27036英语泛读（三）大纲（高纲1546）

高纲1546
 
江苏省高等教育自学考试大纲
 
   
 
 
江苏省高等教育自学考试委员会办公室
 
I   课程的性质和学习目的
   英语泛读（三）是江苏省高等教育自学考试英语专业本科阶段的一门必考课程，是英语专业阅读能力培养与拓展的基础课程。本课程旨在通过选题各异的经典文献阅读，帮助学生丰富词汇量，接触理解各种语言现象，提升英文阅读中应具备的基本阅读基本技能与逻辑思维能力，并深入了解英语语言文化背景知识，从而提高自身人文素养。
本课程中的阅读篇章蕴含多样的题材、风格，可以丰富学生各个领域方面的词汇量，拓展学习者的知识面，增强英语语感，逐步培养学生在阅读过程中的分析、归纳、综合和判断的能力，提高学生的阅读技能，包括细读、略读、查阅等能力。本课程的阅读文章皆为经典性的、具独特精神内涵的文章，故而有助于提高学生阅读过程中的批评思辨能力和分析欣赏能力，有助于学生从西方传统文化以及现当代文化中汲取精华，更激发学生自我强烈的阅读兴趣，为进一步提高专业英语水平打下坚实的基础。本课程的难点在于，阅读过程中会涉及各方面的英语词汇以及不同文化背景知识，这要求学生在阅读过程中借助于工具书或各种媒介查阅相关的文化背景知识，这样才能更好地理解文章。
II  课程内容与学习要求
本课程共分十二个单元，每个单元有Text A和Text B两篇阅读材料。每篇阅读材料中的生词、难词备有注释，这些注释有意识地给读者提供了一定的选词空间，这就要求学生根据文章上下文的语境作出正确的词义选择。每篇课文后面，附有一些文化背景方面的提示解说，有助于阅读者深入了解作者本人以及文章选题的背景。每个单元后面都有针对性较强的练习。回答问题和正误判断部分主要是考察学生对原文语篇内容的理解。解释划线部分以及翻译原文中的词组表述是对学生在特定上文中的把握单词、词组语义的检测，更好地突出语境中学习语言的重要性。阅读评述讨论部分旨在训练学生口头及笔头的表达能力，可以引导学生有意识地对论题进行批评性思考，深刻领会西方文化的内涵。最后设计的是一个引导性的课文拓展题，让学生围绕课文选题或者作家本人进行资料收集或拓展阅读，培养学生的自学能力和基本研究能力。
Unit One  
    Text A  Essay on America
    Text B  Western Civilization, Our Tradition
教学目的和要求：
1. 熟悉美国的宗教信仰历史概况以及相关西方文化观念；
2. 根据上下文判断生词词义；
3.了解定义法、举例法等论述手法。
Unit Two
Text A   French and English
Text B   The American Character
教学目的和要求：
1. 了解多元化社会与世界多样性背景下的民族性格与国际化观念；
2. 根据上下文判断生词词义，同义词与反义词的语义差异；
3. 例举释义论述法。
Unit Three
Text A   Professions for Women
Text B   The Beauty Industry
教学目的和要求：
1.了解女性主义观念以及现代女性意识的解放；
2. 学习生词，熟悉英语句子结构；
3. 例举法，类比论述法。
Unit Four
Text A   The Road to Happiness
Text B   Entropy
教学目的和要求：
1. 理解作者所要表达的人生价值观；
2. 根据上下文判断一些专业性较强的生词词义；
3. 学会简意赅地总结篇章大意，把握文章主旨。
Unit Five
Text A   Philistines and Philistinism
Text B   The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life
教学目的和要求：
1. 理解文章对不同生活方式的阐释；
2. 根据上下文判断生词词义，查阅作者背景知识。 
Unit Six
Text A   Expressing One's Individuality
Text B   Defining the Authentic Self
教学目的和要求：
1.了解个人主义以及自我意识的内涵；
2. 掌握与主题相关的词汇及表达。 
Unit Seven
Text A   The Worker as Creator or Machine
Text B   Where I Lived, and What I Lived for
教学目的和要求：
1.了解工作特性与本质的改变，及不同的工作生活价值观念；
2. 掌握常用生词以及如何判断作者的写作立场。
Unit Eight
Text A   On the Sense of Humor
Text B   On Human Nature and Politics
教学目的和要求：
1.了解人性的多面性及看待问题的不同视角；
2. 根据上下文判断生词词义。
Unit Nine
Text A   Creativity Will Dominate Our Life
Text B   Unlock Your Own Creativity
教学目的和要求：
1. 了解创造性在现代社会的重要性；
2. 掌握与文章主题相关的生词。
Unit Ten
Text A   The Long-Haul Degree
Text B   Graduate Degrees, Are They Worth It?
教学目的和要求：
1. 了解教育的目的与现状以及教育机制的运行，培养学生正确的价值观和人生观；
2. 掌握与文章主题相关的生词。
Unit Eleven
Text A   Global Warming & Climate Change  
Text B   They Cheat, I Tell You
教学目的和要求：
1. 了解全球变暖和气候变化的原因与现状；
2.学习和掌握相关的英语词汇。
Unit Twelve
Text A   The Trouble with Television
Text B   Dolly's False Legacy
教学目的和要求：
1. 了解现代媒介与先进技术给社会带来的利与弊；
2. 学习和运用相关的英语词汇。
III 题型举例与说明
一、解释划线部分（There is one underlined part in each of the following sentences, followed by three choices A, B and C. Choose the one that is closest in meaning to the underlined part.）
Hitler’s undisguised effort to persecute the Jews met with world-wide condemnation.
A. prosecute           B. harass               C. persist               D. harness
此题型主要考查学生对两篇阅读材料中常用生词的理解以及词语在特定语境中的意义选择。所选单词均为课文中的生词，因此借助于课文内的注释、课后练习和工具书的使用，积累单词量是主要任务与考察目标。
二、判断正误（Decide whether each of the following statements is true or false according to the text.）
Russell suggests that happiness cannot be found in simple or humble things. （Unit 4, Text A）
此题型考查学生对课文内容的理解，对课文所包含的作者意图，主题思想以及文化内涵的理解。
三、阅读理解（Read the following passages and choose the best answer to each of the questions following the passage.）
The main part of this chapter will deal directly with the technical and artistic limitations and resources that make television unique. But some important differences between television and other forms of literature need mentioning before we begin.
In the first place, since the literature of television is transmitted simultaneously to millions of people, its creators are subject to limitations of theme, language, and style. In general, the wider the base of the audience, the greater the degree of restriction imposed on the creator, and no contemporary literary form has a more massive audience than television.
