Question

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 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 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. The underlined word “stumble” in the passage means “______” in Chinese.

A. 結結巴巴地讀 B. 全神貫注地讀

C. 心不在焉地讀 D. 聲情并茂地讀

4.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.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了閱讀是學習成功的關鍵。他像其他的技能一樣需要大量的練習。如果你能夠自動閱讀，那你將讀的更快，因為你把所有的注意力集中在短文的意義上。只有通過大量的練習才能形成自動閱讀。

1.推理判斷題。根據短文第三段automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.描述可知在一年級自動讀者不僅閱讀幾乎是其他孩子的三倍,而且在考試中得到了更好的結果。可以判斷，閱讀會提高成績，聯系所給四個選項的含義，故選D。

2.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.描述在不知不覺中,他沒有必要再思考單詞的意義,所以他可以把他所有的注意力集中在短文的意義上。根據句意及上下文，故選D。

3.詞義猜測題。根據第二段With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase聯系下文可知通過練習，他以短語的方式閱讀，他停頓的越來越少。即結結巴巴故選A。

4.標題歸納題。根據短文大意可知通過大量的閱讀練習你可以成為一個自動閱讀者。故選C。

考點：教育類短文閱讀