Reading fluency (流畅) means the ability to read quickly, smoothly, easily with the right expression. Children who are fluent readers make their reading sound like talking. Do you want to be fluent readers like them?
Look for a good place to read. It is easier to read and study if you are comfortable. Make sure that there is good lighting in your reading area.
Don’t worry about not understanding every word. Sometimes, as readers, we think we must understand the meaning of everything we read. But it isn’t always necessary to understand every word while reading.
| A．Also, a comfortable chair is needed. |
| B．Read in word groups rather than word by word. |
| C．Here is some advice that can help you become a better reader. |
| D．Your eyes and brain can read much faster than you can speak. |
| E．Just try to guess the meaning of the new word instead of translating it. |
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【推荐1】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 automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of the words, so he can give all his 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．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 |
| 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 |
Do Encyclopedias Know Everything?
Long before Wikipedia (维基百科) or Encyclopedia Britannica (《大英百科全书》), there was Pliny the Elder. He was a first-century Roman researcher. His assistants read to him while he ate dinner and while he bathed. Pliny took notes. He even thought walking is a waste of time. His assistants carried him around Rome in a chair while he read.
All of this was done in preparation for his Historia Naturalis (《博物志》). The book came out in A. D. 77. It is the oldest surviving (现存的) encyclopedia on Earth. There are 2,500 chapters. They cover everything from mice to Mars.
“No Roman writer has completed such a project,” Pliny proudly declared. Unluckily, two years after having published (出版) the encyclopedia, he died in a natural disaster.
Accidents can hardly be avoided. However, they can be recorded (记录). Editors (编辑), like Pliny, organize the knowledge of our world. Like a valuable gift, the books are passed down through the ages. They begin their lives as a tool and end them as a historical record.
Therefore, in my opinion, an encyclopedia is not just a record of what its editors know, it’s also a record of what they don’t know.
Pliny was wrong when he said there were seven planets, including the Sun and the Moon. He was wrong, too, when he said Africans were black from being burnt by the sun. After all, Historia Naturalis is a book edited by a Roman thousands of years ago. It recorded all of the things he truly knew at the time.
Similarly, I believe both Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica have some inaccurate (不准确的) information. Even the biggest encyclopedias only show what their editors know.
“The task of editing an encyclopedia can never be completed,” said Roger Lewinter, an American researcher. Encyclopedias can’t record all of human knowledge but just some of it. They are always waiting for someone—you, perhaps—to improve them.
1. Before Pliny completed Historia Naturalis, ________ according to the passage.| A．nobody knew what Mars was | B．there was no encyclopedia on Earth |
| C．nobody had considered walking a waste of time | D．no Roman writer had completed an encyclopedia |
| A．made | B．said | C．created | D．laughed |
| A．improve an encyclopedia |
| B．find all the mistakes in Historia Naturalis |
| C．complete the task of editing an encyclopedia |
| D．take a look at the world’s biggest encyclopedia |
【推荐3】Here are some of the best books for children and young adults, according to the American Library Association. Read it and you might find your next favorite book.
Wendelin Van Draanen, US | Sixteen-year-old Jessica Carlisle is a runner. She thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. However, Jessica meets her math teacher Rosa, who has to use a wheelchair（轮椅）because of an illness. They soon become friends. The friendship makes Jessica active and strong. Finally Jessica is able to run again with a prosthetic leg（假肢）. |
Jack Gantos, US | Jack Gantos is a 12-year-old boy. He lives in Norvelt, US. One day, he breaks his father’s gun. As punishment（惩罚）, he must stay at home. His mother only lets him leave home to help their elderly neighbor Miss Volker write some obituaries （讣告）for the town newspaper. Each obituary is a story about a great American who died. Through writing these obituaries, Jack learns the history of his country. |
Chris Raschks, US | Daisy is a little dog. She loves a red ball very much. She plays with it and sleeps with it every day. But another dog takes Daisy’s ball away. Without the ball, Daisy felt very unhappy. She doesn’t even want to eat or sleep. One day, as Daisy walks in a park, the dog who takes her ball shows up and gives her a blue ball. The story teaches us how to do it after losing things, and tells us never to lose hope. |
| A．She is a teacher. | B．She is a runner. | C．She is a nurse. | D．She is a doctor. |
| A．Because he stays at home. |
| B．Because he leaves home. |
| C．Because he breaks his father’s gun. |
| D．Because he helps Miss Volker write some obituaries. |
| A．By listening to stories. | B．By learning from his father. |
| C．By asking Miss Volker for help. | D．By writing obituaries. |
| A．we shouldn’t lose our hope | B．the friendship is part of our life |
| C．we can learn something out of school | D．health is very important |
| A．parents | B．teachers | C．children | D．runners |
【推荐1】Can you swim? Do you like swimming? Yes? Well, how can you learn to swim? I think the best way is to go into the water and learn. I'm afraid you'll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming or looking at others swimming.
