Dear Tom,
How are you? I'm at a new school this term. And I'm writing to tell you about my school. My new school is big and nice. There are one thousand and four hundred students and one hundred and forty teachers at my school. I like the teachers. They are very kind to me. My classmates are very friendly too. They teach me Chinese and l teach them English There are trees, flowers and green grass at my school. They are very beautiful. Behind my school there is a small river. The water in it is quite clean. We can swim in it. We have no classes on Saturdays or Sundays. Sometimes I play football or basketball with my classmates. Sometimes I stay at home and watch TV. Sometimes I go shopping with my father and mother. We all like China.
Please write to me soon!
Yours,
Jack
【小题1】Jack is at a/an _______school.

A．English

B．Chinese

C．small

D．Japanese

【小题2】There are_______ students and _______ teachers at Jack's school.

A．1,400; 104

B．1,040; 104

C．1,400; 140

D．1,040; 140

【小题3】Jack's teachers _______.

A．teach him English very well

B．only teach him Chinese and English

C．don't like him at all

D．are quite good to him

【小题4】Jack _______his new classmates.

A．doesn't get on well with

B．doesn't like

C．makes good friends with

D．is going to learn English from

【小题5】Which is TRUE?

A．Jack goes to school every day.

B．Jack doesn't have classes every day.

C．Jack has no classes only on Saturdays.

D．Jack has no classes only on Sundays.

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 practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase (短语). With automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.

It can begin as early as 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 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 happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.

You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable (适合) for your level. If you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probably are 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 school develop faster

B. is a key to a successful school

C. helps students go to a key school

D. can improve students’ learning results

2.Children with “automaticity” can read faster because they            .

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

3.Rossman tells that any child who             will possibly be an automatic reader.

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

4.The underlined word “stumble” in the passage means “           ” in Chinese.

   A. 结结巴巴地读                       B. 全神贯注地读

   C. 心不在焉地读                       D. 声情并茂地读

5.The best title for the passage is “           ”.

   A. IQ Is the Key to the Automaticity

   B. TV Is Bad for Children’s Reading

   C. Automaticity Depends on Practice

   D. Automatic Reads Will Be Successful

 

Tom and Gina usually go to school by car .They drive(驾车) pasta cinema a supermarket a post office. The post office is next to the supermarket on Center Street .Mary and Ann usually go to school by bus. They go down Sixth Avenue, past a bank and a library. The bank is across from the library. Jenny usually goes to work by bike,he rides(骑车) past a hotel and three streets．

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【小题1】How many people are there in the passage(短文)?

A．Two．

B．Three．

C．Four．

D．Five

【小题2】Where is the post office?

A．It’s on Sixth Avenue

B．It’s between the Cinema and the supermarket

C．It’s in front of the school．

D．It’s next to the supermarket．

【小题3】Who usually goes to school by bus?

A．Tom and Gina．

B．Mary and Ann．

C．Only Mary

D．Jenny．

【小题4】Where is the  library?

A．It’s on Center Street．	B．It’s next to the bank．
C．It’s across from the bank．	D．I don’t know．

【小题5】Which is wrong？（错误 ） ．

A．Jenny usually goes to work by bike．

B．Jenny rides past a bank and a street．

C．Tom drives past a post office．

D．A bank and a library are on Sixth Avenue．

Tom lived in a town near New York. His father had a shop there and his mother was a doctor. He was seven years old this year and began to go to school this September. It was a little far(远的) from their shop and his father drove a car to take him to school five days a week. So he was never(从不) late for class and his teachers likes him very much.
It was Monday that day. Miss Green was teaching them to count(数数) from one to ten in the morning. Tom was studying hard. Soon he could count them. Green was happy and asked, “How many people are there in your family, Tom?”
Tom stood up and said, “Two, Miss.”
“Who are they?”
“My father and my mother.”
“Oh,” Miss Green was surprised. She then said, “There’re three people in your family.”
“But now I’m not at home. I’m at school, you know!”
【小题1】Where did Tom’s father work?  ______________

A．In a factory.

B．In a school.

C．In a shop.

D．In a hospital.

【小题2】Tom was now a student of_______.

A．Grade One

B．Grade Two

C．Grade Three

D．Grade Four

【小题3】Tom was never late for school because________.

A．all his teachers liked him

B．he went to school in a car

C．his house was next to the school

D．he just began to school a month ago

【小题4】Miss Green taught her children to count from one to ten_______.

A．every day	B．one Monday morning
C．in Tom’s house	D．five days a week

【小题5】Which is the best title(题目) for this story? ____________

A．Two or Three?	B．From One to Ten
C．Tom and his family	D．Miss Green and Her Students

Many cultures have different ideas about why people catch colds. For example in the United States, some people think that you can catch a cold if your feet get cold. So, mothers tell small children to wear warm boots in the winter. In other places, including parts of the Middle East, some people believe that strong winds cause colds. So, on trains and buses, people usually don’t like to sit next to open windows. In parts of Europe, some people think that wearing wet clothes will give you a cold. They say that after you go swimming, you should quickly put on dry clothes. Today, scientists know that colds are caused by a virus（病毒）. But the old ideas are still very strong, and many people still follow them to avoid（避免）getting ill.

1.What is the main idea of this reading?

A．People still believe old ideas about why they catch colds.

B．Colds are the biggest health problem in the world.

C．Some people think that strong winds cause colds.

D．You should take good care of your health in winter.

2.Which is NOT a cause（成因）of colds in the reading?

A．bad food    B．wet clothes        C．a virus        D．strong winds

3.In "people still follow them to avoid getting ill", what does "them" mean?

A．scientists   B．old ideas    C．colds  D．dry clothes

4.According to the reading, which of the following is NOT true?

A．There are many different ideas about how people catch colds.

B．Scientists don’t know how people catch colds.

C．Some people think that wearing wet clothes gives you a cold.

D．In the U.S., many small children wear boots in winter.

5.Many people in different countries have ________ ideas about why people catch colds.

A．no       B．one    C．the same   D．different