简答题What’s the main purpose of our independent reading after class according to the video? A、For learning grammar. B、For improving reading speed. C、For developing vocabulary. D、For comprehension.简答题The third syllable of the word “precarious” is ________. A、 e B、ri C、ious D、rious简答题SQ3R is not just a reading technique but a self-study strategy as well, which is useful to study in any subject.简答题In conclusion, I say that we should not pick one (science) or the other (literature), but continue to let them complement each other. There is a time for hard facts and evidence, and there is a time for poems and soliloquies. There is a time for Einstein and Pasteur as there is a time for Shakespeare and Tolkien. Human beings are a composite of their primal emotions, and their need for structure and organization. Thus, without one or the other, we would not be humans anymore. Read the paragraph above and answer the following question: What’s possibly a soliloquy? A、A book name. B、A literature genre. C、A poem. D、A historical event.简答题“Alice affected ignorance though she had already heard of the whole story.” What does the word “affect” mean? A、pretend B、change C、attack D、generate简答题When we try to guess the meaning of an idiomatic expression, we need to consider the _________.(1)简答题Which chunk division is proper? A、Her decision to become a jeweler /came after stints /in journalism and music management/ in her 20s and 30. B、Her decision /to become a jeweler /came after stints in journalism/ and music management in her 20s and 30. C、Her decision to become /a jeweler came after stints /in journalism and music management /in her 20s and 30. D、Her decision to become a jeweler /came after stints in journalism /and music management in her 20s and 30.简答题Skimming and scanning are two reading techniques that are often used in bottom-up reading.简答题“According to the UNDP Human Development Report published in 1999, two-thirds of the world’s population are unable to benefit from global economic growth, based on international trade and developing technologies, and do not have the opportunity to become part of an informed society.” In this sentence, what is based on international trade and developing technologies? A、The UNDP Human Development Report. B、Two-thirds of the world’s population. C、Global economic growth. D、Not given.简答题Ellipsis is a grammatical form of __________.(1)简答题Non-finite clause is an independent clause whose verb is non-finite.简答题“I passed the exam, but at the interviews they accused me of being “too detached” and talking in language that was “too technocratic”, which I didn’t think possible, but obviously it is.” What does “which” refer to? A、At the interviews they accused me of being “too detached” and talking in language that was “too technocratic”. B、(My) being “too detached” and talking in language that was “too technocratic”. C、(My) “too technocratic” language. D、Not mentioned.简答题“Today, as always, science stands on the verge of an enormous divide: whether to see its role as an agent for the material betterment of society or for the far-reaching betterment of humanity and all nature, inner and outer.” In this sentence, what’s the subject of the infinitive “to see”? A、Divide. B、Science. C、Today. D、Humans.简答题“I didn’t really want to go out to work just yet. I mean I wasn’t a dropout and I knew I’d have to some day.” What is omitted following “I’d have to” in this sentence? A、Be a dropout. B、Want to go out to work. C、Go out to work. D、Know this.简答题Instead of decoding the text word by word, readers adopting the top-down reading approach the text as a whole.简答题We learn to look beyond our immediate surroundings to the horizon and a landscape far away from home. What are “immediate surroundings”? A、Surroundings close to us. B、Surroundings we enjoy. C、Surroundings we are not familiar with. D、Surroundings with beautiful views.简答题When reading, we read and understand in __________.(1)简答题How to interpret ellipsis? Order the following steps: ① Rewrite the sentence, changing as little as possible. ② Identify the location of the ellipsis ③ Recover the omitted expressions A、①②③ B、③②① C、②③① D、②①③简答题“Voices came to be raised against the globalization process, which comes from the fear that such a process might erode national cultures and individual identities.” What does “which” refer to? A、Voices. B、The globalization process. C、Voices came to be raised against the globalization process. D、Not mentioned.简答题“Some really industrious men affect to do only what they like, never working save when the spirit moves them.” What does the word “save” mean? A、rescue B、spare C、except D、keep