Do you know reading to your children has a whole range of benefits that will give them a flying start in life?
Firstly, it’s a great introduction to vocabulary. Seeing an adult sounding out the words and linking them to the shapes on the page begins to build up vocabulary that they will use for the rest of their life.
Then there are a variety of good effects of hearing stories which improve their minds and develop social awareness and skills. At a time when they are perhaps stuck indoors more than ever before, reading is the best way to motivate children’s imagination. They can travel to the moon, meet the Gruffalo and pop into a chocolate factory all before they’ve even had lunch!
There’s no better way to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes than reading their stories and seeing things from another’s point of view is a great way to build empathy (共鸣), tolerance and other qualities needed. There are some fantastic children’s books which show characters acting as strong role models. These stories can encourage future leaders and thinkers, so every child can feel they can achieve their dreams, from the Little Leaders series to Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.
Now is the perfect time to build up a library of excellent reads ready for children to enjoy now and in the future.
1. Who is the text mainly written for?A.Writers. | B.Kids. | C.Researchers. | D.Parents. |
A.Sell. | B.Improve. | C.Visit. | D.Build. |
A.By going to bed easily at bedtime. | B.By building good qualities. |
C.By shaping a strong body. | D.By bringing back sweet memories. |
A.Benefits of reading to children. | B.The choice of reading materials. |
C.Ways of reading children’s books. | D.The development of reading habits. |
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【推荐1】Reading is an important professional skill. In order to build your reading habit and enjoy your reading to the fullest, begin practicing good reading skills as follows.
Read for content.
When you read, read for the main idea of each paragraph, along with its supporting reasons. When building up reading skills, it can be helpful to read with a pencil in hand to take notes.
Look up unfamiliar words.
Merriam Webster online is a wonderful resource for defining (定义) unfamiliar words.
Let your imagination get involved (参与).
Reading for learning and enjoyment is never a hurry. Instead, take your time, develop your skills at your own speed. Do not get discouraged if you are a slow reader, especially at first. Each day, as you read, your mind will take the reading skills it learned before and apply them again, often with greater effects.
A.Don’t rush. |
B.Simply underline the unknown words. |
C.Book clubs give you ability to talk about what you read. |
D.It is also helpful to underline the key idea of each paragraph. |
E.Good readers focus on reading and let it inspire their imagination. |
【推荐2】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)”.
Children learn to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With automaticity, they can read faster because they don’t have to think about the meaning of the words, but give all attention to the meaning of the text.
It can begin as early as the 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 on 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 not happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.
You can test yourself by reading something new that is suitable (适合) for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you are probably 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 schools develop faster |
B.is the key to a successful school |
C.helps students go to a key school |
D.can improve students’ learning results |
A.They know how to read the words |
B.They do not have to think while reading |
C.They read by themselves without any help |
D.They pay full attention to the meaning of the text |
A.Anyone who turns off TV one night 4 weeks. |
B.Anyone who reads books by the word quickly. |
C.Anyone who spends an hour reading every day. |
D.Anyone who gets the same grades as others in exams. |
A.IQ Is the Key to Automaticity |
B.TV Is Bad for Children’s Reading |
C.Automaticity Depends on Practice |
D.Automatic Readers Will Be Successful |
【推荐3】When I was in primary school, my favorite place was the library, I was the kid who got shouted at for trying to bring home sixty books at a time because I just couldn’t decide which world I wanted to experience that week. I remember spending my weekends glued to a book, hungering for experiencing lives other than my own. Up until middle school, reading was a passion(酷爱)of mine.
Something changed after I entered senior high school though. All of a sudden, reading was a task that I could not avoid fast enough. The books that I read in school bored me, or even if I enjoyed the books themselves, the challenging homework we completed based on those books made me hate reading as a whole.
It actually wasn’t until recently that I rediscovered my love for reading. How you may ask? Audiobooks(有声书). Last summer, I spent every morning taking long walks while listening to them, and I would find myself lost in the stories for hours. And now I’m rediscovering my passion for reading. I feel that pull again. That curiosity.
My love story with reading may have had a happy ending, but not everyone is as lucky as me. What went wrong?
What will happen is that students lose their love for reading because of the way many schools try to encourage children to read. For example, when a child is told to read for twenty minutes every night, they will read for the required amount of time and then check the task off on their list. In this way, reading has suddenly become a boring task instead of an exciting experience.
Making sure that kids keep their passion for reading will require us to rethink how we teach reading in schools and how we introduce books to children outside of school as well. There needs to be less of a focus on meeting reading requirements and more of a focus on creating an environment in which students are actually excited to read.
1. Which word best describes the author’s love for books before high school?A.Confusing. | B.Crazy. | C.Secret. | D.Short-lived. |
A.She couldn’t choose what to read. |
B.She found high school books difficult. |
C.She was given too many books to read. |
D.Reading as a task turned her off. |
A.Attraction. | B.Duty. | C.Annoyance. | D.Influence. |
A.Give kids extra-curricular reading tasks. |
B.Encourage parents to introduce books to kids. |
C.Improve schools’ ways of teaching reading. |
D.Develop kids’ interest in advanced literature. |
【推荐1】Blue Planet Ⅱ’s latest episode (情节) is about how plastic is having a terrible effect on the ocean and slowly poisoning our sea creatures. Researchers have also found that sea creatures living in the deepest place on Earth, Mariana Trench, have plastic in their stomachs. Indeed, oceans are drowning in plastic.
Though it seems that the world couldn’t possibly function without plastic, plastic is a very recent invention. The first plastic bags were introduced in the 1950s, the same decade (十年) that plastic packaging began gaining popularity in the United States. This growth has happened so fast that science is still catching up with the change. Plastic pollution research, for example, is still a very early science.
