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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
阅读理解（30分，每小题2分）
Boys and girls, welcome to our school restaurant. Food and drinks in the restaurant are cheap（便宜的）and delicious. For breakfast, you can eat eggs, boodles and drink milk. For lunch and dinner, you can have rice, different（不同的）kinds of meat and vegetables. And you can have some apples and lots of drinks. Come and have a meal（餐）, please. It’s a good place to enjoy yourself.
| Open hours: Monday——Friday (6:30-9:30pm) Saturday——Sunday (7:00-8:00pm) |
This is a restaurant.
| A．hospital | B．hotel |
| C．school | D．factory |
Food and drinks in the restaurant are .
| A．small | B．sweet | C．delicious | D．hot |
You can eat for breakfast in the restaurant.
| A．vegetables | B．meat | C．rice | D．eggs |
You can have dinner at on Sunday night.
| A．7:30 | B．8:30 | C．9:30 | D．10:30 |
The speaker（说话者）probably（可能）is .
| A．on the farm | B．at a dinning hall |
| C．at home | D．at a theater |
Many students feel it difficult to remember new words when they begin to study English. Now I will give you some advice. 1. Do not waste（浪费） time in learning a list(词汇) of English words. It is the hardest way to remember English words. How do you learn to speak Chinese? You did it by listening carefully to the people talking to each other. You can find radio programs, TV programs and records, and listen to them carefully. The best way to learn all new words is through ear. As you listen to more and more dialogues, you will learn how English is pronounced in phrases and sentences. Of course, it is not enough to learn new words; you must learn how words are put together, and why some words in English are emphasized. 2. Some people have found that they can learn the names of everyday objects, such as box, cup, desk and so on, in the following way. They write the names of subjects, they say the words. Try this and see if this way works for you. If it does not, then go on to practice your dialogues..Maybe the passage is from ______.
| A．an English teacher | B．a doctor from England |
| C．an excellent student | D．the kind parents |
The writer wrote this passage to give us some advice about______.
| A．how to learn English well. |
| B．how to remember the spelling of the words |
| C．how to learn new words |
| D．how to write the names of the objects on paper |
The writer gave us two pieces of advice. He seems to like_____.
| A．the first one | B．the second one |
| C．both of them | D．neither of them |
The writer thinks the best way to learn new words is to ______.
| A．do more reading | B．do more writing |
| C．do more listening | D．learn the spelling |
According to the passage, the way to write the names of the objects on paper and put the paper on them______.
| A．works for everyone |
| B．never works |
| C．works only for the Chinese students |
| D．works only for some people |
Maybe you are an average (普通的) student. You probably think you will never be a top student (尖子生). However, anyone can become a better student if he or she does his or her best. Here are some tips (技巧) to help you. Plan your time carefully. You should plan your time for such things as eating, sleeping and dressing. Then make a good, regular time for studying. But don’t forget to set enough time for entertainment(娱乐). Keep your study quiet and clean. The study should have a desk, a chair and some study materials(材料), but no games, no radio and no television ! When you sit down to study, you can put your heart into it . Make good use of your time. Listen to everything that the teacher says. Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says. After you get home from school, go over(复习) your notes . Review (复习)the important points. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss next day , read the material. It will help you study better. Develop(培养) a good attitude (态度) to tests . The purpose(目的) of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject . It helps you know what you are not good at . The world will still go on even if you fail (不及格) in a test , so don’t be too worried .
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。How many tips are mentioned in the passage ?
| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Six |
What does the underlined word “study” mean in Chinese ?
| A．学习 | B．研究 | C．书房 | D．教室 |
Which is a good place for studying?
| A．A clean and beautiful place. |
| B．The place with a computer. |
| C．The place with a television and radio. |
| D．A quiet place with a chair, a desk, and some study materials. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．The test is the most important for a student. |
| B．After class, you should review what you have learned. |
| C．You should listen to your teacher and take notes carefully in class. |
| D．When you plan your time, you should think of the time for eating, sleeping and so on. |
What’s the passage mainly about ?
| A．How to become a top student. |
| B．How to plan your time. |
| C．How to study English. |
| D．How to take notes. |
Mr Green is a teacher of English. He comes from America. He teaches English in China. He speaks English quite well. He reads a lot of books and his wife Mrs Green often writes books for the students. He gets up at five in the morning. He leaves home at ten to six. He begins the first lesson at 8:00. He teaches English every day except Sunday. At ten to twelve he finishes his lessons. Ten minutes later he has lunch. In the afternoon he often plays games with his students at about four o’clock. Sometimes he teaches his students in his room. Supper time is at about six. After that he reads newspapers and watches TV. At about ten to eleven he goes to bed.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Mr Green comes from ________.
| A．China | B．Australia |
| C．England | D．America |
He leaves home at ________.
| A．5:00 | B．5:50 | C．6:10 | D．6:30 |
The students come to school every day except _______in a week .
| A．one day | B．two days |
| C．three days | D．four days |
He has lunch at _______.
| A．11:30 | B．12:30 | C．12:00 | D．11:50 |
He watches TV or reads newspapers _______.
| A．at six | B．at five |
| C．after supper | D．in the afternoon |
阅读理解 （共 20 分，每题 1 分 ）
There is lots of junk(垃圾) in space .Some of it is from rockets. In 1996, a rocket broke into about 300,000 small pieces. So far, scientists have found over 10,000 man-made pieces flying around in space. Only 6-7％of them are satellites and space probes (探测器). Astronauts also lose small things while working in space. In 1965, during the first American spacewalk , astronaut Edward White lost a glove .For a month, the glove stayed in space, travelling at a speed of 28,000 kilometers per hour .It became the most dangerous piece of clothing for the Earth in history it flew away. Things move very fast in space. If they hit(碰撞)one another, it can be dangerous .A little piece of paint from a satellite once made a hole in a spacecraft window. Last year two US spacecraft dropped some bolts(螺栓), and scientists on the Earth worried a lot. Luckily the bolts floated(漂浮) away into space. They couldn’t hit the spacecraft.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Some junk in space is from.
| A．space | B．rockets | C．scientists | D．earth |
American astronaut Edward White once lostin space in 1965.
| A．a rocket | B．some bolts |
| C．a glove | D．a little piece of paint |
The glove in space may travel at a speed ofkilometers per hour.
| A．300,000 | B．28,000 | C．10,000 | D．21,000 |
In space all the things move very.
| A．fast | B．slow | C．hard | D．high |
If the junk in space hits one another, it can be.
| A．great | B．interesting |
| C．safe | D．dangerous |