Children who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of becoming better readers than those who don’t. With the help from their parents, children can learn techniques to improve their reading skills.
“A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading to them,” Donna George said. “They are sadly mistaken.”
George offers her services to parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable thing parents can do. “It is better for children to hear things at a higher level than where they are,” George said. “Parents are their child’s first teacher.” Parents help their children build listening, phonics, comprehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.
Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy
—television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Joines said while her 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son enjoy reading, the television sometimes becomes a distraction. So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series.
Parents who do not read themselves should not count on their children being interested in it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in school. It is the parents’ job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.
【小题1】According to George, reading aloud to children_______________.

Children who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of becoming better readers than those who don’t. With the help from their parents, children can learn techniques to improve their reading skills.
“A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading to them,” Donna George said. “They are sadly mistaken.”
George offers her services to parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable thing parents can do. “It is better for children to hear things at a higher level than where they are,” George said. “Parents are their child’s first teacher.” Parents help their children build listening, phonics, comprehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.
Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy
—television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Joines said while her 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son enjoy reading, the television sometimes becomes a distraction. So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series.
Parents who do not read themselves should not count on their children being interested in it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in school. It is the parents’ job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.

1. 1.

   According to George, reading aloud to children______.

   1. A.
      helps them correct mistakes
   2. B.
      is helpful to their reading
   3. C.
      is parents’ first duty to their children
   4. D.
      can get children out of television’s attraction
2. 2.

   The underlined word (in Paragraph 4 ) means something that______.

   1. A.
      can improve children’s reading
   2. B.
      can help children’s right way of reading
   3. C.
      can make children interested in reading
   4. D.
      can make children not attentive
3. 3.

   Which of the following is important according to the fourth paragraph?

   1. A.
      Reading skills.
   2. B.
      Reading speed.
   3. C.
      Reading materials.
   4. D.
      Reading environment.
4. 4.

   If the passage is not completed, which of the following can follow the fifth paragraph?

   1. A.
      Parents choose reading materials for their children.
   2. B.
      Advice is given to control their children.
   3. C.
      What TV programs children can watch during reading.
   4. D.
      How children improve their reading by themselves.
5. 5.

   Which one would be the best title for the passage?

   1. A.
      Children Spend More Time Reading with Parents.
   2. B.
      Parents Are Their Child's First Teacher.
   3. C.
      How Parents Make Their Child a Better Reader.
   4. D.
      How to Improve Children's Reading Ability.

They say that before long, we will be able to receive more than 500 television networks on cable(电缆). Some people think that it's silly to have that many channels. Their usual view goes something like this.

"I already get more channels on my TV than I have time to watch. No one needs to see that much TV. There's not enough time in the day to watch all that!" They also say that most of what's on television now isn't worth watching in the first place.

I think they're missing the point. If the local library wanted to add another 5,000 books, would we say, "That's silly. We'll never have time to read all those books?" The point is that we would have more choices.

I don't believe that most people should watch more television. And if we had 500 0r even l,000 channels to choose from, we wouldn't have to spend more time watching TV. We would, however, have better programmes to choose from. That means that the quality of our viewing time would improve.

So I should say that the more channels we can choose from, the better. Give me more choices! If they're not worth my time, I'll just hit the "off" button.

53. The writer is writing mainly to_______.

     A. give important information                B. express an opinion

     C. praise cable television                    D. get more channels to choose from

54. According to the passage, the writer wants to_______.

     A. have more choices when watching TV      B. buy more television sets

     C. read more books from the local library       D. spend more time watching TV

55. To make his point, the writer compares cable system to_______.

     A. families          B. computers                   C. libraries        D. networks

56. What can we learn from the passage?

     A. Some people prefer reading books to watching TV.

     B. Some people think they have no time to watch TV.

     C. The writer likes watching TV very much.

     D. The writer will turn off the TV if the programmes are boring.

They say that before long, we will be able to receive more than 500 television networks on cable(电缆). Some people think that it's silly to have that many channels. Their usual view goes something like this.

"I already get more channels on my TV than I have time to watch. No one needs to see that much TV. There's not enough time in the day to watch all that!" They also say that most of what's on television now isn't worth watching in the first place.

I think they're missing the point. If the local library wanted to add another 5,000 books, would we say, "That's silly. We'll never have time to read all those books?" The point is that we would have more choices.

I don't believe that most people should watch more television. And if we had 500 0r even l,000 channels to choose from, we wouldn't have to spend more time watching TV. We would, however, have better programmes to choose from. That means that the quality of our viewing time would improve.

So I should say that the more channels we can choose from, the better. Give me more choices! If they're not worth my time, I'll just hit the "off" button.

53. The writer is writing mainly to_______.

     A. give important information                B. express an opinion

     C. praise cable television                    D. get more channels to choose from

54. According to the passage, the writer wants to_______.

     A. have more choices when watching TV      B. buy more television sets

     C. read more books from the local library       D. spend more time watching TV

55. To make his point, the writer compares cable system to_______.

     A. families          B. computers                   C. libraries        D. networks

56. What can we learn from the passage?

     A. Some people prefer reading books to watching TV.

     B. Some people think they have no time to watch TV.

     C. The writer likes watching TV very much.

     D. The writer will turn off the TV if the programmes are boring.