河道沿岸的城镇也迅速发展起来。

根据文章内容,选择正确答案:

1.W.ca.se.tha.th.Eri.Cana..

A.joine.th.Grea.Lake.together

B.crosse.Ne.Yor.fro.nort.t.south

C.playe.a.importan.par.i.developin.Ne.Yor.City

D.wa.th.firs.waterwa.buil.i.th.US

2.I.ca.b.inferre.tha.flow.int.th.Atlanti.Ocean.

A.th.Grea.Lakes

B.th.Hudso.River

C.Lak.Erie

D.th.Eri.Canal

3.Whic.o.th.followin.i.TRU.accordin.t.th.passage?

A.Clinto.brok.groun.fo.th.cana.a.bot.ends.

B.Clinto.starte.buildin.th.cana.befor.h.becam.governor.

C.Al.part.o.th.cana.wer.complete.a.th.sam.time.

D.Constructio.o.th.cana.too.eigh.years.

Passag.3

Th.towe.o.Bi.Ben.London.mos.famou.building.ha.alway.leane.(倾斜.slightly.bu.constructio.wor.o..ne.lin.fo.th.Londo.Undergroun.(地铁.seeme.likel.t.giv.th.towe..rea.lean.Engineer.hav.ha.t.pro.u.(支撑.it.bas.t.preven.i.fro.damagin.th.res.o.th.House.o.Parliament.①

T.contro.th.tower.movement.engineer.pumpe.grou.(水泥浆.int.th.soi.unde.th.tower.Th.towe.no.lean.a.extr.fe.centimeters.bu.th.lea.ca.onl.b.see.b.th.mos.sharpeye.observer.

Betwee.199.an.1997.t.lengthe.th.Jubile.lin.o.th.Underground.builder.du..40metredee.hol.jus.3.metre.nort.o.th.cloc.tower.An.th.ne.tub.(underground.tunnel.wer.eve.neare.t.th.tower.Joh.Burland.wh.recentl.helpe.sto.th.increasin.lea.i.th.Leanin.Towe.o.Pis.an.wa.a.advise.t.th.Jubile.lin.project.believe.th.wor.woul.affec.th.tower.I.hi.opinion.n.furthe.lea.shoul.g.beyon..safet.limi.o.27..millimetre.ove.th.existin.lea.o.22.millimetres.

T.kee.th.lea.withi.thi.limit.Burlan.tol.th.Britis.Associatio.abou.th.ne.metho.o.pumpin.grou.immediatel.unde.th.bas.o.th.tower.Mor.tha.30.ton.o.grou.wa.pumpe.i.durin.construction.Th.tower.extr.lea.wen.betwee.1.an.2.millimetres.bu.neve.passe.27..millimetres.

Afte.th.constructio.wor.wa.complete.i.lat.1997..revie.o.movement.i.nearb.wall.showe.tha.th.buildin.wa.i.bette.shap.tha.ha.bee.though.befor.an.th.safet.limi.wa.raise.t.3.millimetre.befor.an.actio.need.t.b.taken.②

Sinc.1997.th.towe.ha.continue.t.lean.Burlan.tol.Moder.Construction.Th.lates.measurements.take.thi.year.sugges.tha.th.tower.lea.ha.jus.reache.3.millimetres.Bu.followin.regula.reexamination.o.th.tower.expert.ar.sur.tha.th.towe.ha.stabilise.(稳定)..spokesma.fo.Londo.Undergroun.says,“W.understan.th.towe.ha.stabilize.an.returne.t.it.norma.movemen.cycle.”

Fro.Moder.Construction.1.September,2000

译注

①th.House.o.Parliamen.议会两院。