Question

Passage 8(2013 訕頭潮南,B) 

     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. With automaticity,he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of the 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 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.lt 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 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.

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

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

3. Rossman tells that any child who       will possibly be an auto- matic 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

4. The underlined word “stumbles” 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

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 Readers Will Be Successful

Answer 1

1. D 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. C

Passage 8

[語篇解讀]閱讀是學習進步的關(guān)鍵，但它也和其他技能一樣，需要練習。教育家們把這種練習稱為“自動性”。

1. D推理判斷題。由第二段可知閱讀可以增強學生的學習效果。故D項為正確答案。

2. D 細節(jié)理解題。由 With automaticity , ...,so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.可知。

3. C推理判斷題。由第四段可知C項正確。

4. A詞義猜測題。句意：由于練習，他結(jié)結(jié)巴巴的情況越來越少，并短語接短語地進行閱讀。

5. C主旨大意題。文章都在講automaticity和practice,結(jié)合文章內(nèi)容 可知C項正確。