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 (教育家) call it "automaticity (自动性)”．
A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With more and more practice, he stumbles less and less. As a result, he can read by the phrases and soon by sentences. With automaticity, he doesn't have to think about the meaning of words, so that 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 of time a child spends reading, not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 t0 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.
| 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 |
| A．know how to read the words |
| B．pay attention to the meaning of the text instead of the words |
| C．read by themselves without any help |
| D．do not have to think while reading |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| A．IQ is the Key- to the Automaticity |
| B．TV is Bad for Children's Reading |
| C．Automaticity Needs a Lot of Practice |
| D．Automatic Readers Must Be Successful |
We all need to exercise. Doctors say it is good for us. It makes your heart and body strong. Children who often exercise are more alert (灵活). This means( 意思是) they do better in tests and schoolwork than those who don’t exercise.
There are many ways to exercise. You can walk, run, swim, skate, or play ball games. Make sure you exercise in the following ways. You have to like what you’re doing. Exercise enough---but not too much. It’s best to exercise twice a week. Thirty minutes each time is enough. Try all kinds of things until you find one, two or even three sports that feel right for you.
You can exercise at fitness centers. There are a lot of equipment (设备) there. The equipment will help you to exercise your arms, legs, and other parts of your body to make you fit. Some people buy equipment. But it is very expensive.
Exercising can be fun. Friends can exercise together at a fitness center or they can play sports together. How do you exercise?
| A．drink | B．sleep |
| C．exercise | D．work |
| A．running | B．skating |
| C．swimming | D．studies |
| A．Fishing. | B．Running. |
| C．Swimming. | D．Walking. |
| A．商务中心 | B．健身中心 |
| C．购物中心 | D．医疗中心 |
| A．it makes your heart and body strong |
| B．it makes you study better |
| C．people can buy equipment for their home |
| D．friends can play sports together |
Tim liked travelling. He was studying in a primary school. Last week he went on a school trip with his teachers and classmates.
They spent one hour on the bus and finally got to the hill. They found many kinds of flowers on the hill. They were very beautiful. Many bees and butterflies were flying from one flower to another. Tim and his friends tried to catch some butterflies, but they failed to do so.
After they got to the top of the hill, they took out the food with them. Tim had lunch with his friends. Then they began to play games on the hill.
Now it was time for them to go home. They were a little tired, but they were very happy.
| A．Boating. | B．Driving. |
| C．Travelling. | D．Walking. |
| A．half an hour | B．an hour |
| C．two hours | D．a day |
| A．bees | B．birds | C．planes | D．swans |
| A．breakfast | B．lunch |
| C．supper | D．dinner |
| A．Sad. | B．Sorry. |
| C．Boring. | D．Happy. |
Mr. Perkin didn’t like to be different from others. He always tried to wear the same clothes, eat the same food, and do the same things after work as others.
One day Mr. Perkin noticed (注意到) that many new cars were new Beta 400s and most of them were yellow. The next week, Mr. Perkin bought a new yellow Beta 400. He was very pleased with it, and drove to work the next day. He was more pleased, when he saw all the other Beta 400s, in front, behind, and on both sides of him.
Mr. Perkin parked (停放) his car near his office. But when he came back at five o’clock, there were so many yellow Beta 400s that he didn’t know which car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people gave him a strange (奇怪的) look, so he stopped. Poor Mr. Perkin had to wait nearly two hours until (直到) there was only one yellow Beta 400 left.
| A．clothes | B．car |
| C．sports | D．Book |
| A．Mr. Perkin hated his car to be the same as others |
| B．Mr. Perkin liked his car to be the same as others |
| C．Mr. Perkin wanted his car to be different from others |
| D．Mr. Perkin liked driving a car |
| A．angry | B．tired |
| C．surprised | D．pleased |
| A．because he wanted to find his car in this way |
| B．because he wanted to steal (偷) a car like his |
| C．because he wanted to make jokes (开玩笑) with others |
| D．because he had got a wrong key |
| A．6:00 pm | B．7:00 pm |
| C．8:00 pm | D．9:00 pm |
Linda has been a vegetarian for years. She stopped eating meat because of how she felt. As she told her doctor, she always felt tired. Her doctor looked her over and told her to eat less meat. She bought a vegetarian cookbook and decided to "go all the way". She still eats eggs and cheese sometimes; now, however, most of her food is vegetables, fruits, and grains (谷类). Linda became a vegetarian to improve her health.
Nancy is an animal lover. Nancy grew up on a farm where there were cows and chickens. As she grew older, she started to eat less meat One day she realized that she had stopped eating meat. She thinks it is not right to kill animals for food.
When Mark was a student, he had a careful plan of how to spend money. The little money that he had for food, he spent on rice, cheap vegetables. He learned to be a very good cook. Now Mark is a successful engineer, but he still eats simple foods, and no meat.
Roy is an environmentalist He knows that the population is increasing faster and faster, but the land for growing food is not increasing at all. He knows that it takes sixteen kilos (克) of grain to make one kilo of meat; he thinks about the fifteen kilos of grain that are wasted if he eats meat "Somewhere, " he says, "someone hasn't got enough to eat and is dying. How can I enjoy a thick steak (牛排)?" Mark's ideas about what is right and wrong make him a vegetarian
A .her doctor asked her to do so
B. she was badly ill
C she enjoyed eating vegetables
D. she wanted to be healthier.
| A．Mark became a vegetarian when he was a student. |
| B．We aren't sure when Roy became a vegetarian. |
| C．Nancy became a vegetarian when she was old. |
| D．Roy doesn't like steak at all |
| A．people choose to be vegetarians for different reasons |
| B．people become vegetarians because they don't like meat |
| C．meat is not good for one's health |
| D．we had better become vegetarians |
Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) was born in Stockholm on August 29th and died on the same day. She was one of the most successful women of her time.
In 1934, while she was still in school, she played in her first film The Count of Mount’s Bridge. Four films followed, and people were surprised at how well young Ingrid Bergman played. Then she played in Casablanca, and this film won three Oscars. In another film called Murder on the Orient Express, she played for only four and a half minutes, but she was given one hundred thousand dollars! She won her third Oscar for this film.
Now, Ingrid Bergman has died, but she will always be remembered. She once said, “I’ve been very lucky. I should thank everyone. I never have to be hungry. I always have good parts to play. Everyone is kind to me. Everyone has helped me. So I’m very happy.”
| A．Country | B．Woman | C．Child | D．Film |
| A．The Count of Mount’s Bridge |
| B．Murder on the Orient Express |
| C．Casablanca |
| D．Four And a Half Minutes |
| A．She was a woman. |
| B．She was born in Stockholm |
| C．Everyone had helped her |
| D．Everyone gave her a lot of money |
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