16.So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning,they will continue to undertake to do for what 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 involves all that each individual does not 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 will aid the child in 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.
5.The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is thatD.
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 of reading
6.The word"scrutiny"(Para.3)most probably meansB.
A.inquiry
B.observation
C.control
D.suspect
7.The main idea of the passage is thatC.
A.teachers should do as little as possible 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.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了閱讀能力是后天獲得的而非老師教會的,教師可以使學(xué)生發(fā)展自己的閱讀方式知道學(xué)生閱讀.
解答 6-8 D B C
6 D 細節(jié)題.由文章第一段第三句"It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading."可知太多的時間花費在有關(guān)閱讀的教學(xué)上,故正確答案為D.
7 B 詞義猜測題.由文章倒數(shù)第三段最后一句"Almost all of it is private,for learning is an occupation of the mind,and that process is not open to public scrutiny."可知學(xué)習(xí)是非公開的,由此推知學(xué)習(xí)的過程是不受公眾監(jiān)督的,B項"觀察"符合文意,所以B項正確.A項"調(diào)查,質(zhì)詢",C項"控制",D項"反對",均不符合文意,故正確答案為B.
8 C 主旨題.文章主要講教與學(xué)是兩個完全不同的過程,教與學(xué)雙方都恰當(dāng)?shù)匕缪萜鸶髯缘慕巧珪r,學(xué)習(xí)閱讀就變得更容易了.再由第二段第三句"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."可知,教的作用是讓孩子們培養(yǎng)閱讀習(xí)慣,而不僅限于"教".C項"閱讀能力是獲得的,而不是被教授的"與文章意思一致,故正確答案為C.
點評 首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽,掌握全文的主旨大意.因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題,所以,速讀全文,抓住中心主旨很有必要,在速讀的過程中,應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料.
其次,細讀題材,各個擊破.掌握全文的大意之后,細細閱讀四六級每篇材料后的問題,弄清每題要求后,帶著問題,再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息.
要善于抓住每段的主題句,閱讀時,要有較強的針對性.對于捕獲到的信息,要做認真分析,仔細推敲,理解透徹,只有這樣,針對題目要求,才能做到穩(wěn)、準.