高中选择阅读

Booksareforreading,butmanmustbringtotheirreadingadesiretolearnandapowerofabsorbing.Readingshouldbeactive,notpassive.

Whenstudentsfirstgotoalibrary,theymaybeatalossastowhattoreadofallthedifferentsubjects.Well,Bacontellsyouto“lookatweakplacesinyourarmor”,andshowsyouhowtofilluptheblanksinyourknowledge.Ontheotherhand,itisnogoodjusttryingtofillyourmindwithknowledge.Knowledgeinitselfisoftenuseless.Amindfilledwithtoomuchknowledgeislikearoomtoofulloffurniture;amancannotwalkaboutfreelyinit,andlookoutofthewindows.Itismuchbettertoconcentrateonafewsubjectswhichinterestyouandtodeallightlywithothersthantomarchheavilythroughthewholerange(区域),oflearning,likeasillytouristgoingthroughamuseumandnotmissingasingleobject.Ifyoutrytomastereverysubjectyoumaybecomewise,butyouwillbeverylonelyandyouwillprobablyloseallyourfriends.Soyoumustlearntopickandchoose,andyoumustalsolearntolookhereandthereinalibrarylikeacameleatinggrassonthegrassland.Ifyouwatchiteating,youwillseethatalthoughheissupposedtobeoneofthemoststupidanimalsintheworld,hehasatleastoneofthequalitiesoftheculturedman,thepowertopickandchoose.Astudentlookingformentalfoodinalibraryshouldtakethecamelashismodel.

1.Thewriterthinksthatonemust______.

A.readasmanyashecan

B.trytoreadbooksonallthedifferentsubjects

C.onlyreadbooksonsubjectsthatinterestshim

D.readandabsorbalot

2.Aculturedmanissimilartoacamelbecause______.

A.neitherofthemisinterestedinknowledge

B.themanreadsbooksasmuchasacameleatgrass

C.neitherofthemcanbeconsideredwise

D.bothofthemhavetheabilitytoselect

3.Theterm“mentalfood”(lastbutoneline)refersto______.

A.booksB.grasslandC.brainD.subjects

4.Thewriterthinksitis______totrytomastereverysubject.

A.necessaryB.possibleC.notgoodD.notinteresting