In the second place, the line that separates commercial interests from literary interests in television is less distinct than in most other literary forms. To be sure, the publisher of novels and the producer of stage plays are concerned with making money. But in television the advertiser, the man who pays the bill, is primarily concerned with the sale of a commercial product rather than an artistic one. At the same time, selling products and presenting high quality programs are not necessarily incompatible motives. There are, in fact, numerous examples of sponsors who have done both simultaneously.
We must remember, too, that the literature of television, unlike most types of literature, is highly ephemeral （短暂的） in character. At the moment, the libraries of television are its "reruns", but even so, a particular show must be seen at a specific time or it cannot be seen at all. As a result, studying or teaching about television presents certain problems not found in the study of other types of literature, except the legitimate stage.
1. Since the literature of television is sent out to millions of people at the same time, its creators are likely to have the following limitations EXCEPT （     ）.
　　A. subject
　　B. choice of words
C. the place where they transmit television program
D. expression by means of words
2. According to the author the creators of television have the greatest degree of restriction in  theme, language, and style, this is because （     ）.
A. television has a large number of audiences
B. television can only last a short period of time
C. television combines commercial interests and literary interests
D. both A and B
3. The sentence "selling products and presenting high quality programs are not necessarily incompatible motives" could be paraphrased as （     ）.
A. the purposes of selling products and presenting high quality programs can be realized at the same time
B. the motives of selling products and presenting high quality programs can not be matched
C. selling products overweighs presenting high quality programs
D. presenting high quality programs overweighs selling products
4.Which of the following most correctly summarizes the main idea of the passage? （     ）
A. The limitations and resources of television.
B. The differences between television and other forms of literature.
C. Television has a more massive audience than other literary forms.
D. Television has a very short life.
5.This passage has probably been taken from a （     ）.
A. newspaper ad
B. magazine
C. public speech
D. book
此题型是对学生阅读理解能力的综合考查，通过给定语篇的阅读，考查学生理解文章的主题大意、作者意图、结构思路，推理综合以及个别词义阐释的能力。
四、翻译（英文翻译成中文）（Put the following sentences into Chinese.）
    We concede that the matron is morally justified in being preoccupied with her personal appearance.
我们承认，主妇们专注于个人外表是合情合理的。
此题型考查学生对文章内容的准备把握，以及通过融会贯通后的语言表述。
五、回答问题（Read the following passage and answer the questions following the passage in English.）
      Before you start to read, you guess what the author is going to tell you. One of the real pleasures we get from reading mystery stories is guessing who did it and how the criminal was caught.
Guessing is just as important, however, in reading a newspaper, magazine, or required reading in textbooks. When you guess, you alert your mind to a challenge. You look at the title or chapter heading or any other clues such as pictures or graphs, and you guess what the material will tell you. Then you are involved. The thought game has started. You may not be right and win the mental challenge, and that is good. It is good because when you lose this mental game and are wrong, your ability to understand and remember what the author said will be greatly increased.
It sounds like we are saying, "It is all right to be wrong," and that is exactly what we are saying in connection with guessing. We learn and remember more from our mistakes than from things we get right.
1. Why does the author say that guessing is a real pleasure?
2. What information in the reading material will be helpful for people to guess what the book is going to tell?
3. What does the author suggest in the last paragraph?
此题型主要考查学生综合阅读能力，尤其是对阅读篇章的理解以及对其中基本内容信息的把握和表述。
六、简述题（The following statement is quoted from the text. Write a short paragraph in no less than 100 words about your understanding of it.）
    When immigrants in a great number settled in a country, they would influence that country in no small way. （Unit 1, Text A）
此题型主要考查学生对所学课文内涵的理解，可以各抒己见。