【阅读理解Readingisthekeytoschoolsuccessandlikeanyskillittakespractice.Achildlearnstowalkbypracticinguntilhenolongerhastothinkabouthowtoputonefootinfrontoftheother.Thegreatathletepract】
阅读理解
Readingisthekeytoschoolsuccessandlikeanyskillittakespractice.Achildlearnstowalkbypracticinguntilhenolongerhastothinkabouthowtoputonefootinfrontoftheother.Thegreatathletepracticesuntilhecanplayquicklyaccuratelywithoutthinking.Educatorscallit“automaticity”.
Achildlearnstoreadbysoundingout(推敲)thelettersanddecodingthewords.Withpracticehestumbleslessandlessreadingbythephrase.Withautomaticityhedoesn'thavetothinkaboutdecodingthewordssohecanpaymoreattentiontothemeaningofthetext.
Itcanbeginasearlyasinthefirstgrade.InarecentstudyofchildreninIllinoisschoolsAlanRossmanofNorthwesternUniversityfoundautomaticreadersinthefirstgradewhowerereadingalmostthreetimesasfastastheotherchildrenandscoringtwiceashighoncomprehensiontests.Atfifthgradetheautomaticreaderswerereadingtwiceasfastastheothersandstilloutscoringthemonaccuracy,comprehensionandvocabulary.
“It'snotIQbuttheamountoftimeachildspendsreadingthatisthekeytoautomaticity.”AccordingtoRossmananychildwhospendsatleast3.5to4hoursaweekreadingbooksmagazinesornewspaperswillinalllikelihoodreachtheaveragechildwhospends25hoursaweekwatchingtelevision.Itcanhappenbyjustturningoffthesetjustonenightreadingbooks.
Youcantestyourchildbygivinghimaparagraphortwotoreadaloud--somethingunfamiliarbutappropriatetohisage.Ifhereadsaloudwithexpressionwithasenseofthemeaningofthesentencesheprobablyisanautomaticreader.Ifhereadshaltingly(不顺畅,结巴)onewordatatimewithoutexpressionormeaningheneedmorepractice.
1.Theunderlinedword“automaticity”probablymeans_____.
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A.beingdonewithoutthinking
B.beingdonequickly
C.beingdoneaccurately
D.beingdoneperfectly
2.Howcanthechildrenlearntoread?
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A.Theyjustreadwordbyword.
B.Theyjustreadthewordsout.
C.Theyreadbysoundingoutthelettersanddecodingthewords.
D.Theyreadbypracticingmore.
3.Howmanyhoursshouldachildspendinreadingbookseveryday?
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A.0.5~0.6