课时作业8 Exploring literature-（课时作业）【红对勾讲与练】2024版新高考英语大一轮复习全新方案（牛津译林版）

必修第二册　 3 课时作业 8　 Exploring literature Ⅰ. 阅读理解 " (2023·重庆联考) I was always a reader. As a kid I walked to the library several times a week and stayed up late reading with a torch. I did my undergraduate degree in English and went on to get a master􀆳s in literature. When I created my online profile, I made my screen name “missbibliophile” . Filling out the “ favourite books” section, I let my taste in literature speak for me: One Hundred Years of Solitude, A Moveable Feast, White Teeth, The Namesake, The Known World. But I realized it had been more than two years since I had read most of those titles. I had stopped reading gradually, the way one heals or dies. David was my online friend. His profile said he liked to read, so I asked him about his last book. His face lit up and his fingers danced. I told him I only read one book that year. “ But it􀆳s June. Read a book!” he said. I was painfully aware of the glaring hypocrisy (虚伪) in my life. I defended the virtues of bookstores in the age of online retailing and bought books, and they sat on every surface until my house appeared to wear books the way one wears clothes. His suggestion on “ reading a book” echoed in my head. One afternoon, I picked up one I􀆳d bought only for its poetic title. I had a hard time getting into it. Whenever I was tempted to give up on it, I thought of David. I pushed through the first two chapters and discovered a new narrator and I loved the alternating points of view.