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 (自动性)”．
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."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．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 |
The underlined word "stumble" in the second paragraph 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 Needs a Lot of Practice |
| D．Automatic Readers Must Be Successful |
Tom and Mike were good friends. Sometimes they were kind to each other, and sometimes they were not. But all of their classmates said they were like brothers.One day they went out for a walk together. At noon they were very hungry and they went into a restaurant to have lunch. The waiter came up to them and asked. "What can I do for you?" "Please bring us two apples first,” said Tom. When the waiter put two apples on the table, Mike took the bigger one at once. Tom got angry(生气的）.
“You are unfriendly, Mike. Why don't you take the smaller one?" Tom said.
“But I am right,” said Mike with a smile. “If I let you take first, which one will you choose?”
“Of course I’ll take the smaller one." said Tom. "Yes," Mike said. “If you take the smaller one, the bigger one will still be mine. Don’t you think so?"
"Oh!" Tom couldn't answer. Tom and Mike were ____________.
| A．always kind to each other |
| B．sometimes kind to each other |
| C．dear brothers |
| D．friends of different schools |
Mike only thought about ____________ when they were having lunch.
| A．himself | B．Tom |
| C．his parents | D．his friends |
The waiter gave them ____________.
| A．two eggs | B．two apples |
| C．three oranges | D．some milk |
Mike took the ____________ apple.
| A．better | B．bigger | C．smaller | D．worse |
Cindy likes eating ice cream very much. She often buys ice cream in the shop and takes it home. So does her husband（丈夫）. One day her husband sees the ice cream and thinks, "Good! Now, I can have a delicious dessert（甜点）."
When Cindy comes home from work in the evening, the ice cream is not there and her husband says, “Oh, you see the fridge (冰箱) is broken(坏的）. It’s not cold at all.” “Really?” Cindy says. And at the same time, she put her husband’s arm into the fridge. Cindy says "Keep it in the fridge for an hour. Don’t move it away before I come back." She goes to cook dinner. "Oh, no." her husband shouts loudly.What does Cindy like to eat?
| A．ice cream | B．egg | C．fish m | D．meat |
What does "So does her husband." mean?
| A．她丈夫不爱吃。 | B．她丈夫也是。 |
| C．她丈夫是的。 | D．所以是她丈夫。 |
The fridge is broken. Is it true?
| A．Yes, it is. | B．No, it isn't. |
| C．Yes, it isn't. | D．No, it is. |
Does Cindy know her husband eats her ice cream?
| A．Yes, she does. | B．No, she doesn't. |
| C．I don't know. | D．It doesn’t tell. |
CCTV Programs
| CCTV-1 |
CCTV-2 |
| 18:00 Around China 18:30 Children’s Programs 19:00 News 21*cm 19:30 Weather Report 19:40 Around the World 20:10 TV Play: Sisters 21:00 English for Today 21:15 Pop music 21*cm 21:55 Talk Show 21*cm |
17:45 Computers Today 18:10 Foreign Art 18:30 English Classroom 19:00 Animal World 19:25 Classical Music 20:20 Sports 21*cm 21:00 TV Play: Guo Lanying 21:45 English News 22:15 On TV Next Week |
If you want to watch a soccer game, the best program for you is ______.
| A．Pop Music | B．Sports | C．Animal World | D．Talk Show |
The program_____will let you know much about foreign(外国的) countries.
| A．Around China | B．On TV Next Week |
| C．Sisters | D．Around the World |
If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best program for you is ____________.
| A．News | B．Classical music |
| C．Animal World | D．Foreign Art |
Alan is an English boy. Now he studies in Shanghai Yucai Middle School. He is in Grade Seven. He has a dog. It`s black and white. The dog`s very clever. Alan likes it very much. Its faveorite food is bone (骨头). Every day when Alan gets home, the dog meets him in front of (在……前面) the house. Alan`s friend, Jenny is an American girl. She is in Shanghai, too. They are in the same grade. But in different classes. She has a pet panda. It`s also a black and white, but it`s not a real (真正的) panda. It`s a toy. The panda is very clean (干净的). Jenny often washes it in water. Where is the panda now? Oh, it`s sleeping (睡觉) with Jenny. Every night it sleeps with Jenny.Where is Alan from?
| A．England | B．America |
| C．Canada | D．Shanghai |
What`s Alan`s pet dog`s favorite food?
| A．fish | B．meat | C．bone | D．water |
What does the dog do when Alan gets home from school?
| A．It sleeps with him . |
| B．It meets him in front of the house |
| C．It runns with him. |
| D．It eats bones. |
What animal is black and white according to the passage (根据文章)?
| A．the cat | B．the dog |
| C．the panda and the dog | D．the toy panda |
I am Wang Lin, I am twelve years old. My pen pal Tom is form the United States. He is the same age as I. He is a middle school student in Beijing. There are three people in his family. His father is a teacher, he teaches English in a high school in Beijing. His mother is an English teacher, too. But they work in different schools. Tom goes to school in his mother’s car every day. They all like Chinese food. Tom’s father likes Guangdong food, he thinks it is delicious. Tom’s mother’s favorite food is Sichuan food. But Tom doesn’t like Sichuan food, he thinks it is too hot. So they often eat out on weekends.Tom’s father is ____.
| A．a teacher | B．an English teacher |
| C．teaches English | D．a doctor |
Maybe (可能) Tom in the same school with _________
| A．his mother | B．Wang Lin |
| C．his father | D．his mother and his father |
Tom doesn’t like Sichuan food because (因为)____.
| A．his father likes it | B．his mother likes it |
| C．it is too hot | D．it is delicious |
They often eat out on weekends because ______.
| A．they like Chinese food |
| B．they like American food |
| C．they are lazy (懒的) |
| D．they have different hobbies (不同的爱好). |