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.

1.Children with “automaticity” can read faster because they don’t have to think about ________.

A.how to read the words                   B.the meaning of the words

C.reading by themselves                   D.the meaning of the text

2.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

3.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

4.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

 

 

Nick Vujicic was born, without arms and legs, in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Nick faced all kinds of problems and troubles in his life. But he never gives up. Now Nick has his own speaking company: Attitude Is Attitude. And he has traveled around the world to give speeches. He shares with his audience the importance of vision and dreaming big. He says attitude (态度) is the most powerful tool in the life and failure (失败) is just a learning experience.

Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, is only 28. In only 8 years, Zuck turned his small website into a world famous network. Zuck once wrote to his workmates, "We don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services"

Jeremy Lin's excellent performances in basketball courts attracted the eyes of both Americans and Chinese this year. Then what has led this young man to such a success? The following may help us understand it.

Believe in yourself;

Catch the chance when it comes up;

Find the system that works for your style;

People will love you for being yourself;

Stay humble (谦逊).

1.Attitude Is Attitude is _______.

A.the title of Nick's speech                  B.Nick's company

C.an international organization               D.a machine that can speak

2.Which of the following about Nick is wrong?

A.Nick had no arms or legs when he was born

B.He says people can learn from their failures

C.He tells his audience to dream big and have vision

D.He has never traveled around the world so far

3.Facebook is _______.

A.a world-wide network                    B.Zuck's workmate    C.a popular book  D.Zuck's boss

4.From what Zuck wrote, We can learn  _______.

A.Facebook doesn't build services

B.Facebook doesn't make money

C.offering better services is more important than making money

D.building services doesn't make money

5.From Jeremy Lin's success, we can find _______.

A.one must have self-confidence             B.catching the chance is the most important

C.one should try his best to follow others       D.one must keep the rules all the time

 

根据短文内容.回答下列问题。

More and more young people from China begin to celebrate ( 庆祝 ) Father' s Day. They send fathers presents, or invite them for a nice dinner. But do you know how Father’s Day started?

      While Mrs Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mother' s Day in a church in 1909, she had an idea of having Father's Day to honor(纪念) her father, William Smart. Mr Smart used to be a soldier. His wife died when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mr Smart had to raise his six children alone. They lived a hard life. After Mrs Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them. She wrote a letter to a church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Father’ s Day. The church agreed with her.

     The first Father' s Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washington. Children made special desserts, and did other things to make their fathers happy. In 1924, President(总统) Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father' s Day. People all over the country began to celebrate Father's Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made the third Sunday in June Father’s Day.

     This year, Father's Day was on June 17th. What did you do for your father?

1.What do the young people usually do to celebrate Father’ s Day in China?

                                                              

2.Was Mrs Dodd' s life hard when she was young?

                                                             

3.Why did Mrs Dodd warn to have Father' s Day?

                                                             

4.Did Mrs Dodd write a letter to a church or to the president?

                                                             

5.When was Father's Day celebrated for the first time in America?

                                                             

 

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