Reading Comprehension

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Reading Comprehension Writing
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Reading Comprehension
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Questions
1.What abilities does reading comprehension test
us on ?
2.What styles(??) does it deal with?
3.What questions does it deal with?
4.How to deal with them according to the
testing points?
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Questions
1.What abilities does reading comprehension test
us on?
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Questions
2.What styles(??) does it deal with?
It deals with narrative writing(???)?expository
writing(???)?argumentation (???)?advertisement
(??)?news report (????)etc. Sometimes some
passages combine two styles. Take Passage C E
in the test paper for example.
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Questions
3.What questions does it deal with?
It includes the title question (?????)?the fact
question (?????)?implicative meaning question
(?????)?the judgement question (?????)?words in
context(?????)ect.
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4.How to deal with them according to the
testing points?
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Implied meaning ?????
Detailed questions ?????
Inferred meaning ?????
Words in context ?????
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Read the following passages and then choose the
correct answer
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Example I
Skimming is quick reading for general ideas
.When you skim you move your eyes quickly to
acquire(?????) a basic understanding of the text.
You do not need to read everything ,and you do
not read carefully .You read quickly such things
as the title and subtitles and topic sentences
.You also look at pictures ,charts ,graphs ,etc.,
for clues to what the text is about.
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Question

• What is the main idea of this passage ?( )
• A. To skim is to read a passage quickly for main
  ideas .
• B. When you read a passage ,you skim it quickly .
• C. Skimming is a useful reading skill.
• D. Skimming is quick reading for
• topic sentences .

A
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Example II
Advertisement

• Now available at Franklin park one block from
  Indiana University. New unfurnished apartments
  .One bedroom at 135,two bedrooms at 170 per
  month. Utilities included except electricity.
  Children, and pets welcome .One month s deposit
  .Office open Monday through Saturday nine to five
  .Call 999-7415 for an evening or Sunday
  appointment.

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Questions
C

• 1.From this ad we can know that ( )
• A. the apartments are far from Indiana University
• B. the apartments have furniture in them
• C. gas and water bills are included in the rent
• D. cats and dogs are not permitted in the
  apartments

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• 2.The ad implies that interested persons must ( )
• A. see the apartments on Monday or Saturday
• B. call for an appointment if they want to see
  the apartments from nine to five Monday through
  Saturday
• C. call for an appointment if they want to see
  the apartments on Sunday or in the evening .
• D. see the apartments before five oclock any day

C
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Check the answers in the test paper and deal
with the problems in the passages
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B 59 30 ?? ?
C 63 38 ?? ?
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D 67 48 ?? ?
D 69 34 ??? ?
E 73 32 ?? ?
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Summary
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Writing
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What must we pay attention to when writing this
article ?
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Correct some mistakes in the following sentences.

• In the past, we often use the radio to get
  information from the outside world.
• But the news we got were late and not clear.
• Now air-conditioners have taken place of electric
  fans.

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used
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was
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the
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• In the past, we used recorder and radio to hear
  something.
• We communicated with each other in telephone in
  the past while at present we can use mobile phone
  to instead of it.

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recorders
radios
listen to
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phones
replace
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One possible version

• With the development of economy, science a d
  technology as well as the rapid increase of
  peoples income, great changes have taken place
  in their daily life, especially in household
  necessities.
• Now more new types of household appliances have
  entered millions of homes. We can enjoy a concert
  from DVD at home with an AV system instead of
  only listening to it from a radio or a recorder.
  It is a wonderful entertainment, which saves us
  much time going to and from a concert hall.

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• PC has become a must to people, young and old.
  With its assistance, we can learn nearly
  everything at home and abroad, in the past and at
  present. It is a great pleasure.
• Mobile phone makes it possible for us to talk
  to one whom we want to at times we are out. Its
  handy for communication among people indeed.
• Air-conditioners ,which bring not only
  coolness in hot summer but warmth in cold winter,
  take the place of electric fans in a good number
  of homes.
• In a word, new electrical home appliances with
  modern technology make our daily life more
  convenient ,more comfortable and more pleasant.

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Summary
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Homework

• Find some useful expressions and sentences
• in the reading passages and write down in
• the note-books.

2. Write a similar passage
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writing
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Thank You