解答閱讀表達題，首先要讀準題干，判斷好題目類型，弄清是屬于細節(jié)、猜詞、推斷、主旨和觀點態(tài)度中的哪一個，這將有助于找準答題信息。

　　第一個題屬于細節(jié)，要回答“the School of the Future”與other schools的區(qū)別。從第一段一上來說到的“…is believed to be the first in the world to combine innovation teaching methods with the latest technology.”就不難找出答案：It combines innovation teaching methods with the latest technology.

　　第二個題是猜詞，要明確at random的詞義，我們不妨研讀一下它的上下文：The school has no entrance exams. The 170 ninth – grade students were selected at random from 1500 applicants. 上文“沒有考試”和下文“從1500報名者中選”，就告訴我們，at random應該是“隨便或隨機挑出來的”，用英語說即是choosing freely/without taking an exam。

　　第三個題還是細節(jié)，要找到文章最后一段對David Terry的描述：David Terry, 14, said he was hoping to “turn over a new leaf ” after discipline problems in his previous school left him with an “average to really bad” academic record. “This is a great opportunity for me,”這其中的關(guān)鍵是理解好“turn over a new leaf ”，應當是從頭再來，掀開新的一頁，再結(jié)合后面提到的他在原學校中的問題，可以歸納出：He will probably work hard and get his grade improved.

　　第四個題是開放問題，你可以發(fā)表自己對“the School of the Future”的觀點。你可以結(jié)合自己的學習經(jīng)歷和學校發(fā)展的趨勢來作答。通常這種問題不會只有唯一的答案，應當是多種合理的參考答案。這里，你可以參考下面的回答。

　　Yes, I think so，because at this school students can develop the habit of thinking for themselves and acquire the practical skills of problem – solving and communication.

　　第五個題是主旨問題，要根據(jù)文章的結(jié)構(gòu)特點來歸納出文章的題目。全文講述的話題是“The School of the Future”，a recently – opened public school in Philadelphia, US。根據(jù)這樣的話題特點，我們在思考題目時考慮如何把這個話題信息傳達清楚。例如，我們可以說：1. High – tech School Opens in Philadelphia, US；也可以說2. The School of the Future Opens in Philadelphia, US；還可以說3. The School of the Future – a High – tech School。這樣簡練、清楚地概括話題，就可以完成題目的要求。

　　閱讀表達雖說是個新題型，但是，同學們對它也并非完全陌生。我們過去所做的閱讀理解客觀選擇題，也是考查上面所述各個方面。閱讀表達，要求同學們來準確無誤地理解問題，并在文章中找出答案，并在需要的時候來進行概括和表達，這同閱讀理解是“異曲同工”，相信同學們經(jīng)過摸索、訓練，一定能掌握答題要領(lǐng)，取得理想的成績。

　　下面，再提供一個練習，供同學們進行鞏固訓練。

　　Tell a story and tell it well, and you may open wide the eyes of a child, open up lines of communication in a business, or even open people’s mind to another culture or race.

　　People in many places are digging up the old folk stories and the messages in them. For example, most American storytellers get their tales from a wide variety of sources, cultures, and times. They regard storytelling not only as a useful tool in child education, but also as a meaningful activity that helps adults understand themselves as well as those whose culture may be very different from their own.

　　“ Most local stories are based on a larger theme,” American storyteller Opalanga Pugh says, “ Cinderella(灰姑娘)， or the central idea of a good child protected by her goodness, appears in various forms in almost every culture of the world.”

　　Working with students in schools, Pugh helps them understand their own cultures and the general messages of the stories. She works with prisoner too, helping them knowing who they are by telling stories that her listeners can write, direct, and act in their own lives. If they don’t like the story they are living, they can rewrite the story. Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers. “For every advance in business,” she says, “there is a greater need for communication.” Storytelling can have a great effect on either side of the manager-worker relationship, she says.

　　Pugh spent several years in Nigeria, where she learned how closely storytelling was linked to the everyday life of the people there. The benefits of storytelling are found everywhere, she says.

　　“I learned how people used stories to spread their culture,” she says, “What I do is to focus on the value of the stories that people can translate into their own daily world of affairs. We are all storytellers. We all have a story to tell. We tell everybody’s story.”

　　練習問題

　　1.What is the main idea of the text?(No more than 10 words.)

　　2.How does American storyteller think of storytelling? (No more than 10 words.)

　　3.How many groups of people has Pugh practised storytelling with? (No more than 5 words.)

　　4.Please explain the underlined phrase “rewrite the story” in English.(No more than 5 words.)

　　5.What statement from the passage inspire you to tell stories and why?( The reason should be answered within 25 words)

　　參考答案

　　1.Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others.

　　2.They find storytelling useful for both children and adults.

　　3.There are three.

　　4.Start a new life.

　　5.One possible answer: We are all storytellers. We all have our own experience of life, which can be shared with others, so we should live a meaningful life.