Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking. Educators call it “automaticity (自動性)”.
A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase (短語). With automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.
It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.
According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount (數(shù)量) of time a child spends reading, not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity. It can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.
You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable (適合) for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probably are an automatic reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more practice.
小題1:“Reading is the key to school success” means that reading            .
A．helps school develop faster
B．is a key to a successful school
C．helps students go to a key school
D．can improve students’ learning results
小題2:Children with “automaticity” can read faster because they            .
A．know how to read the words
B．do not have to think while reading
C．read by themselves without any help
D．pay attention to the meaning of the text
小題3:Rossman tells that any child who             will possibly be an automatic reader.
A．turns off TV one night 4 weeks
B．reads books by the word quickly
C．spends an hour reading every day
D．gets the same grades as others in exams
小題4:The underlined word “stumble” in the passage means “          ” in Chinese.
A．結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地讀B．全神貫注地讀
C．心不在焉地讀D．聲情并茂地讀
小題5:The best title for the passage is “          ”.
A．IQ Is the Key to the Automaticity
B．TV Is Bad for Children’s Reading
C．Automaticity Depends on Practice
D．Automatic Reads Will Be Successful

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:C
本文屬于說明文。作者對自動性閱讀做了介紹，并對自動性閱讀的重要性以及的如何來培養(yǎng)，做了具體的說明。從運動健將的熟練技法，到小孩兒讀書的越來越熟練，表明了自動性閱讀也需要大量的練習。有專家建議每天讀書一小時，可逐漸培養(yǎng)自動性閱讀。
小題1:“Reading is the key to school success”本句話的意思是：閱讀是學生成功的關(guān)鍵。前三個選項都不符合句意。第四選項，can improve students’ learning results閱讀可以提高學生的學習結(jié)果，最佳。
小題2:從第二段With automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.的這句話中，可以得到答案。
小題3:通過第四段的最后兩句，可以推測出spends an hour reading every day最恰當。
小題4:從第二段中，可以看出：小孩兒讀書的樣子，一字一個字地、結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地讀，時間長了，才由不連貫到逐漸流暢。
小題5:作者的觀點自始至終都是在談：自動性讀書依賴于練習。
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