Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking. Educators call it “automaticity (自动性)”.
A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase (短语). With automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.
It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.
According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount (数量) of time a child spends reading, not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity. It can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.
You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable (适合) for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probably are an automatic reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more practice.
【小题1】“Reading is the key to school success” means that reading            .

A.helps school develop faster
B.is a key to a successful school
C.helps students go to a key school
D.can improve students’ learning results
【小题2】Children with “automaticity” can read faster because they            .
A.know how to read the words
B.do not have to think while reading
C.read by themselves without any help
D.pay attention to the meaning of the text
【小题3】Rossman tells that any child who             will possibly be an automatic reader.
A.turns off TV one night 4 weeks
B.reads books by the word quickly
C.spends an hour reading every day
D.gets the same grades as others in exams
【小题4】The underlined word “stumble” in the passage means “          ” in Chinese.
A.结结巴巴地读B.全神贯注地读
C.心不在焉地读D.声情并茂地读
【小题5】The best title for the passage is “          ”.
A.IQ Is the Key to the Automaticity
B.TV Is Bad for Children’s Reading
C.Automaticity Depends on Practice
D.Automatic Reads Will Be Successful

Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight, "You need fortune(运气)," his father said. "But      you work hard, no fortune will come."

    What made him       was that his piano teacher in Beijing didn't like him. "You have no talent(天赋).You will never be a pianist." As an eight-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly       . He decided that he didn't want to be a pianist any more. For the next two weeks, he didn't touch the piano. Wisely(明智的)his father didn't      ,but wait.

    Luckily the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn't want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he        he could show other people that he had ability to do it well. That day he told his father that he wanted to      with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.

    He started         competitions. In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition when it was announced that Lang Lang had won, he was too        to hold back his tears. Soon it was clear that he couldn't stay in China forever-he had to play on the world's big stages. In 1997 Lang Lang       again, this time to Philadelphia, US. There he spent two years practicing and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over.After his      performance at Chicago's Raviniu Festival, gigs(演奏会)in Lincoln Center and Camegie Hall started pouring in. Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(找到)him, and lets him shine.

1.A. if         B.unless          C. when         D.since

2.A. energetic   B.happy          C. lucky         D.sad

3.A.hurt       B. ill             C. broken        D.scared

4.A.hear       B. push           C. eat           D.sleep

5.A.realized    B. explained       C.forgot         D.noticed

6.A. argur      B.dance          C. study         D.interview

7.A. winning   B. beating         C. watching      D.refusing

8.A. annoyed   B.mad            C. tired         D.excited

9.A.started     B. left            C. moved        D.performed

10.A.helpful    B.meaningful      C. successful     D.useful

 

With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet tall, the      building in the US.

As he got to the last step, McCarthy      fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he      cheers from many people.

“I just want to show people that      a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.

McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong     . He believes having a disability shouldn’t stop anyone     achieving his or her success.

He has been in a special school      he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was moved by his determination(决心) and offered      train him. They      more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “     seems that he never knows how difficult it is.      I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,” said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more      .”

Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I  found when climbing the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the      sportsman I’ve ever trained.”

McCarthy said he was       of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll  point(指着) to the building and      ‘Look at this building I climbed’,”

1.A. largest                 B. highest                   C. earliest                            D. latest

2.A. seldom                         B. hardly                        C. always                         D. almost

3.A. enjoyed                       B. needed                      C. made                           D. kept

4.A. while                            B. after                           C. if                               D. though

5.A. mind                            B. legs                             C. body                                  D. love

6.A. by                        B. for                                    C. in                                      D. from

7.A. as                        B. since                          C. until                             D. before

8.A. help               B. to help                        C. helping                    D. helped

9.A. used                             B. spent                          C. took                             D. wasted

10.A. Here                          B. There                         C. He                                      D. It

11.A. However                    B. Sometimes                      C. Again                          D. Then

12.A. friends                        B. helpers                  C. time                            D. exercise

13.A. strong                        B. stronger                     C. strongest                  D. strongly

14.A. excited                      B. curious                   C. worried                   D. proud

15.A. say                   B. speak                     C. talk                                   D. tell

 

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