Year after year，however，we are increasing the number of practice tests.We are trying to teach students to read increasingly complex texts，not for emotional punch(碰撞)but for text complexity.Yet，we cannot enrich(充实)the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts.We are teaching them that words do not amaze but confuse.We may succeed in raising test scores，but we will fail to teach them that reading can be transformative and that it belongs to them.

　　36．The underlined words in Paragraph I probably mean that a book helps to________.

　　A．realize our dreams

　　B．give support to our life

　　C．smooth away difficulties

　　D．awake our emotions

　　解析：句意猜测题。作者作为一位教阅读课的教师，认为阅读的目的就应该是丰富学生的内心，在灵魂深处能引起学生的共鸣，因此，书籍就应当像斧子一样，敲开我们冰冻的内心，唤醒我们的情感，所以答案为D。

　　答案：D

　　37．Why were the students able to understand the novel Of Mice and Men

　　A．Because they spent much time reading it.

　　B．Because they had read the novel before.

　　C．Because they came from a public school.

　　D．Because they had similar life experiences.

　　解析：事实细节题，根据文中第二段“But they understood，when George shoots lennie，the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen”，可知，我们认为这样的事情总是会发生，是因为他们有相类似的生活经历，所以答案为D。

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