ENG09B Reading Practice

Why is reading helpful for learning and understanding feelings (情感)?

Improving Reading Skills 提升阅读能力

Open Ended

Give an example (例子) of a novel (小说).

Open Ended

How can a story help us understand a character’s (角色的) feelings?

Open Ended

Can reading stories help us understand ourselves (我们自己)? Why / why not?

Multiple Choice

What should you do if you encounter a word you don't know while reading?

• Panic immediately

• Skip the text

• Use sentences around the word to guess meaning

• Ignore the word completely

Multiple Choice

What is the title (标题) of the article?

• Why Reading Novels is Important

• Reading Skills for Exams

• Why I Should Read More

Match

Task 1: Match the English word with its Chinese translation.

• novel

• difficult

• boring

• character

• important

小说

困难

无聊

角色

重要

• 小说

• 困难

• 无聊

• 角色

• 重要

Multiple Choice

Read the article (文章) and answer the questions.

• Ok

• .

Open Ended

What do novels tell stories about?

Open Ended

How do novels help us learn English?

Open Ended

How do novels make us think?

Open Ended

How can novels help readers feel better?

Multiple Choice

The writer liked reading novels at the beginning.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Novels help readers understand feelings.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Reading novels makes learning English harder.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Stories make readers think about life and family.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Novels can help readers feel less alone.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What are the benefits of reading novels according to the text?

• They help understand feelings

• They make learning easier

• They are only for entertainment

• They can help readers feel less alone

Fill in the Blanks

^{Complete the sentences.}

 _{^{feelings · learn · help}}

Reading novels can

us understand people.

Fill in the Blanks

^{Complete the sentences.}

 _{^{feelings · learn · help}}

Stories show characters’

and problems.

Fill in the Blanks

^{Complete the sentences.}

 _{^{feelings · learn · help}}

Novels help students

English.

Open Ended

Why is reading novels (小说) helpful for learning and understanding feelings (情感)? Explain in 1-2 sentences.

Poll

How confident (有信心) do you feel about reading now?

• Very confident
• Somewhat (一般) confident

• Not confident