Listening and speaking are very important for beginners. The children in English-speaking countries first listen to others. Then they try to imitate and speak. But as a foreigner, you can listen to English programs on the computer.
Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak. He's afraid of making mistakes.
Reading and writing are more important for senior school students. First you must choose the books you're interested in. A lot of reading will improve your language sense. This is the most important.Keep writing English diaries. You can also write English articles.
Easier said than done. Well, let's do more practice from now on. I'm sure you'll learn English well in this way.
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| A．You may just understand a few words. |
| B．You may even post them to English magazines. |
| C．Remember, the more you speak, the fewer mistakes you'll make. |
| D．It’s the same with the English study. |
| E．You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese. |
【推荐2】As an English person, I can speak three languages — English, German and French, so do you think the British people are very good language learners? The fact is that they aren’t.
Some statistics (数据) from the survey done by the European Commission (欧盟委员会) showed that 62% of the British people only speak English. 38% speak at least one foreign language and 18% speak two or more. Compared with the British people, 56% of the people in other European countries speak at least one foreign language and 28% speak two or more. From this you can see that the British people are famous for not speaking foreign languages and that they are not good language learners in Europe.
And the survey also showed that English is the most widely-spoken foreign language. Many European people can have a conversation in English. That’s why many people don’t think it is necessary to learn a foreign language.
In Britain, students aren’t required to learn a foreign language. That means learning a foreign language is only a choice at school. In British schools it’s common for children to start learning a foreign language at 11 and many of them give it up at 14. So why don’t students continue learning foreign languages at school? Because they think it’s more difficult to get good marks in languages than in other subjects such as science or history.
To solve this situation, the British government is looking for different ways to improve language learning at school. One way is to start learning it at a much younger age. Another one is to give school children more choices.
1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?| A．The people in England are good at learning languages. |
| B．Most of British people only speak English. |
| C．British people are known for speaking foreign languages. |
| D．Most of British people want to learn more than one language. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．People in other European countries speak English as much as British people. |
| B．One British student can’t give up learning a foreign language until 14. |
| C．Students in Britain prefer to learn science or history rather than learn a foreign language. |
| D．It’s unusual for British students not to learn a foreign language. |
| A．Young English learners. | B．Schools in the UK. |
| C．Speaking English. | D．Foreign language learning in the UK. |
Do you find it easy to understand English but hard to speak it out? Well, you are not alone.
At school, you can learn many passive skills through reading and listening activities. But to learn a language well, you need to practice active skills, too!
You can start by writing short sentences or diaries. And try to talk to real people more. If nobody is available, you can talk to yourself by describing things that happened in your life.
Think less about the rules.
Find a language group.
Speaking with native speakers (当地的) may make you feel nervous.
Remember, learning a language takes time and practice. Don’t be afraid to speak out. Keep practicing, and soon you’ll learn the language well!
| A．Write more and speak more. |
| B．You can join a language club or group. |
| C．However, active skills do not come naturally. |
| D．You don’t need to learn English at home. |
| E．While you learn a language, you learn many rules. |
| F．In fact, there are two kinds of language skills: passive and active skills. |
【推荐1】As the technology develops, the number of e-readers（电子阅读器）grows quickly. Some people worry that days of paper books will be gone. Is there a future for bookstores? Some readers from the Internet shared their opinions.
Qian Xiaohua, a Chinese reader, thinks that reading a book is much better than reading from an e-reader. There is no need for readers to worry about the battery（电池）life. Readers can also avoid the harm of staring at the screen. Most importantly, books can be kept for a long time if they are well taken care of.
Nicky is from Canada. “After all, you can’t replace the touch of paper, the smell of print, and the immersive（沉浸的）feeling of being in a bookstore. You can’t do that with an e-book,” she says.
