Question

Reading to dogs is an unusual way to help children im prove their literacy skills (讀寫能力). With their shining brown eyes, wagging tails, and unconditional love, dogs can provide the nonjudgmental listeners needed for a beginning reader to gain confidence (自信心), according to Intermoun tain Therapy Animals (ITA) in Salt Lake City. The group says it is the first program in the country to use dogs to help develop literacy in children, with the introduction of Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ).

    The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea.“Literacy specialists admit that children who read below the level of their fellow pupils are often afraid of reading aloud in a group, often have lower self-respect, and regard reading as a headache,” said Lisa Myron, manager of the children’s department.

    Last November the two groups started “Dog Day Afternoon” in the children’s department of the main library. About25 children attended each of the four Saturday-afternoon classes, reading for half an hour. Those who attended three of the four classes received a “pawgraphed” book at the last class.

    The program was so successful that the library plans to repeat it in April, according to Dana Thumpowsky, public relations manager.

1.What is mainly discussed in the text?

A．Children’s reading difficulties.

B．Advantages of raising dogs.

C．Service in a public library.

D．A special reading program.

2.Specialists use dogs to listen to children reading because they think _____.

A．dogs are young children’s best friends

B．children can play with dogs while reading

C．dogs can provide encouragement for shy children

D．children and dogs understand each other

3.By saying “The Salt Lake City Public Li brary is sold on the idea”, the writer means the library ______.

A．uses dogs to attract children

B．accepts the idea put forward by ITA

C．has opened a children’s department

D．has decided to train some dogs

4.A “pawgraphed” book is most probably ______.

A．a book used in Saturday classes

B．a book written by the children

C．a prize for the children

D．a gift from parents

 

Answer 1

答案：1D2C3B4C
解析：

1.文章首段說明，對著狗閱讀是一種極不尋常的幫助孩子培養讀寫能力的方法；第2段說明，鹽湖城圖書館認可并接受了這一方法；第3、4段則以實例證明，這一方案非常成功。由此可以看出，整篇文章是圍繞“對著狗閱讀”這一項目展開的，所以D為該題正確選項。 比較四個選項，可以看出，前三項均在文中有所涉及：A項：children確實有reading difficulties(第2段中介紹較多；但此為助讀項目的“前因”，不是本文的中心)；B項：本文所講的可以算是raising dogs的一項advantage(但文中涉及僅為其一，不應該是選項中的復數概念)； C項：這是由the Salt Lake City Library新近推出的服務項目(但沒有提到是誰的研究成果，顯然不夠周全公道)。 2.第1段中有...dogs can provide the nonjudgmental listeners(此處幽默隱喻道破以狗“助讀”的原理)needed for a beginnig reader to gain confidenee；第2段中又有關于這類讀寫困難兒童的特征，也提到“often have lower self-respect”。兩處綜合，再結合常識，可以判斷出利用小狗來助讀的原因在于這樣做能夠提高孩子們的自信心，也就是provide encouragement for slly children，C項與此相符。 3.本句出現在第2段開頭，其中所說的idea即指上文中由ITA推出的READ項目，下文則有該圖書館兒童部負責人對此idea表示贊同的一番評論，四個選項中，只有B項提及對于the idea的態度，應為正確答案。答過題后，如果到詞典里查找一下這條短語的解釋，也可證明以上理解和推斷是正確的：“seIl someone on an idea”的意思是persuade someone that the idea is a good one and likely to be successful。 本題問及語句...is sold on the idea所在的第2段結尾處關于Lisa Myron的身份(manager of the children’s department)的交待會給C項(has opened a children’s department)誤選者造成較大干擾。 4.根據上下文可以推斷，“pawgraphed”book是由完成了大部分該項課程(who attended three of the four classes)的孩子在last class時會收到的一本書，也就是由組織者發放的一件“prize”。