Scott works very long hours. He usually gets up at 17:00. He has a shower and makes his breakfast. What a funny time to make breakfast! After breakfast he plays his guitar, then he puts on his jacket and goes to work. To get to work, he takes the number 17 bus to the Santon Hotel. The bus usually leaves at 19:15. He works all night. People love to listen to him. He goes home at 7:00, and he watches the early morning news on TV. He goes to bed at 8:30, a tired but happy man. Can you think what his job is?Scott usually gets up at 5 p.m.
Scott plays his guitar before breakfast.
Scott’s bed time is 8:30 p.m.
Scott works in the day.
Scott is a tired man. He is a happy man, too.
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(自动性)”.
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(数量)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.“ 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 |
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 |
The underlined word “stumble” in the passage means “______” in Chinese.
| A．结结巴巴地读 | B．全神贯注地读 |
| C．心不在焉地读 | D．声情并茂地读 |
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 |
Which of the following will help to improve your speech?
| A．IELTS Listening . | B．Car and Driver. |
| C．Quick & Easy Meals. | D．Designing Effective Speech Interfaces. |
Who will probably be interested in Quick & Easy Meals?
| A．Car fans. | B．English speakers. |
| C．Housewives. | D．Businessmen. |
How many of the four short passages are introductions of books?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern airliner(客机), you can travel in one day to places which needed a month or more to get to hundreds of years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but you can see the places you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They even make the longest journey enjoyable(令人愉快的).
Some people prefer to travel by sea. You can visit many other countries or different parts of your country. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop if there is something interesting, for example, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That’s why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or a plane when they travel on business. From the passage, we know the fastest way of traveling is________.
| A．by train | B．by sea | C．by plane | D．by car |
If we travel by car, we can ________.
| A．make the longest journey enjoyable |
| B．travel to a very far place in a few minutes |
| C．make our own timetable |
| D．visit many other countries |
The underlined word “They” in the passage refers to(指的是) ________.
| A．modern trains in the country |
| B．the comfortable seats and dining-cars |
| C．the travelers on the modern trains |
| D．the slower ways of traveling |
When people travel on business, they usually take________.
| A．a plane or a car | B．a car or a boat |
| C．a boat or a train | D．a train or a plane |
How many ways of traveling are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Four. | B．Three. | C．Two. | D．Six. |
Xiao Ming is a middle school student. He is a good boy, and he studies very hard. But his family is very poor, because his mother got ill a few years ago, and his father has no job. He makes money by carrying goods(货物) for other people. Life is very hard for them, and sometimes Xiao Ming can’t afford(负担得起) the school things.
When his teacher knew this, she called on her students to raise money for him. She asked them to bring their saving-money to Xiao Ming and help him. All the students are kind and friendly. They are very glad to do it. Xiao Ming is so thankful that he studies harder than before.
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。Xiao Ming is a good middle school girl.
His father lost his job.
His teacher called on his classmates to raise money for him.
He can afford the school things easily.
All of the students are very glad to help Xiao Ming.
A good way to pass an examination (考试）is to work hard every day in the year. You may fail in the examination if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the examination. If you are taking an English examination, don’t learn only rules of grammar. Try to read stories in English and speak in English whenever you can. A few days before examination you should start going to bed early. Do not stay up late at night studying and learning things. Before you start the examination, read carefully over the examination paper. Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pick up（拿起） your pen to write. When you have at last finished your examination, read your answers, correct any mistakes that you see and make sure that you have not missed anything out .How do you know to pass an examination?
| A．Work hard every day in a year. |
| B．Work hard many days in a year. |
| C．Work hard most of time in a year. |
| D．Work hard only a few days before the examination. |
If you are going to take examination, ________.
| A．study hard and sleep less | B．get up early and do a lot of reading |
| C．go to bed late and get up late | D．go to bed early and have a good rest |
What should you do when you are taking the examination?
| A．Pick up your pen and write at once. |
| B．After you finish the examination, hand in at once. |
| C．Try to understand every word while you are reading. |
| D．Check your paper before you hand it in. |
What should you do if you want to learn English well according to the passage?
| A．Speak more, listen less, never write. |
| B．Speak less, write more, never listen. |
| C．Read more, listen more, speak less. |
| D．read and speak as much as possible. |
What does “missed...out” mean according to the passage?
| A．遗漏 | B．增补 | C．缺乏 | D．丰富 |