【正文】 ） , they can be useful to you when you are planning your travels .The second kind are those books whose purpose is to give a purely objective （客觀的） description of things to be done and seen. If a wellread ,cultured person has written such a book , then it is even more useful .It can be sorted as a selected guide book The third kind are those books that are called ―a guide‖ to some place or other .If they are good ,they will, in addition to their factual information , give an analysis or an explanation. Like the first kind they can be inspiring and interesting .But their basic purpose is to help the reader who wishes to plan in the most practical way. Whatever kind of travel book you choose you must make sure that it does not describe everything as ―wonderful‖ ,―excellent‖ or ―magical‖. You must also note its date of publication because travel is a very practical affair and many things change quickly in the twenty –first century . Finally , you should make sure that the contents are well presented and easy to find. 41. This passage is about ________. A． how to travel B． how to buy travel books C． how to read a travel book D． travel books 42． The following travel books may be of use when you plan your travels except __________. A． the book written by some people who have had the same travel experience themselves B． the book which tells you what is worth doing and seeing based on the facts C． the book in which a lot of big adjectives are used to draw your attention D． the book which offers you a lot of useful information like a tour guide 43． The date of the publication must be noticed because__________ . A． the world is changing and so are the places you are going to visit B． the price of the book is always changing C． the author of the book may be different D． the contents of the book are always the same B During the fifteenth century the term reading undoubtedly meant reading aloud. Only during the nieenth century did silent reading bee popular. One should be careful, however, of supposing that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is distraction (分散注意力 ) to others. Examination of reasons connected with the historical development of silent reading shows that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character. The last century saw a gradual increase in literacy (讀寫(xiě)能力 ) and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, so the number of listeners dropped, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less mon, so came the popularity of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, trains and offices, where reading aloud would disturb other readers in a way. Towards the end of the century there was still heated argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its advantages, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media (媒 介 ) on the one hand and by books and magazines for a specialized readership ( 讀者身份 ) on the other. By the end of the century students were being advised to have some new ideas of books and to use skills in reading them which were not proper, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social, cultural, and technological developments in the century had greatly changed what the term reading referred to. 44. Why was reading aloud mon before the nieenth century? A. Because silent reading had not been discovered. B. Because there were few places for private reading. C. Because few people could read for themselves. D. Because people depended on reading for enjoyment. 45. The development of silent reading during the nieenth century showed . A. a change in the position of literate people B. a change in the nature of reading C. an increase in the number of books D. an increase in the average age of readers 46. Educationalists （教育學(xué)者） are still arguing about _________. A. the importance of silent reading B. the amount of information provided by books and newspapers C. the effects of reading on health D. the value of different types of reading material 47. What is the writer of this passage attempting to do? A. To explain how present day reading habits developed. B. To change people39。 and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world .Thus the use ， at seven months ， of ―mama‖ as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at another times for his father , his dog ,or anything else he likes. Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself .I doubt , however whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds . children start speaking .___________________ A． they need equal amount of listening B． they need different amounts of listening C． they are all eager to cooperate with the adults by obeying spoken