首页
登录
职称英语
If our society ever needed a reading renaissance(复兴), it’s now.The National
If our society ever needed a reading renaissance(复兴), it’s now.The National
游客
2023-07-25
67
管理
问题
If our society ever needed a reading renaissance(复兴), it’s now.The National Endowment for the Arts released "Reading at Risk" last year, a study showing that adult reading【S1】______have dropped 10 percentage points in the past decade, with the steepest drop among those 18 to 24. “Only one half of young people read a book of any kind in 2002. We set the bar almost on the ground. If you read one short story in a teenager magazine, that would have【S2】______, ”laments a director of research and analysis. He【S3】______the loss of readers to the booming world of technology, which attracts would-be leisure readers to E-mail, IM chats, and video games and leaves them with no time to cope with a novel.
“These new forms of media undoubtedly have some benefits,” says Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good for You. Video games【S4】______problem solving skills; TV shows promote mental gymnastics by【S5】______viewers to follow complex story lines. But books offer experience that can’t be gained from these other sources, from【S6】______vocabulary to stretching the imagination. “If they’re not reading at all,” says Johnson,“that’s a huge problem.”In fact, fewer kids are reading for pleasure. According to data【S7】______last week from the National Centre for Educational Statistic’s long-term trend assessment, the number of 17-year-olds who reported never or hardly ever reading for fun【S8】______from 9 percent in 1984 to 19 percent in 2004. At the same time, the【S9】______of 17-year-olds who read daily dropped from 31 percent to 22 percent.
This slow but steady retreat from books has not yet taken a toll on reading ability. Scores for the nation’s youth have【S10】______constant over the past two decades(with an encouraging upswing among 9-year-olds). But given the strong apparent correlation between pleasure reading and reading skills, this means poorly for the future.
A)percent B)remained C)rose D)rates
E)percentage F)counted G)relieved H)present
I)believing J)released K)forcing L)improve
M)styles N)building O)attributes [br] 【S3】
选项
答案
O
解析
动词。这句话的意思是“研究人员把年轻人不读书归因于科技的发展”,attribute…to意思是“把……归因于……”。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2867432.html
相关试题推荐
Hisnationality______(与…无关)whetherheisagoodlawyer.isnotrelevantto
Americansocietyisnotnap-friendly.Infact,there’sevena【B1】______again
Americansocietyisnotnap-friendly.Infact,there’sevena【B1】______again
Americansocietyisnotnap-friendly.Infact,there’sevena【B1】______again
Americansocietyisnotnap-friendly.Infact,there’sevena【B1】______again
Americansocietyisnotnap-friendly.Infact,there’sevena【B1】______again
Throughouthistorythebasicunitofalmosteveryhumansocietyhasbeenthe
Throughouthistorythebasicunitofalmosteveryhumansocietyhasbeenthe
Throughouthistorythebasicunitofalmosteveryhumansocietyhasbeenthe
Throughouthistorythebasicunitofalmosteveryhumansocietyhasbeenthe
随机试题
[originaltext]W:ThisisLisaMeyerintheWBZnewsroom,talkingwithMikeBass
Peoplewhodescribethem.themselvesasperfectionistsmaydowellonjobin
胎心监护发现胎心率减速。与子宫收缩几乎同时开始。子宫收缩后即恢复正常,表示可能是
建筑排水塑料管材,管径的表示方法是公称外径( )。 A.DN B.De
文化传播有多种途径,下列具有全球同时、受众主动、双向互动特点的文化传播途径的是(
()=Delta的变化/期权标的证券价格变化。A.Delta值 B.Gamm
房地产经纪服务合同上应当有( )。A.委托人的签名或者盖章 B.委托房地产经
患者女,67岁,尿毒症血液透析10年,近日进行了肾脏移植手术,患者贫血严重,其最
动作技能形成过程的第三阶段是( )A.联结阶段 B.自动化阶段 C.认知阶
(2017年真题)具有磺胺类药物结构,作用于近曲小管的利尿药是( )A.螺内酯
最新回复
(
0
)