【Aswegrowold,werealizethatwehavesolittletimetoreadandtherearesomanygreatbooksthatwe'veyettogetaroundto.Yetre-readersareeverywherearoundus.Forcertainfans,re-readingTheLordoftheRingsisaconventionalpracti】
Aswegrowold,werealizethatwehavesolittletimetoreadandtherearesomanygreatbooksthatwe'veyettogetaroundto.Yetre-readersareeverywherearoundus.Forcertainfans,re-readingTheLordoftheRingsisaconventionalpracticeannually.OnefriendtoldmethatJaneAusten'sEmmacanstillsurprisehim,despitehishavingreaditover50times.
Newsuddenclearunderstandingscanbegainedfromtheprocessofre-reading.JournalistRebaccaMead,along-timeEnglishwomaninNewYork,firstcameacrossGeorgeEliot'sMiddlemarchat17.Sincethen,shehasreaditagaineveryfiveyears.Witheachre-reading,ithasopenedupfurther; ineachchapterofherlife,ithasresonated (引起共鸣) differently.Meadevidencedthelargenumberofwaysinwhichreallygoodbooksnotonlystandthetestofrepeatedreading,butalsoofferfreshgiftseachtimewecracktheirspines.Thesekindsofbooksgrowwithus.
Scientistshavealsorecognizedthementalhealthbenefitsofre-reading.ResearchconductedwithreadersintheUSfoundthatonourfirstreading,weareconcernedwiththe"what"andthe"why".Secondtimeround,we'reabletobetterappreciatetheemotionsthattheplotcontinuestoexpress.AsresearcherCristelRusselloftheAmericanUniversityexplained,returningtoabook"bringsneworrenewedappreciationofboththegreatbookanditsreaders."
It'struethatweoftenfindformerselvesonthepagesofoldbooks (ifwe'refondofmakingnotesonthepages).Thesetextscancarryusbacktoatimeandplace,andremindusofthekindofpersonthatwewerethen.We'rechangednotonlybylivingexperiencebutalsobyreadingexperience.Morethanthemoviedirector,thewritercallsuponourimaginations,usingwordstoleadustoexperiencemixedfeelingsinliterature.
Re-readingabooktakesupmoretime,butasMeadconfirms,therewardsmakeitextremelyworthwhile.
28.ThetwobooksarementionedinParagraph1mainlyto___.
A.attracttheattentionofreaders
B.introducethetopicofthepassage
C.providesomebackgroundinformation
D.showthesimilaritybetweenre-readers
29.Theunderlinedexpression"cracktheirspines"inParagraph2refersto___.