| A．A social trend. | B．A writer. | C．A shoe company. | D．A book |
| A．New styles of shoes were developed. |
| B．Designers started wearing the shoes. |
| C．The company made efforts to advertise its shoes. |
| D．Manhattan clubs promoted the shoes to the customer. |
| A．They will spread much faster. | B．Advertising campaigns stopped. |
| C．Only a few people will notice them. | D．Word-of-mouth marketing began to work. |
| A．She plans to read more than the required books. |
| B．The books are all required for the history course. |
| C．Some of the books are for courses other than history. |
| D．She’s worried she may not finish the required reading. |
3 . What makes a certain piece of writing great? Well, it depends on whom you ask. There are, in my mind, three different readers: casual readers, lit critics, creative writers. They would say the following about Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre:
Casual reader: Jane’s story is very relatable, especially to women who survived their teenage years. The story’s elements of romance, mystery, and coming-of-age make it enjoyable to read.
Literary critic: Jane Eyre pulls inspiration from the Gothic and romantic literary traditions. The atmospheric setting mirrors Jane’s inner world and serves as a character itself.
Creative writer: Jane has an appealing character and her pursuit of a fulfilling life is timeless. While Jane’s emotions are often verbose (冗长的), each word still feels necessary in most passages.
All of these responses are reasonable interpretations of the great literary work Jane Eyre. What’s the difference between these three? The casual reader is primarily interested in the story’s relatability and entertainment value; the literary critic, who knows how to read literature like a professor, looks for ways to situate this work in its broader literary context.
The creative writer must do both: the job of the casual reader and the job of the critic. He/she engages with the work on a personal level while also researching what makes a work successful. This is Reading Like a Writer (RLW), which means being impacted by a piece of literature while investigating how the writer did it. Successful works of writing succeed for different reasons-a distinctive voice, moving storytelling, an empowering message, etc. Writers don’t make the achievement randomly: they earn it by crafting every plot point and character, every line break, with care and precision. It’s up to you to pay attention to these craft elements, the choices the writer makes and how they contribute to the work as a whole.
Yes, reading like a writer is extra work. But it’s necessary work to the writing practice. By observing the strategies writers employ to tell convincing stories or write engaging arguments, you equip yourself with the knowledge to perform these strategies yourself.
1. The author cites three reader responses to Jane Eyre ________.| A．to argue that the novel is poorly written |
| B．to explain different reading perspectives |
| C．to prove how detailed literary analysis can be |
| D．to show the misinterpretation by creative writers |
| A．Discussing fascinating plots and characters in a novel. |
| B．Examining the literary sources a Greek classic draws on. |
| C．Analyzing why a short story is popular and how it is structured. |
| D．Summarizing the main events of a short story for a class assignment. |
| A．Care and precision in writing | B．Recognition of works as success |
| C．Investigation of writing style | D．Character analysis through words |
| A．write lengthy novels like Jane Eyre | B．gain knowledge in employment |
| C．become professional literary critic | D．improve their own writing craft |
| A．Boring and uninteresting | B．Dull and slow-paced |
| C．A real page-turner | D．Too complex to follow |
5 . 
No, it’s not their shoe size.
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1. Where does this passage probably come from?| A．A leaflet publicizing a reading activity. |
| B．A website promoting a reading course. |
| C．A TV program advertising reading skills. |
| D．A handbook providing reading materials. |
| A．To express his admiration for them. |
| B．To indicate the importance of reading. |
| C．To highlight their time management skills. |
| D．To illustrate the success of the course. |
| A．Those who are willing to read more but struggle with time. |
| B．Those who are sick of making excuses to delay their life plans. |
| C．Those who are eager to become a millionaire like the four guys. |
| D．Those who are determined to be more and more self-disciplined. |
| A．The theme is too hard to understand. | B．The sound is too frightening. |
| C．The opening images are too violent. | D．The language is unacceptable. |
| A．The dialect. | B．The conversation. |
| C．The background. | D．The plot. |
| A．It makes the book unusual. | B．It makes the characters vivid. |
| C．It makes the dialogues humorous. | D．It makes the book easy to read. |
| A．The film is officially prohibited to children because of violence in it. |
| B．The woman finds that the film is more interesting than the book. |
| C．The man believes the film is fairly priced and recommends seeing it. |
| D．The man has negative comments both on the book and the film. |
| A．He should finish other work first. |
| B．He should not have chosen a thick book. |
| C．He should start reading the book at once. |
| D．He should quit because of the difficulties. |
| A．In the library. | B．In the bookstore. |
| C．In the museum. | D．In the gallery. |
| A．He thinks that time is very limited. | B．He has difficulty reading so many pages. |
| C．He can’t get access to the assigned book. | D．He refuses to read the assigned book. |
| A．It is full of nonsense. |
| B．It can hardly arouse the woman’s interest. |
| C．It should be lent to more people. |
| D．It is appealing to him. |
