When kids are young, we make them read aloud, before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they “understand” all the words they are reading. This means that when they don’t know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone. They may lose face in public. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously (冒险地).

One day soon after school had begun, I said to them, “Now I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not going to ask you questions to find out if you understand the books. If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, that’s enough. Also I’m not going to ask you what words mean.”

The children sat amazed and silent. Was this a teacher talking? One girl, who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me for a long time after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, “Mr Holt, do you really mean that?” I said just as seriously, “I mean every word of it.” During the spring she really surprised me. One day, she was reading Moby Dick 《白鲸》 at her desk. I said, “Don’t you find parts of it rather heavy going?” She answered, “Oh, sure, but I just skip over (略过) those parts and go on to the next good part.”

This is what reading should be, an exciting, joyous adventure. Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, go on to something else.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

1.According to the passage, the writer wants his students to .

A. read aloud in front of others

B. make no mistakes while reading

C. throw themselves into the adventure

D. enjoy the pleasure of reading

2.The underline word “rid” in Paragraph 1 means .

A. 消除 B. 唤起 C. 思考 D. 适应

3.At first, the children felt when hearing the teacher’s talk.

A. serious B. difficult C. unbelievable D. dangerous

4.From the teacher’s point of view, .

A. children cannot tell good parts from bad parts while reading

B. children should be left to decide what to read and how to read

C. reading is never a pleasant and exciting experience in school

D. reading means understanding every little piece of information

5.We probably read the passage in a(n) .

A. education magazine B. science magazine

C. art magazine D. music magazine

1.他于1985年出生在江苏省中部地区,他是在长江边长大的。

Born in 1985_________________ Jiangsu, he ________________ the Changjiang River.

2.他喜欢湍急的流水声和飒飒的风声,因为对他来说,最美妙的音乐来自于大自然。

He _____________________________ because, to him, the best music comes from nature.

3.作为一位作曲家,也许他最为人熟知的是为电影《卧虎藏龙》作曲而赢得奥斯卡奖。

As a composer, perhaps, he __________________________ in the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

4.通过控制水流的速度,谭盾从中创造出50多种声音。

Tan Dun _____________________________________________________ the speed of water flow.

5.我所有的老师同学都赞扬我为学校艺术节所做的设计。

All my teachers and classmates __________________________________________________________.

6.他用这件特殊的乐器创作出了一段令人惊叹的曲子。

He _______________________________________________________ the special instrument.

7.在2008年北京奥运会上,每当给获胜者颁发奖牌时,颁奖音乐就会响起。

Each time ________________ at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the award music was played.

8.因为当时他没有任何乐器,他就用一些普通的东西,比如石头,纸什么的来创作音乐。

_____________________ then, he ___________________________________like stones and paper.

9.因为喜欢天籁之音,谭盾多次将其运用于他的音乐中。

_________________________, Tan Dun _______________________________ in his works.

10.我的音乐是梦想无边。My music _____________________________.

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