6 questions
Type 1: Questions of literal comprehension 文中直接明白提到的問題
Questions whose answers are directly and explicitly expressed in the text. They can often be answered in the words of the text.
- When did Leila have and accident? 蕾拉何時發生意外？
- What was Yusof doing when the accident happened?意外發生時，約瑟夫正在做什麼？
- Why didn’t Yusof help his mother? 為什麼約瑟夫無法幫助他的媽媽？
Type 2: Questions involving reorganization or reinterpretation
牽涉到組織及重新詮釋的問題
Require the student either to reinterpret literal information or to obtain it from various parts of the text and put it together in a new way, perhaps using elementary inferencing.
Such questions make the student consider the text as a whole, rather than sentence by sentence;
- How old was Yusof?(third birthday) 約瑟夫幾歲？
- How many children had Rahman? (Yusof + 2 other children)=3
瑞門有幾個小孩？
- Was Yusof playing in the kitchen? (ran to the kitchen)
約瑟夫正在廚房裡玩嗎？
Type 3:Questions of inference 推論性問題 (暗示、不明白提及的問題)
Implied but not explicitly (infer 推論)
More difficult (intellectually rather than linguistically) 較困難、較不是文義上的
- Which people were in Rahman’s house when the accident happened?
當意外發生時，有什麼人在瑞門的屋子裡？
- Why was Rahman proud of his son?
為什麼瑞門為他的兒子感到驕傲？
Type 4: questions of evaluation 問讀者：作者為何如此做，如何完成之類的問題
(大家比較少問, 較難的問題)
Ask about what the writer is trying to do and how far she has achieved it. (judged)
讀者會被要求評判作者的誠信問題或是否有偏見等，或者是作者的言論所產生的效益或影響力等問題
Type 5: Questions of personal response 關於讀者的意見、反應
- What is your opinion of X’s behavior?對於X的行為你有何看法？
- Would you like to live in Y? 你是否喜歡住在Y？
- How would you have felt if you were Z? 假如你是Z，你的感覺是什麼？
Type 6: Questions concerned with how writers say what they mean
作者的本意為何？為什麼要這樣寫？
(這類的問題較少)
What the writer says
令人引以為傲的兒子
上個禮拜，瑞門的妻子蕾拉發生了件意外。瑞門的最小兒子，約瑟夫，在意外發生當時正在家裡玩他的新玩具，那是瑞門送給他的三歲的生日禮物。
突然間約瑟夫聽到他的媽媽在喊 ”救命！救命！” 他立刻跑到廚房。他的媽媽被煮菜的熱油燙傷。她因疼痛而哭泣，而平底鍋正冒著火花。
瑞門已經去上班，其他二個孩子也去上學。約瑟夫太小而無法幫他的媽媽，而媽媽也因太害怕而無法理性、平靜的跟他說話。但約瑟夫跑到鄰居家找人來幫他的媽媽。鄰居立刻滅了火並將他的媽媽送到醫院去。
當瑞門回到家，蕾拉把整件意外告訴他。瑞門為他兒子感到驕傲。並說”當你長大，你就會像你爸爸一樣。”
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