Question

Helping your children to read and write at home will improve their skills and confidence—it will also make them get ready for learning in the classroom environment.
　    　 are needed by every child in every subject in every year of their life in or outside school. Students who improve their reading and writing skills will increase their vocabulary and their ability（能力）to use the English language correctly. As parents, you can play an important role in improving your children’s literacy（讀寫(xiě)能力）. You can make a difference by listening, asking questions, giving information, and reading with your children outside school hours.
Here are 8 tips on how to help your children to read and write:
having everyday conversations with your children
trying to ask more “wh-” questions instead of easy “yes” or “no” questions
encouraging your children to talk about events you don’t know
reading to your children each night
listening to your children read
teaching your children how to use dictionaries
talking about your children’s writings
practicing filling in forms, writing letters, sending cards or emails
You can also encourage your children to join the Reading Challenge Club and discuss the books they are reading together. In the club, children must read 15 books from the Challenge book list and 5 more books chosen by themselves. There are over 1,000 books on the list. The reading must be done in one year. What’s more, it is a wonderful way to help your children to write. For example, you can encourage them to write diaries or book reviews. Remember to make positive comments as much as possible.
小題1: This passage is mainly written for __________.

A．children

B．teachers

C．parents

D．doctors

小題2: __________ is the best for the missing part in Paragraph 2.

A．“Listening and speaking skills”	B．“Reading and writing skills”
C．“Listening and writing skills”	D．“Reading and listening skills”

小題3: __________ is NOT mentioned in the 8 tips above.

A．“Listening to the radio every day ”	B．“Listening to your children read”
C．“Reading to your children each night”	D．“Talking about your children’s writings”

小題4: In the Reading Challenge Club, children have to read __________ in one year.

A．5 books

B．10 books

C．15 books

D．20 books

小題5: Parents can help children to write by encouraging them to__________.

A．draw pictures or take photos	B．listen to pop music
C．write diaries or book reviews	D．play computer games

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:D
小題1:C

文章講的是如何幫助孩子提高讀和寫(xiě)作技能。
1. C 從Helping your children to read and write at home will improve their skills and confidence可知其對(duì)象是父母，故選C。
2. B 此題要聯(lián)系上下文來(lái)考慮。文章講的都是搞高讀和寫(xiě)作技能，故選B。
3. A 定位到8個(gè)建議，B是第5條，C是第4條D是第7條，故A沒(méi)提到，選A。
4. D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)下文In the club, children must read 15 books from the Challenge book list and 5 more books chosen by themselves可知讀至少20本書(shū)，選D。
5. C 答案來(lái)自最后一段倒數(shù)第二句：For example, you can encourage them to write diaries or book reviews，可知是寫(xiě)日記，故選C。