Question

C

So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake everything to do for children that only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that “reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”.

Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity. It can be seen and observed.

Learning to read, however, involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny.

If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest (探索) for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. “Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children.”

When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading.

1.The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that

________.

A．it is one of the most difficult school courses

B．students spend endless hours in reading

C．reading tasks are assigned with little guidance

D．too much time is spent in teaching about reading

2.The teaching of reading will be successful if ________.

A．teachers can improve conditions at school for the students

B．teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading

C．teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading

D．teachers can make their teaching activities observable

3.The underlined word “scrutiny” most probably means “________”.

A．inquiry           B．observation        C．control           D．suspect

4.According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when

________.

A．children become highly motivated

B．teacher and learner roles are interchangeable

C．teaching helps children in the search for knowledge

D．reading enriches children’s experience

5. The main idea of the passage is that ________.

A．teachers should do nothing in helping students learn to read

B．teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible

C．reading ability is something acquired rather than taught

D．reading is more complicated than generally believed

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述的是現在的學校教育中關于閱讀教育的弊端，其實閱讀教學不是學校可以直接教授的，是需要學生多參與，多理解掌握的。

1.D 推理題。根據文章第一段2,3,4行Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that “reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”.可知很多的時間都被花在了讓學生大量閱讀上了。實際上這樣做未必有效果，故D項正確。

2.B 推理題。根據文章最后4行When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading.可知我們要讓學生有自己解決問題的機會，形成自己的解決問題的方法，這樣的閱讀才是有效的閱讀教學。故B正確

3.B 推理題。根據Learning to read, however, involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny.可知這里的scrutiny.就是指閱讀的過程可以清晰地被大家都了解得。故B正確。

4.A 推理題。根據文章最后一段2,3行Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. “Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children.”可知當閱讀變得有趣的時候，學習有動力的時候，學生就會喜歡閱讀，故A正確。

5.C 主旨大意題。根據文章第一段最后一句Douglas insists that “reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”.可知閱讀不是學校里直接可以教會的，需要的是學生自己的多參與，故C正確。

考點：考查教育類短文閱讀

點評：本文主要講述的是現在的學校教育中關于閱讀教育的弊端，其實閱讀教學不是學校可以直接教授的，是需要學生多參與，多理解掌握的。這篇文章比較難，先看問題，再帶著問題讀短文，找出各段落的主旨句，理解全文內容，總結全文中心，然后再回到問題上來，很容易選出正確答案。多了解一些常識性知識有利于閱讀理解。如果對文章的相關背景有所了解，讀起文章一定既省時又省力。因此，在學習過程中，了解各方面的背景知識是十分重要的。