2017年“外研社杯”全国英语阅读大赛初赛样题.docx

PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 1 2017“外研社杯”全国英语阅读大赛初赛（90min） Part I Read and Know In Part I, you will read short texts of various kinds. Read the instructions carefully and answer the questions. (Time suggested: 20 minutes) Questions 1-3 (Suggested completion time: 3 minutes) A. William Shakespeare A. William Shakespeare B. Nelson Mandela C. Thomas A. Edison D. Steve Jobs E. Mark Zuckerberg F. Lucius Annaeus Seneca _____1. _____1. Fair is foul, and foul is fair: Hover through the fog and filthy air. _____2. I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. _____3. Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. Questions 4 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes) Directions: Read the text, and answer the question according to the text. A few intuitive, sensitive visionaries may understand and comprehend XXXX (the book title), XXXX (the author)’s new and mammoth volume, without going through a course of training or instruction, but the average intelligent reader will glean little or nothing from it—even from careful perusal, one might properly say study, of it—save bewilderment and a sense of disgust. It should be companioned with a key and a glossary like the Berlitz books... 4. Which of the following works does the book review address? Ulysses The Odyssey In Search of Lost Time One Hundred Years of Solitude Question 5 (Suggested completion time: 2 minutes) Directions: Read the text and answer the question according to the text. I like the fact that the study focuses on a French classroom, which receives less attention in Second Language Acquisition research than other foreign language classrooms. However, for reasons that I elaborate on below, I do not recommend this manuscript for publication. I recommend that the author consults the Journal of Language, Identity, and Education. That journal might be a better fit for this paper. 5. The text could best be described as __________. a conclusion a summary a review a pledge Question 6