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【题目】阅读理解
Publishers of books for beginning readers are in the business of doing whatever they can to make children develop a love of reading. At times, that means they'll produce books that are more colorful and more packed with pictures. But it turns out that when it comes to learning to read books, more pictures aren't always better.
In fact, simply having more than one picture on a page can negatively(消极地) affect the ability of preschoolers to learn words from that page, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Sussex. “Storybook reading is a great activity to help children increase their vocabularies,” writes co-author Zoe M. Flack in the University's School of Psychology blog.
But the illustrations(插图) can affect how well children will learn new words. “For example,” Flack writes, “We know that children learn words better if illustrations are realistic.” Also, studies have shown that adding bells and whistles(哨声) to storybooks may negatively affect learning, according to Jessica S. Horst, Flack's co-author for the study. “We also know that children look within illustrations for the things they hear in the story, so if the story mentions a girl dropping an ice cream, children will look at the ice cream in the illustration.”
With that in mind, Dr. Horst and Ms. Flack began to wonder what would happen when picture books show many illustrations on a page and how young children who haven't yet learned to read know which illustration to look at while listening to a story. To find out, they read storybooks that displayed either one or two illustrations per page to 36 three-year-old children. As it turns out, children who listened to stories with only one illustration at a time learned twice as many words as children who listened with two or more illustrations.
（1）Why do publishers produce books with many colorful pictures?
A.Because such books help kids improve their imagination.
B.Because parents are more interested in such books.
C.Because they want to help kids love reading.
D.Because such books are easier to produce.
（2）What does Zoe M. Flack say about storybook reading?
A.It helps kids learn new words.
B.Illustrations aren't that necessary.
C.More words should be added to a story.
D.It helps kids improve their reading ability.
（3）What did the researchers find through their research?
A.Reading is a very important activity.
B.One page should have only one illustration for kids.
C.Children know what books they should read.
D.Children don't really love looking at illustrations.
（4）According to the passage, the findings can help publishers____________.
A.choose better stories for children
B.produce more types of storybooks
C.Produce better books for little kids
D.Make more money through producing books

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）C
（2）A
（3）B
（4）C
【解析】本文是一篇调查报告，研究者发现一个页面应该为孩子只有一个插图。这样的调查结果能帮助出版商为孩子生产更好的书。
(1)考查细节理解。根据第一段中的”Publishers of books for beginning readers are in the business of doing whatever they can to make children develop a love of reading. At times, that means they'll produce books that are more colorful and more packed with pictures.“可知，出版商出版带图画的书是为了帮助孩子们爱上阅读。可知答案为C。
(2)考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“Storybook reading is a great activity to help children increase their vocabularies,” writes co-author Zoe M. Flack in the University's School of Psychology blog.”和第三段中的“But the illustrations(插图) can affect how well children will learn new words.”可知，阅读故事书会帮助孩子学新单词。故选A。
(3)考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“As it turns out, children who listened to stories with only one illustration at a time learned twice as many words as children who listened with two or more illustrations.”可知，研究者发现一个页面应该为孩子只有一个插图。故选B。
(4)考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“Publishers of books for beginning readers are in the business of doing whatever they can to make children develop a love of reading.”和最后一段中的“As it turns out, children who listened to stories with only one illustration at a time learned twice as many words as children who listened with two or more illustrations.”可知，调查结果能帮助出版商为孩子生产更好的书。故选C。