Understanding Graphics（圖表）

　　When we are reading, we often see one or two graphics in a text. Have you ever thought about these questions: Why are they there? What information do they give? Do they help with our reading and understanding?

　　Graphics are things like pictures, maps, charts and tables. They give information to readers. Very often, we can see different kinds of graphics in books, magazines and newspapers. Writers use graphics to get the readers'attention and give them some particular(特別的)information. Graphics help to understand the given information in a text. And graphics put the information in a particular order so that it's easy to understand when we take a quick look.

　　It is not always true that a picture is worth a thousand words. But many things are easier to show than to tell and they may also be easier to understand. Graphics are just the right things that give a great deal of information but it doesn’t take much time to read and understand.

　　The right way to read and understand a graphic is to look at the picture and the words together. In a graphic, only a few words are used to explain what the picture shows you. Sometimes, numbers and percentages(百分比) are also given to go with the words to explain things.

　　Now look at the graphic on the right. It is how a researcher used a graphic to show the number of hours spent sleeping by British teenagers each day. Can you understand it?

　　19. Which of the following is mentioned as a graphic?

　　A. A letter.

　　B. A poem.

　　C. A map.

　　D. A name card.

　　20. The writer thinks graphics are important because ____________.

　　A. less space is taken on a page

　　B. a picture is worth a thousand words

　　C. a lot of time can be saved for writers

　　D. many things are easier to show than to tell

　　21. When we read a graphic, we should ______.

　　A. find out if there are any tables in it

　　B. put the information in the right order

　　C. count how many words there are in it

　　D. look at the picture and the words together

　　22. The graphic given in the passage tells us that ________.

　　A. 5 British teenagers sleep for 8-9 hours every day

　　B. Chinese 18-year-olds spend 5-6 hours sleeping every day

　　C. 17% of the British teenagers sleep for 3-4 hours each day

　　D. 42% of the Chinese teenagers spend 6-7 hours sleeping each day

　　【答案】19. C    20. D    21. D    22. C

　　【解析】短文介紹了圖表的作用以及如何正確使用圖表的方法。圖表包括圖片、地圖、圖紙和表格之類的東西。文本中插入圖表能幫助讀者更直觀快捷地理解相關信息，理解圖表的正確方法是把圖片和文字一起來閱讀。

　　19. 細節理解題。根據第二段中的句子“Graphics are things like pictures, maps, charts and tables.” 圖表是圖片、地圖、圖紙和表格之類的東西。地圖屬于圖表，故答案為C。

    20.細節理解題。根據文中第三段的句子But many things are easier to show than to tell and they may also be easier to understand. Graphics are just the right things that give a great deal of information but it doesn’t take much time to read and understand.故答案為D。

　　21. 細節理解題。根據短文第4段中的句子“The right way to read and understand a graphic is to look at the picture and the words together.”閱讀和理解圖表的正確方法是把圖片和文字一起看。故答案為D。

　　22. 圖表理解題。根據圖表下面的文字“The number of hours spent sleeping by British teenagers each day.”可知，圖表顯示的是英國青少年每天睡覺的時間。通過統計表分析，17%的英國青少年每天睡覺3-4小時，故答案為C。

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