单选题 The principal technique in current use for teaching reading at the intermediate stage, a stage occurring between a beginning stage and an advanced stage, is that of graded readers. It is generally accepted that the achievement of fluency and that of a wider coverage of the language are desirable aims, and most teachers strive to obtain a large quantity of reading matter, often distinguishing between intensive and extensive reading. Two sources of difficulty exist: first, it is extremely difficult, in practice, for the teacher to meet the needs of each individual learner at the various different times that individuals actually become intermediate learners. Classwork presupposes that all learners progress from one stage to another at the same moment, which is not true. To try and get over this problem there is currently a wave of interest in individualization, that is, in providing within a common framework the opportunity for each individual learner to learn at least partly at his own rate; In reading, this is promoted by the provision of numbers of separate materials lots of small books ,or leaflets, or cards -- which become longer and more complex. (Reading kits are a case in point. ) This trend is certain to increase.
The second difficulty is that the grading of reading materials has often proved inadequate ,in two senses: (a) by being self-defeating, so that "simplified" texts have frequently been "simplified" out of all sensible meaning; and (b) by the fact that many learners find vocabulary graded materials unappetizing: not that they can't learn from them, but that they won't. What is now being realized is that the grading of reading materials, and above all the choice of texts, must reflect not only characteristics of the language (vocabulary, grammar, etc. ) but also characteristics of the learner. What he is willing to read and what he is interested to read are products of his sex, age-group, level of education, degree of intellectuality, personal interests, etc. Reading materials are increasingly being designed to fit both the learner's level of proficiency in English and his reading interests. In doing so, they are providing the learner with the means of developing further command of the linguistic meanings of writing, enabling him to grasp informational and logical meaning, and perhaps starting him on the understanding of rhetorical and implicational meanings.

单选题 The first paragraph mainly deals with the problem caused by ______.

A. intensive and extensive reading
B. supplementary reading materials
C. individual learners
D. the quantity of reading materials

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】此题考查对第一段第三句话的理解，每个语言学习者从初级水平过渡到中级水平的时间参差不齐，从而教学实践中难以照顾到每个人的需要，因此产生了问题，因此选[C]。阅读材料本身并不是产生问题的根源，故排除[A]、[B]、[D]。

单选题 To overcome the first difficulty for teaching intermediate readers, the teacher will ______.

A. employ the method of individualization in his teaching practice
B. make sure that all learners progress from one stage to another at the same moment
C. provide learners the same reading materials
D. make all learners do both intensive and extensive reading

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】题干To overcome the first difficulty是对原文To try and get over this problem的同义转述，由此可定位到文章第一段第五句，意思是每个语言学习者从初级水平过渡到中级水平的时间参差不齐，因此教学中教师不可能同时满足每个学习者的需要，为克服这一困难，目前许多教师热衷于个性化的教学手段，因此选[A]。每个学习者从一个阶段过渡到下一阶段的时间不可能统一，因此排除[B]；给学习者提供相同的阅读材料，或同时进行精读与泛读教学，也不可能使学习者的水平都一样，因为每个个体都有差别，因此排除[C]、[D]。

单选题 The second paragraph proposes that supplementary graded reading materials should ______.

A. be interesting enough to attract readers
B. be simplified so as to fit the learners' level of proficiency
C. take into consideration the learners' proficiency in English and reading interests
D. not be simplified and graded

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】根据题干graded reading materials定位到第二段第二、三和第四句，选择阅读材料不仅要考虑语言的特征，如词汇和语法，也要考虑学习者的特征：他们是否对材料感兴趣，材料是否和他们的水平相当，因此选[C]。[A]、[B]只考虑到问题的一方面，不全面；[D]与原文内容相悖，故排除。

单选题 We can conclude from the passage that in teaching the intermediate reader much attention should be paid to______.

A. selection of reading materials
B. teachers
C. fluency and a wide coverage of' the language
D. individual and graded learners

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】综合第一段和第二段所论述的解决两个困难或者说问题的办法，解决第一个问题的要领是教学中要考虑个体和个性；解决第二个问题的要领是既要考虑学习者的阅读兴趣又要照顾到学习者的水平，因此选[D]。其他三个选项都只考虑到某一方面，都不全面，故排除。

单选题 The passage focuses on ______.

A. problem solving
B. theoretical explanation
C. the grading of reading materials
D. encouraging the intermediate readers

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题考查文章主旨。纵观全文，第一段和第二段都是先提出要解决的问题，对问题进行分析，找出根源，然后提出解决问题的办法和途径。主要探讨解决问题的方法和途径，因此选 [A]。[B]“理论解释”，文章虽然也涉及到理论解释部分，但这只是为解决问题服务的；[C]“阅读材料的分级”，这只是第二段提出的问题，而非全文的内容；[D]鼓励中级读者，这只是第二段提出的解决问题的办法之一，而非全文主旨，故排除。