What do you usually do in your free time? Play sports? Watch TV? How about reading books? You must know the Chinese saying: "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles” Books are important in our life. Reading books is good for us. It can help us know and understand the world better. It can help us get a lot of knowledge(知识). It brings us a new and different world that we have never been before. Almost all the great men like reading, like Chairman Mao and Madame Curie.

In a word, books are treasure(财宝) and we must love them. But before you read, remember to choose a good one. Ask your parents or teachers about what books to read. Be sure you are interested in them. There are many different kinds of books: I like biography(传记) because I can learn something from the characters.

What about you? Young friends, please love books and read them, They are very helpful to you.

1.Which of the following is TRUE?.

2.What does the underlined part "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles." mean in Chinese?

3.Reading books can help people_________.

4.What kind of books does the writer like?

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

Children who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of becoming better readers than those who don’t. With the help from their parents, children can learn techniques to improve their reading skills.

“A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading to them,” Donna George said. “They are sadly mistaken.”

George offers her services to parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable thing parents can do. “It is better for children to hear things at a higher level than where they are,” George said. “Parents are their child’s first teacher.” Parents help their children build listening, phonics, comprehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.

     Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy

—television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Joines said while her 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son enjoy reading, the television sometimes becomes a distraction. So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series.

     Parents who do not read themselves should not count on their children being interested in it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in school. It is the parents’ job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.

【小题 1】According to George, reading aloud to children_______________.

  A. helps them correct mistakes

  B. is helpful to their reading

  C. is parents’ first duty to their children

  D. can get children out of television’s attraction

【小题2 】The underlined word (in Paragraph 4 ) means something that_________

  A. can improve children’s reading

  B. can help children’s right way of reading

 C. can make children interested in reading

 D. can make children not attentive

【小题3 】Which of the following is important according to the fourth paragraph?

  A. Reading skills.                       B. Reading speed.

  C. Reading materials.                 D. Reading environment.

【小题 4】If the passage is not completed, which of the following can follow the fifth

paragraph?

  A. Parents choose reading materials for their children.

  B. Advice is given to control their children.

  C. What TV programs children can watch during reading.

  D. How children improve their reading by themselves.

【小题 5】 Which one would be the best title for the passage?

  A. Children Spend More Time Reading with Parents.

  B. Parents Are Their Child's First Teacher.

  C. How Parents Make Their Child a Better Reader.

  D. How to Improve Children's Reading Ability.

阅读下面对话，从方框内七个选项中选择五个适当的句子完成此对话。

A. I plan to watch TV.

B. It’s a good way to save money.

C. What kind of books are you going to buy?

D. What are you going to do?

E. I like stories that are moving（感人的）.

F. It’s really famous and moving.

G. It’s quite boring.

A: Hi, Kathy! Do you have a plan for this weekend? 

B: Not yet.  1.

A: I’m going to the bookstore. Would you like to go with me?

B: Sure. 2.

A: Well, I want to buy some story books.

B: That’s great. What kind of stories do you like?

A:    3.What about you?

B: Me, too. My favorite book is The Old Man and the Sea.

A: I know that book.  4.

B: You are right. Have you read any books by young writers born in the 1980s?

A: Of course, and I like reading their works on the Internet.

B: Haha!    5.

A: That’s right.

阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当Li Meng is studying in a middle

A. I plan to watch TV.

B. It’s a good way to save money.

C. What kind of books are you going to buy?

D. What are you going to do?

E. I like stories that are moving（感人的）.

F. It’s really famous and moving.

G. It’s quite boring.

A: Hi, Kathy! Do you have a plan for this weekend??

B: Not yet. ?? 1.?

A: I’m going to the bookstore. Would you like to go with me?

B: Sure. ?? 2.??

A: Well, I want to buy some story books.

B: That’s great. What kind of stories do you like?

A: ?? 3.?? What about you?

B: Me, too. My favorite book is The Old Man and the Sea.

A: I know that book. ?? 4.??

B: You are right. Have you read any books by young writers born in the 1980s?

A: Of course, and I like reading their works on the Internet.

B: Haha! ?? 5.?

A: That’s right.

Children who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of becoming better readers than those who don’t. With the help from their parents, children can learn techniques to improve their reading skills.
“A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading to them,” Donna George said. “They are sadly mistaken.”
George offers her services to parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable thing parents can do. “It is better for children to hear things at a higher level than where they are,” George said. “Parents are their child’s first teacher.” Parents help their children build listening, phonics, comprehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.
Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy
—television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Joines said while her 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son enjoy reading, the television sometimes becomes a distraction. So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series.
Parents who do not read themselves should not count on their children being interested in it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in school. It is the parents’ job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.
【小题1】According to George, reading aloud to children_______________.