1. What kind of books does Kate want to read?
A.Ones about a country. |
B.Ones about holiday plans. |
C.Ones about computer programming. |
A.Go to the library. | B.Build a computer. | C.Go on a holiday. |
2 . Steph White always intended to go to college. But life always throws blocks in the way. Growing up, she led a nomadic life because her mother, who divorced and remarried several times, was always on the move. Still, she had good grades and considered herself college bound. But when her stepfather died, leaving her mother to support three daughters on a low income, paying for college became out of the question.
Steph worked and tried to find out what to do with a life that had departed from the plan she’d carefully made. The answer came one afternoon when she was cleaning her bedroom closet. Steph noticed a thick folder in which she found two pages from the English teacher she’d had in junior year, Dorothy Clark. One afternoon, Mrs Clark walked into the classroom carrying papers titled “Mrs. Clark’s Book List.” It wasn’t homework, the teacher announced, but it could be a road map. “Some of you might not go on to higher education,” Mrs. Clark said, “but you can continue to learn.”
Steph had always read for pleasure—magazines, mysteries, and romance novels. Now she would add Mrs. Clark’s suggestions to the mix. Each of those books drove her to learn more about the person, subject matter, or time in history. That made her look for other books that weren’t on the list, hoping to deepen her knowledge. Her least favorite: Karl Marx’s critique of capitalism, Capital. Her critique: “Reading it was like working on a difficult math problem.”
Now Steph is 70 and she never did get to college. But she has only four books left to read from the list. She expects to complete them sometime in 2024. She wishes she could thank Mrs. Clark and share with her teacher how reading the works on her list has changed her life. “It was never just a list I got from some teacher in school, ”says Steph. “It’s always been Mrs. Clark’s Book List.”
1. What does the underlined word “nomadic” mean in paragraph1?A.Alarming. | B.Homeless. | C.Demanding. | D.Ordinary |
A.She wanted to keep it as a reminder. |
B.She announced the book list as homework |
C.She believed students could learn through reading. |
D.She expected her students to go on higher education. |
A.She is only addicted to subject matter and history. |
B.All the books on the list are not understandable to her. |
C.Books on the list have all been finished reading by her. |
D.She has spent all the years reading books just on the list. |
A.A Struggling Family Influences One’s Whole Life. |
B.She Realizes Her College Dream by Reading Books. |
C.Mrs. Clark’s Book List Symbolizes Her Expectation. |
D.Instead of Going to College, She Reads These Books. |
3 . 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. |
4 . Compulsive or snobby — What’s your reading style?
What books will you be reading over the holiday season? And how will you read them?
The Book Snob (书呆子)
You only read books that are well reviewed by distinguished critics. You wouldn’t care to read something on a best-seller list released by Amazon or a bookstore.
The Steady Reader
You buy a book and you read it. You buy another and you read it too.
You stick to the authors you like and read them exclusively, whatever they write, good or bad. You loved The Da Vinci Code and wonder when Dan Brown is going to release a new book. (Good news-this summer!)
The Compulsive Reader
Wherever you go, whatever you do, there’s a book with you. It doesn’t matter what it is, so long as there are pages with words on them.
A.The Delighted Reader. |
B.The Hopelessly Devoted. |
C.What type of a reader are you? |
D.Or perhaps you borrow a book at the library. |
E.Whatever kind of reader you are, you’re awesome. |
F.If a book has won a highly regarded award, you’ll go after it. |
G.Why not let your eyes rest on the pages for a few quiet moments? |
1.读书的重要性;
2.如何开展读书活动;
3.发出倡议。
注意:1.写作词数应为100词左右。
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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6 . Today’s teenage generation has been brought up surrounded by one single stereotype (刻板印象): the so-called MTV generation. We’re all constantly glued to our phone and TV screens, the boys are addicted to video games and the girls prefer posting pictures of themselves on the Internet. Both could watch TV series all day and both could do without a book. How accurate is this stereotype?
It turns out that most of them could actually do without a book. “The Kids & Family Reading Report” found that only 24% of 12 to 14-year-olds read five to seven days a week. The percentage goes down to a mere 17% when it comes to 15 to 17-year-olds. And it may come as no surprise that 76% of the former visit social media websites on a daily basis.
Reading frequently has many great benefits: it develops your verbal abilities (especially for kids, it will greatly improve their vocabulary), it improves your focus and concentration, it enhances your imagination, it reduces stress and it’s entertaining! Not only that but research has shown that people who read for pleasure show a greater appetite to engage with stories, texts and learning.
The popular TV show “Game of Thrones” (《权利的游戏》) certainly seems to have motivated a lot of teens to buy George R.R. Martin’s best-selling book series. Sales skyrocketed after the show was first put on in 2011, selling 9 million copies in one year, with many teens and young adults believed to have contributed to this statistic. In contrast, the book series had “only” sold 5 million from the first book’s release till 2011.
With nowadays’ teenagers apparently constantly glued to their screens, TV series “Game of Thrones” seems to have inspired a lot of them to take a break and read a book. Maybe teenagers will end up being the ones solving the issue after all.
1. Why does the author mention “The Kids & Family Reading Report” in paragraph 2?A.To prove a fact about teenagers’ reading. |
B.To stress the importance of daily reading. |
C.To introduce some social media websites. |
D.To encourage teenagers to read more each week. |
A.The importance of verbal abilities. | B.The ways to read for pleasure. |
C.The advantages of frequent reading. | D.The appetite to engage with learning. |
A.Dropped slightly. | B.Increased quickly. |
C.Changed frequently. | D.Remained surprisingly. |
A.Positive. | B.Defensive. |
C.Cautious. | D.Doubtful. |