Question

First lady Laura Bush announced that she plans to focus America’s attention on making sure that all young children are ready to read and learn when they start school and on recruiting the best and brightest to the detaching profession. She will also highlight the need for more Americans to become teachers. And she will encourage everyone, from young adults to retirees, to bring their talents, energy and enthusiasm to classrooms throughout the nation. Learning to read starts long before a child starts school, and reading skills help make children good students. Reading skills make all other skills possible, she noted.

In 1989, doctors at Boston City Hospital created a programme known as Reach Out and Read（ROR）. In ROR clinics, doctors actually ‘prescribe” that parents read to their children. Volunteers in waiting rooms show parents creative ways to read to their children, and every child leaves with a new book. In 1997, Mrs. Bush helped start a ROR programme in her home state of Texas. With her support, more than 60 ROR l=clinic sites have opened in Texas. As the nation’s First Lady, she is committed to supporting ROR in communities across the country.

Finally ,Mrs Bush will encourage others to pursue teaching as a career. “As a former public school teacher and librarian, I have tremendous respect for people who teach,” she said. “Teaching is challenging, sometimes thankless, but incredibly rewarding. We need many more dedicated Americans to teach our children how to learn so that they may ultimately lead successful lives.” She will encourage America’s best and brightest college students, professionals, and military retirees to bring their talents and experiences to classrooms across the nation, especially in inner-city schools where the need is greatest.

 

63. First Lady Laura Bush will do something______.

A. to force all young children to read before they start school

B. to prepare all young children to read when they start school

C. to encourage all people to learn to read like children

D. to persuade all people to work as teachers in classroom

64. Which one of the following is TRUE about the programme known as Reach Out and Read?

A. Volunteers in the waiting rooms read to the children.

B. Doctors at Boston City Hospital created new ways to read to the students.

C. Anyone can get a new gook from the programme

D. First Lady tries her best to stand behinds the programme.

65. From this passage we can infer that Laura Bush used to be _______.

A. a lawyer   B. a white collar   C. a school teacher    D. an official.

66. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. First Lady Laura Bush is famous in the world.

B. First Lady Laura Bush cares about reading skills of children .

C. Reach Out and Read is important in the USA.

D. Teachers are always respected in the USA

Answer 1

BDCB