If you look for a book as a present for a child. You will be spoiled for choice

If you look for a book as a present for achild. You will be spoiled for choice even in a year there is no new HarryPatten J.K Rowling’s wizard is not alone the past decade has been a harvest forgood children’s books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and anincreased sales of classics such as The lard of the Rings.

Yet despite that, reading is increasinglyunpopular among children. According to statistics in 1997 23% said they didn’tlike reading in all. In 2003, 35% did. And around 6% of children leave primaryschool each year unable to read properly.

Maybe the decline is caused by theincreasing availability of computes games. Maybe the books boom has affectedonly the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Cordon Brown plansto change things for the bottom of the class .In his pre-budget report , heannounced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the childrenstruggling most.

Reading Recovery is wined at six year olds,who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a speciallytrained teacher. An evaluation either this year reported that children on theschool made 20 months’ progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readerswithout special help made just five months’ progress, and so ended the yeareven further below the level expected for their age.

International research tends to find thatwhen British children leave primacy school they read well, but read text often forfun than those elsewhere .Reading for fun matters because children who are beenon reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellentindicator of future educational success . According to the OECD, being aregular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage.

1.Which of the following is true ofParagraph 1?

A．Marry children’s books have been adapted fromfilms.

B．Marry high-quality children’s books have beenpublished.

C．The sales of classics have led to the popularityof films.

D．The sales of presents for children haveincreased.

2.Statistics suggested that           .

A．the number of top students increased with theuse of computers

B．a decreasing number of  children showedinterest in reading

C．a minority of primacy school children readproperly

D．a huge percentage of children read regularly

3.What do we know about Reading Recovery?

A．An evaluation of it will be made sometime thisyear.

B．Weak readers on the project were the mosthardworking.

C．It aims to train special teachers to helpchildren with reading.

D．Children on the project showed noticeableprogress in reading.

4.Reading for fun is important becausebook-loving children _________.

A．take greater advantage of the project

B．show the potential to enjoy a long life

C．are likely to succeed in their education.

D．would make excellent future researchers

5.The arm of this text would probably be_________.

A．to overcome primary school pupils readingdifficulty.

B．to encourage the publication of more children’sbooks

C．to remind children of the importance of readingfor fun

D．to introduce a way to improve early childrenreading

试题答案

【答案】

1.B  这是一道推断题。根据第一段“...the past decade has been aharvest for good children’s books,which has set off alarge quantity of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics such asThe lord of the Rings.”可知这一年内还是有很多好的儿童书籍出版。

2.B  这是一道推断题。根据第二段“Yet despite that,reading isincreasingly unpopular among children.”可知虽然(有很多好书出版),但是阅读在孩子们中间越来越不流行,也就是对阅读感兴趣的孩子越来越少。

3.D  这是一道推断题。根据第四段“An evaluation earlier this yearreported that children on the scheme made 20 months’ progress in just oneyear,whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress”可知参加读书恢复计划的孩子一年内取得了20个月的进步,而没有得到帮助的孩子只取得了5个月的。可以推断出参加计划的孩子阅读水平有明显提高。

4.C  这是一道推断题。根据最后一段“Reading for fun matters becausechildren who are keen on reading can expect lifelong pleasure and loving booksis an excellent indicator of future educational success.”可知以读书作为乐趣的孩子会对读书产生一生的爱好,爱好读书是教育成功的绝好指导者。可以推断出以读书为乐趣的孩子在教育上更容易成功。

5.D  这是一道主旨题。本文介绍了目前孩子读书兴趣降低的现状,并给出了两种提供孩子阅读能力的尝试,一个是读书恢复计划指导孩子多读书,另一个是引导孩子为了兴趣读书,目的是介绍提高孩子阅读水平的方法。