The popular TV program Readers has prompted more people in China to practice reading aloud in booths (亭) set up in big cities across the country.
As the latest TV show to help people’s love for literature recover,CCTV program Readers invites people from all walks of life to read aloud their favorite poems,
essays and books,or even personal letters they wrote to their loved ones.Just as the weekly show has been well-received,its reading booths,equipped with professional recording devices and cameras,have become instant hits.
A crowd of more than 200 people were pictured lining up outside the Shanghai Library at 11 am on March 4—the first day of the booth’s opening to the public in Shanghai.The deadline for registrations was brought forward to 2 pm instead of the scheduled 5:30 pm,as the number of waiting readers continued to grow.Some waited more than nine hours for a try-out in the booth,according to library management.
“There is an old photo in the late 1970s capturing people lining up outside the Shanghai Library before it opens.If that was a spring of reading in Shanghai,now I think another spring has arrived again,” library manager Zhou Deming,told the Shanghai-based The Paper.
The reading booth is the only one of its kind in the city of economic center at the moment,but more are expected to be put into use in the coming months,according to the library’s website.
The Readers program has also led to booths in other cities including Beijing,
Hangzhou,Guangzhou and Xi’an to appeal to more people to read and share their life stories.
With the recent boom of culture-themed TV shows such as Readers and Chinese Poetry Competition,some are optimistic that this will help the country love literature and reading again in general.
1.CCTV program Readers aims to .
A.teach people what to read
B.attract people’s attention to CCTV
C.invite people to read aloud in the booth
D.arouse people’s fresh enthusiasm for reading
2.We can learn from Paragraph 3 that .
A.some people waited for a long time to read in the booth
B.March 4 was the first day of the opening of Shanghai Library
C.on March 4,200 people read in the booth
D.the time for registrations was lengthened for three and a half hours
3.The passage mainly tells us that .
A.many people line up to read aloud in reading booths
B.more reading booths will be set up in the future
C.Readers has become popular all over China
D.Readers has inspired more people to read aloud in reading booths
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。《朗读者》作为一档央视综合频道和综艺频道黄金时段联合播出的文化节目,彰显出其文化魅力打动了观众,并对国人的阅读起到引领作用。
答案及剖析:
1.D 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句As the latest TV show to help people’s love for literature recover,CCTV program Readers invites people from all walks of life to read aloud their favorite poems,essays and books,or even personal letters they wrote to their loved ones.可知《朗读者》开播目的是唤起人们对阅读的兴趣。
2.A 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句A crowd of more than 200 people were pictured lining up outside the Shanghai Library at 11 am on March 4—the first day of the booth’s opening to the public in Shanghai.可知,许多人在上海图书馆外排队等候进入读书亭朗读。
3.D 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述中央电视台文化节目《朗读者》的播出对中国社会的影响。故选D项。
