雅思聽力練習題8

(A) is correct. Owen says readers may find unintended meanings in a story, even when the writer did not consciously plan those ideas.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: Novelists should teach clear values.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: Stories should mainly entertain.

Associated Text:
Owen: Well, the idea I kept coming back to was that readers do not always take from a story what the writer expected.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: Graphic formats are less valuable than conventional novels.

(B) is correct. Owen says the central point of the visual elements module is that pictures can sometimes be more powerful than text.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: Cover design matters only for children's books.

Associated Text:
The central point is that pictures sometimes have more power than text.

(A) is correct. Owen says comics can encourage reluctant readers, especially people who would not begin with a full-length novel.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: He thinks they should be avoided by mature readers.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: He believes they make young readers less willing to try novels.

Associated Text:
Comics can encourage reluctant readers to read, especially people who would never start with a full length novel.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: It made him willing to produce poems for the first time.

(B) is correct. Owen says the poetry module gave him a sharper sense of word choice in prose.

(C) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: It helped him interpret poetry from earlier periods.

Associated Text:
the most valuable thing I gained from it was a sharper sense of word choice in my prose.

(A) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: Gendered book categories are very old.

(B) is incorrect. The recording does not support this option: Authors rarely consider their audience.

(C) is correct. Owen says he was most surprised that gendered conventions in publishing have only recently been challenged.

Associated Text:
What surprised me most was that gendered conventions in publishing have only recently been challenged.