You know you have to read “between the lines” to get the most out of anything. I want to persuade you to do something equally important in the course of your reading. I want to persuade you to “write between the lines”. Unless you do, you are not likely to do the most efficient kind of reading.
I insist, quite bluntly, that marking up a book is not an act of damage but of love. There are two ways in which one can own a book. The first is the property right you establish by paying for it, just as you pay for clothes and furniture. But this act of buying is only the first step to possession. Full ownership comes only when you have made it a part of yourself, and the best way to make yourself a part of it is by writing in it. A comparison may make the point clear. You buy a piece of beef and transfer it from the butcher’s icebox to your own. But you do not own the beef in the most important sense until you eat it and get it into your blood. I am arguing that books, too, must be absorbed in your blood to do you any good.
There are three kinds of book owners. The first has all the standard sets and bestsellers — unread, untouched. The second has a great many books — a few of them read through, most of them dipped into, but all of them as clean and shiny as the day they were bought. The third has a few books or many — every one of them worn, shaken and loosened by continual use, marked and scribbled(涂写) in from front to back.
Why is marking up a book necessary to reading it? First, it keeps you awake.(And I don’t mean only conscious; I mean wide awake. ) In the second place, reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken or written. The marked book is usually the thought-through book. Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had, or the thoughts the author expressed.
1. The third kind of owners of books must be _______.
A. experienced readers B. untidy readers C. active readers D. careless readers
2. Marking up a book means _______.
A. writing down difficult sentences B. finding the extra meanings of unknown words
C. writing in the space the ideas you get through careful reading
D. making notes to show you understand what you have read
3. What does the author persuade you to mark?
A. Whatever you have given deep thought to while reading. B. Words and sentences that bring up rich ideas.
C. Primary questions that challenge you. D. Whatever disagreements you may have with the book
4. A great advantage of marking up a book is _______.
A. to absorb all the brilliant ideas it contains B. to make yourself a part of it
C. to make yourself conscious that you are reading actively
D. to enable yourself to pick up the book for continual reading
【答案与解析】我们怎样才算拥有一本书呢?作者认为有两种方式：一是像买衣服、家具一样，把它作为财产，二是把书的内容变成你自己的一部分。而把书的内容变成你自己的一部分的最好方法就是在书上涂涂写写。因为这样有助于你更好地理解和消化书的内容。
1. C。细节题。根据第3段最后一句和最后一段第2句可知答案为C。
2. C。主旨题。根据最后一段最后两句 The marked book is usually the thought-through book. Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had, or the thoughts the author expressed. 可知答案为C。
3. A。语义理解题。从…reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken or written 以及 Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had, or the thoughts the author expressed 可以作出正确判断。
4. B。细节题。第2段第5句话…and the best way to make yourself a part of it is by writing in it 已明确告知正确答案。
