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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

Answer 1