We put all the plastic into the environment, but we still don’t really know what the outcomes are going to be. What we do know, though, is disturbing. Ocean plastic is expected to kill millions of sea animals every year. Hundreds of species, including endangered ones, are known to have been affected by it. One in three leatherback turtles, which often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish, have been found with plastic in their stomach. Ninety percent of seabirds are now eating plastic regularly. By 2050, that figure is expected to rise to 100 percent.
And it’s not just wildlife that is threatened by the plastic in our seas. Humans are consuming plastic through the seafood we eat. I could understand why some people see ocean plastic as a disaster, worth mentioning in the same breath as climate change. But ocean plastic is not as complicated (复杂的) as climate change. There are no ocean waste deniers (否认者), at least so far. To do something about it, we don’t have to remake our planet energy system.
This is not a problem where we don’t know what the solution is. We know how to pick up garbage. Anyone can do it. We know how to deal with it. We know how to recycle. We can all start by thinking twice before we use single-use plastic products. Things that may seem ordinary, like using a reusable bottle or a reusable bag — when taken collectively, these choices really do make a difference.
1. Why is plastic pollution research still a very early science?A.The plastic pollution research is too difficult. |
B.Plastic has produced less pollution than coal. |
C.Plastic has gained popularity too fast for science to catch up. |
D.The world couldn’t possibly function without plastic. |
A.By presenting reliable data. |
B.By citing quotes from leading experts. |
C.By making a comparison and contrast. |
D.By listing examples from his own experiences. |
A.We reap what we sow. |
B.The shortest answer is doing. |
C.All things are difficult before they are easy. |
D.Actions speak louder than words. |
A.The oceans become choked with plastic. |
B.Ocean plastic is a global problem. |
C.Blue Planet Ⅱ has left viewers heartbroken. |
D.Plastic gains in popularity all over the world. |
【推荐2】The kitchen is not just where we prepare meals. In many places, the kitchen is the heart of the home. It’s where we connect with our family and friends. We have open talks about our pleasures and problems we met during the day while we make dinner or have a bite to eat. So, it can be a very busy room in the house.
Sometimes you need order in the kitchen for things to run smoothly. And sometimes you need one person to be in charge. Imagine you are cooking dinner for your friends. As you are making the soup, your friend Sara tastes it and says, “This needs more salt.” So, she adds more salt. Harlan comes to taste your soup and throws some fresh black pepper into the pot and some dried herbs. Cecilia tastes the soup and pours in some vinegar. What will the soup be like?
You are happy to spend time with your friends. But, quite frankly, all their opinions about your soup are becoming annoying. Worst of all, you taste the soup and it’s awful! And that is where we get the expression “too many cooks spoil the soup”.
This expression describes an age-old problem: If too many people help to complete a task, it may not go very well. But, you may think, “If many people are trying to get something done, the task will get done faster.” After all, American English also has the expression “many hands make light work”.
To answer that point, I will draw your attention to the word “cook”. Now, the cook is the leader in the kitchen. They may have assistants to help them. But the cook has the final say. So, what if a kitchen has many cooks? Who is the leader? Everyone! And that’s where the trouble comes.
1. What does the author think of the kitchen according to the first paragraph?A.It is crowded in many houses. | B.It is where we feed our body and soul. |
C.It helps to brighten up people’s day. | D.It serves as the most useful place in a home. |
A.To describe a common phenomenon (现象). |
B.To vividly introduce a saying. |
C.To explain a way to be a good cook. |
D.To stress the importance of teamwork. |
A.A group of students get a task done together. |
B.Some volunteers discuss how to help others. |
C.Five designers want their own idea to be accepted. |
D.Many retired workers learn how to be a cook. |
A.What Happens with Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen? |
B.Should a Cook Be Open to Suggestions? |
C.What Could a Cook Do to Everyone’s Satisfaction? |
D.Why Will Too Many Cooks Work in the Kitchen? |
【推荐3】Hamburgers were first introduced to the United States in the early 20th century, and the first fast-food restaurant chain opened its doors in 1921. However, it was only after World War II that fast food became popular in the whole country.
After designing their hamburger restaurant to make food in a simpler and more effective way,the McDonald brothers reduced the costs of production. They ended up earning $275,000 by 1951which was quite a fortune for a small restaurant at that time. Along with other pioneers in the fast-food business, by 1990 fast-food restaurants had taken over the American landscape. Today, at least 50 million Americans are fed by more than 180.000 fast-food restaurants every day.
When analyzing these data, we might find it shocking that the decline of our health has moved in direct proportion(比例) to the rise of fast-food consumption.This,sadly, is not a coincidence(巧合) Since1990, various kinds of fast food have led to more consumption of calories compared to homemade meals.
The US government has conducted several surveys on this issue, and they have pointed out some alarming facts. Fast food and ultra-processed snacks are now taking the lead in more and more Americans’ daily diets. Rather than healthy food, more people prefer quick, easy treats with high calories like fried chicken and potato chips. Moreover, according to the surveys, fast-food consumption has more than doubled since the 1970s among people aged between 19 and 39. In a relatively short period of time, the fast-food industry has changed not only the way Americans eat, but also their economy and cultural landscape.The rapid development of the fast-food industry alsotriggersthe problem of increased overweight population in the US.
1. What are the first two paragraphs about?A.The development of the fast-food industry in the world. |
B.The booming of the fast-food industry in the US. |
C.The influence of fast food on our health |
D.The relationship between fast food and our lifestyle. |
A.To reduce | B.To cause | C.To increase | D.To remove |
A.Supportive | B.Unconcerned | C.Negative | D.Unclear |
A.the influence of fast food on the economy |
B.the development of fast-food industry |
C.the solutions to the problem of overweight population |
D.the relationship between fast food and overweight |