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 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.

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

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

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

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

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


   The San Diego Zoo has been a lovely home for giant pandas since two of the black-and-white bears came to visit in 1987. This week there was snow in San Diego—well, at least for a lucky group of giant pandas.

   Over 15 tons of snow was blown into the San Diego Zoo's panda area on Tuesday morning to give the endangered bears a chance to play. They would experience the snow just like living in their natural habitat.

   The snow day was a first for Xiao Liwu whose name means "Little Gift." He was the sixth baby panda born to Bai Yun. Xiao Liwu was jumping on Mom, playing with her and getting used to being thrown in the snow by mama bear. Jennifer Becerra, San Diego Zoo keeper said, "He was really enjoying the snow and running around. I've never seen him so happy."

   All the San Diego Zoo’s giant pandas are from China, as part of a long-term captive breeding(人工养殖) program. Four of Xiao Liwu's brothers have already been moved from California to China.

Today there are 44 giant pandas living in zoos outside of China, where the bears' only natural home is. As just 1,600 pandas are thought to be left in the wild, researchers insist that captive breeding is an important way to study and protect the endangered pandas. Not only because of the habitat loss from human activities and low reproductive rates(繁殖率), giant pandas' survival is also affected by climate change. A study showed that global warming could kill much of the bears' main food, bamboo, over the next century.

1. Why was the snow blown into the San Diego Zoo's panda area?

    A. To stop the bamboos from dying.

    B. To give the pandas a chance to play.

    C. To help the pandas live in their natural habitat.

    D. To make Xiao Liwu happy.

2. What’s the relationship between Bai Yun and Xiao Liwu?

    A. Wife and husband.             B. Father and daughter.

    C. Sister and brother.           D. Mother and son.

3. What is NOT the factor that influences the giant pandas' number?

    A. The loss of habitat.         B. Low reproductive rates.  

    C. Human research.              D. Climate change.

4. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

   A. Giant pandas in San Diego Zoo    B. Giant pandas in danger

   C. Xiao Liwu’s happy time          D. How to protect giant pandas

5. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

  A. Captive breeding is the most useful way to protect giant pandas.

  B. More than 44 giant pandas live in zoos outside of China now.

  C. China is the only natural home of giant pandas.

  D. Xiao Liwu was afraid of being thrown in the snow by mama.


    Height is just one of the thousands of features your genes (基因) decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then most probably you will be tall, too. If you have questions about how tall you're going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.

   But genes don’t decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential (潜力). Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height.

No doubt you’re wondering how fast you should grow. It depends. There’s no perfect or right answer. Generally speaking, kids grow about two inches (six centimeters) a year between age three and the time when they start puberty.

   Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years. Two centimeters here and two inches there are not nearly as important as the height you' re at now, how you’ve been growing up to this point, and what other changes your body may be going through.

Don’t be nervous if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a growth spurt (高峰) during puberty. The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or later, between 7 and 13 for girls and 9 and 15 for boys.

You'll usually begin to notice that you’re growing faster about a year or so after your body starts to show the first changes of puberty.

1. If you want to know how tall you are going to grow,         .

  A. you should have enough exercise

  B. you can ask your doctor for help

  C. you should have a healthy diet

  D. you can record your growth during puberty

2. We can know from the passage         .

  A. how good it is to be a doctor         B. how much sleep time we need

  C. why genes can't decide everything     D. what is a healthy diet for children

3. The underlined word “puberty” means          in Chinese.

  A. 婴幼儿时期     B. 童年时期C. 习惯养成期     D. 生长发育期

4. Which is NOT mentioned in the passage?

  A. Genes decide whether children are clever or not.

  B. Girls' age for starting puberty is usually earlier than boys'.

  C. You may be nervous sometimes when you grow too fast.

  D. Your height most probably depends on how tall your parents are.

5. The main idea of the passage is about         .

  A. the time of children’s puberty

  B. the time at which girls grow the most

  C. the changes of boys’ height at different ages

  D. the factors(因素) that have effect on children’s height


阅读理解,阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

   Nowadays, many children spend hours a day looking at computer screens or other digital products. Some eye doctors say all the screen time has caused more children to have what they call computer vision syndrome (视力综合症).

Nathan Warford is an optometrist (配镜师) in the US. He says he has seen more children having eye problems.

  “More children come into my office because their parents have noticed that they have headaches or red eyes, or because their degree of short-sightedness appears to be increasing very fast and they’re worried,” he said.

   Dr. Warford says part of the problem is that even if their eyes start to feel uncomfortable or they start to get a headache, some children don’t tell their parents, because they don’t want their games or the computer to be taken away.

   Another part of the problem is that people blink (眨眼睛) less often when they look at the screen.A person who uses a computer or a digital product blinks about one third as much as we normally do in everyday life. If eyes can’t stay wet or are too tired, they will not be protected like normal.

1. Which of the following isn’t caused by too much screen time?

  A. Having headaches.          B. Having wet eyes.

  C. Having red eyes.           D. Having tired eyes.

2. Some children don’t tell their parents when their eyes start to feel uncomfortable

because         .

  A. they think it is not serious

  B. they want to go to hospital themselves

  C. they don’t want their parents to worry

  D. they want to continue playing computer games

3. People blink          as they normally do when they use computers.

  A. one third as much      B. two thirds as much

  C. half as much           D. one fourth as much

4. From the passage, we can learn that         .

  A. tears can’t protect eyes

  B. less screen time is good for eyes

  C. children should blink as much as possible

  D. an optometrist can’t help children with their eye problems at all

5. What is the passage mainly about?

  A. People who often get headaches.

  B. Some information about the latest digital products.

  C. Dr. Warford’s experience of working out eye problems.

  D. Eye problems in children caused by using digital products.

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