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. A great athlete practices until he can play quickly, accurately(准确的), without thinking. Tennis players call that “being in the zone.” Educators call it “automaticity.”
A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and decoding the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase. With automaticity, he does not have to think about decoding the words, so he can concentrate on the meaning of the text.
It can begin as early as the first grade. In a recent study of children in some schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found automatic readers in the first grade who were reading almost three times as fast as the other children and scoring twice as high on comprehension tests. At fifth grade, the automatic readers were reading twice as fast as the others, and still outscoring them on accuracy, comprehension and vocabulary.
“It’s not I.Q. But the amount of time a child spends reading that is the key to automaticity.” According to Rossman, any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will in all likelihood reach automaticity. At home, where the average child spends 25 hours a week watching television, it can happen by turning off the set just one night in favor of reading.
You can test your child by giving him a paragraph or two to read aloud something unfamiliar but appropriate to his age. If he reads aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, he probably is an automatic reader. If here ads haltingly(断续的), one word at a time, without expression or meaning, he needs more practice.
1. The first paragraph tells us____.
2. When a child starts to read, how does he do this?
3. A recent study in some schools reveals that the automatic reader’s high-speed____.
4. A bright child____.
5. The main idea of this paragraph is____.
问题1选项
A.how a child learns to walk
B.how a tennis player learns to play
C.how an athlete learns to play
D.what automaticity is
问题2选项
A.Sounding out the words and at the same
B.He reads by the phrase
C.By concentrating on the meaning of the text
D.By reading several times
问题3选项
A.costs him a lot of work
B.affects his comprehension
C.enables him to succeed in school
D.doesn’t affect his comprehension
问题4选项
A.also needs practice to be an automatic reader
B.always achieves great success in comprehension
C.becomes an automatic reader after learning how to read
D.is a born automatic reader
问题5选项
A.how to score high on comprehension tests
B.that reading is the key to school success
C.how to test your children’s reading ability
D.that automaticity is important for efficient reading
第1题:D
第2题:D
第3题:C
第4题:A
第5题:D
第1题:
【原文考查】主旨大意题
【选项释义】第一段告诉我们____。
A.孩子如何学习走路
B.一个网球运动员是如何学会打球的
C.运动员是如何学习比赛的
D.什么是自动性
【解题思路】根据第一段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. A great athlete practices until he can play quickly, accurately(准确的) , without thinking. Tennis players call that “being in the zone.” Educators call it “automaticity.”可知阅读是学校成功的关键，就像任何技能一样，它需要练习。一个孩子通过练习学会走路，直到他不再需要考虑如何把一只脚放在另一只脚的前面。一个伟大的运动员不停地练习，直到他能不加思索地打得又快又准。网球运动员称之为“处于状态”。教育工作者称之为“自动性”。通过举例告诉读者什么是自动性。故本题选D。
第2题:
【原文考查】事实细节题
【选项释义】当一个孩子开始阅读时，他是如何读的?
A.同时读出单词
B.他按词组阅读
C.把注意力集中在文章的意思上
D.多读几遍
【解题思路】根据第二段A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and decoding the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase.可知孩子通过读出字母和解码单词来学习阅读。经过练习，他越来越少出错，开始逐字逐句地阅读。可知开始阅读时，通过反复练习慢慢地学会阅读。故本题选D。
第3题:
【原文考查】事实细节题
【选项释义】最近在一些学校的一项研究表明，自动阅读者的快速度____。
A.耗费他很多的精力
B.影响他的理解力
C.使他在学校取得成功
D.不影响他的理解力
【解题思路】根据第三段“In a recent study of children in some schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found automatic readers in the first grade who were reading almost three times as fast as the other children and scoring twice as high on comprehension tests. At fifth grade, the automatic readers were reading twice as fast as the others, and still outscoring them on accuracy, comprehension and vocabulary.”可知一年级的自动阅读者的阅读速度几乎是其他孩子的三倍，在理解测试中的得分也是其他孩子的两倍。在五年级时，自动阅读者的阅读速度是其他学生的两倍，但在准确性、理解力和词汇量方面仍然超过他们。自动阅读者比别的学生更厉害。A选项未提及，B选项不够全面，D选项说法错误。故本题选C。
第4题:
【原文考查】事实细节题
【选项释义】一个聪明的孩子____。
A.成为一个自动阅读者也需要练习
B.总是在理解上取得巨大的成功
C.学会阅读后成为一个自动阅读者
D.是一个天生的自动阅读者
【解题思路】根据第四段According to Rossman, any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will in all likelihood reach automaticity. At home, where the average child spends 25 hours a week watching television, it can happen by turning off the set just one night in favor of reading.可知任何一个每周至少花3.5到4个小时阅读书籍、杂志或报纸的孩子都很可能达到自动性。在家里，孩子平均每周花25个小时看电视，只要关掉电视一晚，专心看书，就能做到这一点。所以成为自动阅读者是需要通过练习的。故本题选A。
第5题:
【原文考查】主旨大意题
【选项释义】这段话的主旨是____。
A.如何在理解测试中得高分
B.阅读是学校成功的关键
C.如何测试孩子的阅读能力
D.自动性对高效阅读很重要
【解题思路】全篇围绕自动阅读者展开，第一段介绍什么是自动性，第二段说明如何培养自动性，第三段通过研究说明自动阅读者的优势，第四段解释自动性的关键是花时间阅读，最后一段关于如何测试孩子是否是自动阅读者。故本题选D。
