The saying that children don’t like reading any more has been proved untrue. A new study finds that 75 percent of kids between five and 17 say that although they love technology, they still want to read books．

       The Kids & Family Reading Report also says that 62 percent of kids prefer reading printed books rather than those on a computer．At the same time, those who search an author’s website or use the Internet to find books by a particular author, are more likely to read books for fun every day．

       The study also once again proves that the time kids spend reading books for fun decreases after the age of eight and continues to drop through the teen years．The report is a follow-up to a 2006 study．But this time the focus is on the role of technology and when kids’ interest in reading starts to drop．

       “Despite the fact that after the age of eight more children go online daily than read for fun daily, high frequency Internet users are more likely to read books for fun every day,” says Heather Carter, a writer of the report．

       One in four kids between five and 17 say they read books for fun every day and more than half of kids say they read books for fun at least two to three times a week．One of the key reasons kids say they don’t read more often is that they have trouble finding books they like - a requirement that parents underestimate(低估)．

       The study also finds that parents have a strong influence on kids’ reading, but only about half of all parents begin reading to their kids before their first birthday．The percent of children who are read to every day drops from 38 percent among five-to eight-year-olds to 23 percent among nine-to 11-year-olds - exactly the same time that kids’ daily reading for fun starts to drop．

       “Parents’ engagement in their child’s reading from birth all the way through the teen years can have a great influence on how often their children read and how much they enjoy reading,” adds Carter．

1.What can we learn from the text?

       A．Children don’t like reading any more after the age of 8.

       B．Most children like reading as well as going online.

       C．All kids like reading e – books instead of printed ones.

       D．Most children like going online instead of reading.

2.It can be inferred from the passage that        .

       A．the study of kids’ reading has been made before

       B．most parents begin reading to their kids from their birth

       C．all kids like to get information using the Internet

       D．nowadays all children still like to read books

3.Which of the following is true according to the text?

       A．The kids who often go online don’t like reading books.

       B．Parents should teach their kids reading from an early age.

       C．Sometimes it is difficult for kids to get the books they like.

       D．When kids get older, parents spend more time with them.

4.According to the text,        contributes a lot to children’s interest in reading.

       A．the Internet             B．parents’ engagement

       C．short supply of books      D．new technology

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

       A．Do kids still like reading?       B．Kids’ interest in reading drops

       C．New technology on kids’ reading    D．Parents’ influence on kids’ reading

     For the first time in modem history, less than half of the U.S. adult population now reads literature, according to a recent survey. Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America presents a detailed review of the decline of reading's role in the nation's culture.

     Reading at Risk is a survey of national fashion in adult literary reading. The data source for Reading at Risk is as reliable and objective (客观的) as any such survey can be. The key results of the survey are presented in the "Summary", but the report can be further explained as: literary reading in America is not only declining rapidly among all groups, but the rate of decline has been speeded up, especially among the young. Reading at Risk merely shows a great cultural change that most Americans have already noted our society's great turn to electronic media for entertainment and information.    

Reading a book requires a degree of active attention and devotion. Indeed, reading itself is a progressive skill that depends on years of education and practice. On the contrary, most electronic media such as television, recordings, and radio make fewer demands on their audiences, and indeed often require no more than passive participation. While oral culture has a rich reality and electronic media offer the considerable advantages of variety, print culture affords irreplaceable forms of focused attention and thought that make various communications and views possible. The decline in reading, therefore, equals a larger retreat (减少) from participation in public and cultural life.

     What is to be done? There is surely no single solution to the present problem, just as there is no single cause. The important thing now is to understand that America can no longer take active and devoted reading for granted.

     Reading is not a timeless, common ability. As more Americans lose this ability, our nation becomes less informed, active, and independent minded. These are not qualities that a free, inventive, or productive society can afford to lose.

59. The main purpose of the survey is to_______.

    A. focus on the role of electronic media and reading

    B. show that American young people read less and less

    C. give a report of the national fashion of literary reading

    D. review that less than half of the population now reads literature

60. According to the passage, reading_______ .

A. requires less attention and devotion  

B. demands no more than passive participation

    C. limits various communications and views

    D. means active participation in public and cultural life

61. The underlined phrase "cultural change" in Paragraph 2 refers to the change________.

   A. from oral culture to electronic media   B. from print culture to electronic media

   C. from electronic media to oral culture   D. from electronic media to print culture

62. The author of the passage_______ .

    A. misunderstands oral culture

    B. doubts the results of the survey

    C. encourages the Americans to read more

    D. agrees to the solution to the present problem in reading

Premier Wen Jiabao encouraged citizens to read more on World Reading Day, which_____ on April 23.

       A．turned   B．adopted        C．started         D．fell

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Sometimes Chinese English teachers are puzzled by such questions, “Have you got any skills in reading comprehension?” Actually, many of the teachers can’t give students   1   efficient (效率高的) way to deal with reading. Anyway,   2   often simply say, “Read more and practise more, and you   3   (get) more experience in reading comprehension.” Frankly, these teachers’ good   4   (suggest) are only helpful to arouse students’ interest in reading   5   not helpful to deal with the questions in the examinations of reading comprehension. Personally, I think the skill for reading comprehension should be based   6   the knowledge of English writing. Since the English passages   7   (write) under some rules or principles, the science of reading and understanding may have a close relationship with writing. Reading comprehension can’t be independent from the knowledge of writing. So to do   8   (well) in reading comprehension, we should learn the knowledge of writing, study   9   questions are designed and the relationship   10   questions and the reading materials.

He wanted to read more,so he asked his friend if there was       to read.

A.something easy enough                                  B.something enough easy

C.enough easy something                                  D.easy enough something