5.Many French academics,teachers and parents complain because they feel that intellectual levels are falling rapidly!The figures prove it:young people visit museums less,spend their lives chatting on the Internet,read nothing but Stephen King,while watching American soaps such as Friends or reality shows like Star Academy on television,music player glued to their cars,and the games console handy.
It is,however,easy to see these habits in a positive light.Music is the favorite leisure activity:86% of 14-to18-year-olds put it at the top of their activities,above the cinema(71%),clubbing(68%),sport(56%) and television(48%).For 90% of young people aged 14to 18,radio is also very popular:they listen to it every day without exception.International popular music has a strong showing,but songs in French are still in the majority(60%).
Young people do,of course,watch a lot of television,but less than their elders,and if they tend to choose mostly soaps and reality TV shows,that is because these are the programs people talk about,which encourages social interaction.Do young people read less than they used to?Maybe,but that's also true of the elders.Young people still read more than their elders.When asked,"Do you like reading?",94% of 14-to-18-year-olds say they do,and 81% are convinced that computers will never replace books.
Contrary to popular belief,reading continues to occupy an extremely important place in leisure-time activities,but the reading matter young people choose has changed considerably:there is a greater variety of media(computers and new technologies) and young people admit to taste they would perhaps have been ashamed of in the past.For example,comic strips,Stenphen King or other authors not recognized by mainstream culture,such as Betty Mahmoody (Not Without My Daughter),Mary Higgins Clark or Jostein Gaader (Sophie's World).As Beatrice Toulon,Editor in Chief of the magazine Phosphore,see it,"They don't read the same things as their parents did,but they are not afraid to admit it.They have their own culture,which they flaunt(炫耀) openly!"
51.The underlined part"in a positive light"in Paragraph 2can best be replaced byC.
A.in the long term
B.during the daytime
C.from an optimistic angle
D.beyond reasonable doubt
52.Which activity is the most popular with young French people?A
A.Music.
B.Sport.
C.Cinema.
D.TV.
53.We can infer that young French peopleB.
A.a(chǎn)re ashamed of their tastes
B.a(chǎn)re proud of their own culture
C.share their parents'tastes in reading
D.a(chǎn)dmit that they read less than their parents
54.What is the author's attitude towards intellectual levels in France?D
A.Worried.
B.Doubtful.
C.Uninterested.
D.Approving.
55.Which of the following can be best title for the passage?C
A.The Future of Books
B.More Books,Less TV
C.Young People and Culture in France
D.Young People and Their Elders in France.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了國的年輕人與他們的文化,法國的孩子最喜歡流行音樂,看電視,上網(wǎng)聊天,這使得法國的父母和老師很擔(dān)心,但是這其實(shí)是他們自己獨(dú)有的文化,有自己積極的作用.
解答 51.C.詞義推斷題,根據(jù)文章第二段"Music is the favorite leisure activity"音樂是最喜歡的休閑活動,可知那些不積極的現(xiàn)象其實(shí)有積極的方面,因此in a positive light意為從積極的角度;故選C.
52.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第二段"Music is the favorite leisure activity:86% of 14-to18-year-olds put it at the top of their activities"可知法國的孩子最喜歡聽音樂;故選A.
53.B.推理判斷題,根據(jù)文章最后一段"They don't read the same things as their parents did,but they are not afraid to admit it.They have their own culture,which they flaunt(炫耀) openly"他們不讀和父母同樣的東西,但是他們不害怕承認(rèn)這一點(diǎn).他們有自己的文化,他們以此為榮,故選B.
54.D.推理判斷題,根據(jù)文章第二段"It is,however,easy to see these habits in a positive light"可知那些不積極的現(xiàn)象其實(shí)有積極的方面,因此可推測作者對于法國孩子的態(tài)度是支持的.故選D.
55.C.主旨大意題.通讀全文,根據(jù)文章最后一段"They don't read the same things as their parents did,but they are not afraid to admit it.They have their own culture,which they flaunt(炫耀) openly"他們不讀和父母同樣的東西,但是他們不害怕承認(rèn)這一點(diǎn).他們有自己的文化,他們以此為榮,可知文章主要講法國的年輕人與他們的文化;故選C.
點(diǎn)評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.