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 (教育家) call it "automaticity (自動性)”．

A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With more and more practice, he stumbles less and less. As a result, he can read by the phrases and soon by sentences. With automaticity, he doesn't have to think about the meaning of words, so that 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 t0 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 "automaticiy" can read faster because they_______.

A. know how to read the words

B. pay attention to the meaning of the text instead of the words

C. read by themselves without any help

D. do not have to think while reading

3.The underlined word "stumble" in the second paragraph 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 Needs a Lot of Practice

D. Automatic Readers Must Be Successful

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：閱讀是學生成功的關鍵，和任何技能一樣，它需要練習。作者對自覺性閱讀做了介紹，并對自覺性閱讀的重要性以及的如何來培養，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，表明了自覺性閱讀也需要大量的練習。有專家建議每天讀書一小時，可逐漸培養自覺性閱讀。

1.細節理解題。“Reading is the key to school success”本句話的意思是：閱讀是學生成功的關鍵。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果，最佳。所以該選D。

2.細節理解題。根據第二段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.的這句話可知該選B。

3.詞義猜測題。從第二段中，可以看出：小孩兒讀書的樣子，一字一個字地、結結巴巴地讀，時間長了，才由不連貫到逐漸流暢。所以該選A。

4.標題歸納題。根據作者的觀點自始至終都是在談：自覺性讀書依賴于練習。可知該選C。

考點：教育類閱讀。