Question

If you look for a book as a present for a child. You will be spoiled for choice even in a year when there is no new Harry Patten J.K Rowling’s wizard is not alone: the past decade has been a harvest for good children’s books , which has set off a large quantity of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics such as The Lord of the Rings.

Yet despite that, reading is increasingly unpopular among children .According to statistics, in 1997 23% said they didn’t like reading at all . In 2003, 35% did . And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.

Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computer games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile . Either way , Chancellor Cordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class .In his pre-budget report , he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.

Reading Recovery is aimed at six-year-olds ,who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher . An evaluation earlier this year reported that children on the scheme made 20 months’ progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress ,and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.

International research tends to find that when British children leave primary school they read well ,but read less often for fun than those elsewhere .Reading for fun matters because children who are keen on reading can expect lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success . According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage.

Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1?

A. Many children’s books have been adapted from films.

B. Many high-quality children’s books have been published .

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

D. The sales of presents for children have increased.

Statistics suggested that _______.

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

B. a decreasing number of  children showed interest in reading

C. a minority of primacy school children read properly

D. a large percentage of children read regularly

What do we know about Reading Recovery?

A. An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year.

B. Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking.

C. It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.

D. Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading.

Reading for fun is important because book-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

The aim of this text would probably be _________.

A. to overcome primary school pupils reading difficulty.

B. to encourage the publication of more children’s books

C. to remind children of the importance of reading for fun

D. to introduce a way to improve early childhood reading

Answer 1

【小題1】B

【小題2】B

【小題3】D

【小題4】C

【小題5】D

解析:

【小題1】這是一道推斷題。根據第一段“...the past decade has been a harvest for good children’s books, which has set off a large quantity of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics such as The lord of the Rings.”可知這一年內還是有很多好的兒童書籍出版。

【小題2】這是一道推斷題。根據第二段“Yet despite that,reading is increasingly unpopular among children.”可知雖然(有很多好書出版),但是閱讀在孩子們中間越來越不流行,也就是對閱讀感興趣的孩子越來越少。

【小題3】這是一道推斷題。根據第四段“An evaluation earlier this year reported that children on the scheme made 20 months’ progress in just one year,whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress”可知參加讀書恢復計劃的孩子一年內取得了20個月的進步,而沒有得到幫助的孩子只取得了5個月的。可以推斷出參加計劃的孩子閱讀水平有明顯提高。

【小題4】這是一道推斷題。根據最后一段“Reading for fun matters because children who are keen on reading can expect lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success.”可知以讀書作為樂趣的孩子會對讀書產生一生的愛好,愛好讀書是教育成功的絕好指導者。可以推斷出以讀書為樂趣的孩子在教育上更容易成功。

【小題5】這是一道主旨題。本文介紹了目前孩子讀書興趣降低的現狀,并給出了兩種提供孩子閱讀能力的嘗試,一個是讀書恢復計劃指導孩子多讀書,另一個是引導孩子為了興趣讀書,目的是介紹提高孩子閱讀水平的方法。