The reader Bruce comes from Italy. “Things are the same in Europe.” he says. “And only in real bookshops can readers make unexpected discoveries. The governments should do something for it.”
Johnny, who comes from Malaysia, is both a reader and writer. Most of his books are sold online on Amazon, JD and eBay. The cost is lower and the book can be brought all over the world. However, he still loves the old bookstores. “Something about them makes my heart warm,” he says. He thinks that maybe writers can try this way: sell their books online and read books at bookstores. This will keep bookstore alive while the writer can have a global（全球的）market.
1. As a reader, what is Qian Xiaohua’s opinions?| A．E-readers do harm to people’s health. |
| B．Books have more advantages than e-books. |
| C．People should pay more attention to e-readers. |
| D．E-readers will have a big market in the future. |
| A．paper books | B．e-books | C．with others | D．in public places |
| A．bookstores will die out soon |
| B．bookstores should be kept alive |
| C．books should be written online |
| D．online stores will replace bookstores |
| A．people all over the world prefer e-books |
| B．Italian people love the feeling in bookstores |
| C．more and more people will buy books online |
| D．some people still like books rather than e-books |
| A．Opinion on reading | B．How to choose your favorite books |
| C．The future of bookstores | D．What to read in the technology age |
【推荐2】Do your parents ever say “act like a lady” or “be a gentleman” to you? But in the eyes of today’s teenagers(青少年), what should a lady or a gentleman be like? Let’s take a look.
What is a gentleman? The girls have their ideas:
Huang Xiaoyu of Guizhou: A gentleman doesn’t always get angry. He wants others to be happy. He is always ready to help. There is a boy in my class and I think he is a gentleman. If I don’t do well in the English exam, he will say, “You will do better next time.” That makes me feel happy.
Chen Tingting of Shenzhen: A gentleman always says, “Ladies first.” When students clean up the classroom, he does the heavy work. He lets girls go into rooms first. Unluckily, when there is something to eat, the boys in my class always get them before girls!
What is a lady? Boys tell us what they think a lady is:
Wu Yifan of Dalian: A lady is quiet(安静的)and kind, but she’s not shy and she can talk about her ideas in front of others. To me, Han Xue, a film star, is a lady. She is pretty and bright. She does a lot for others.
Wang Lichao of Tianjin: A lady is not just beautiful but clever. She never says bad words. She is quiet and kind to others. I don’t think there is a lady in my class. Most of the girls are “wild beauties”, I think.
1. A gentleman will do all the following things except(除了) ________.| A．he tries his best to make others happy | B．he helps others when they are in trouble |
| C．he does the heavy work in the class | D．he gets something to eat before girls |
| A．clever, shy and kind | B．clever, quiet and kind |
| C．beautiful, shy and kind | D．beautiful, healthy and kind |
| A．how to be a lady/gentleman as a student |
| B．which school has the most ladies/gentlemen |
| C．it is important to act like a lady/gentleman |
| D．students think a lady/gentleman should be like |
【推荐3】Arguments between teenagers and parents can be a problem and should be taken seriously.
A few examples of the arguments:
| Parent: Mike is always making trouble in school. You’d better keep away from him. Ben: You don’t know him as well as I do. Stop trying to tell me who I can make friends with. |
| Parent: Don’t spend so much time playing computer games. You should do something meaningful. Grace: I’ve already finish my homework. I just want to relax. |
| Parent: You got an F in your physics exam again. I’m disappointed with you. Jack: I did study hard. But it’s just too difficult for me. |
Some results of a survey:
Some suggestions from experts:
Communicate with your kids in a friendly way.
Encourage kids to share their feelings with you.
Take part in different activities together with kids.
根据图表和短文内容，选择最佳答案。1. Ben’s parent isn’t happy with Ben being friends with ________.
| A．Mike | B．Grace | C．Jack | D．others |
| A．interesting | B．relaxing | C．meaningful | D．easy |
| A．he often plays with Mike | B．he thinks it’s too hard for him. |
| C．he plays computer games too much. | D．he never finishes his homework |
| A．parents care about their children’s health most |
| B．most parents talk to their children about their daily life |
| C．parents care about their children’s study most |
| D．100 parents took part in this survey |
| A．friends | B．teachers | C．students | D．parents |
