单选题
So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching
and learning, they will continue to undertake to do for children that which 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 to 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 that will aid the child in the quest (探索)
for 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.
单选题
The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first
Paragraph is that ______.
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 about reading
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 参见文章第一段第4行。
单选题
The teaching of reading will be successful if ______.
A. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students
B. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of, reading
C. teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading
D. teachers can make their teaching activities observable
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 依据文章第二段第2行开始，B项符合其意思。
单选题
The word "scrutiny" (Line 3, Para. 3) most probably means " ______ "
A. inquiry
B. observation
C. control
D. Suspicion
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 首先四个选项的含义应该明确：A．询问；B．观察；C．控制；D．怀疑。出现该词的句子为“process is not open to public scrutiny”。而最明显的提示出现在第二段最后一句“scrutiny”最可能的词义应该是observation。
单选题
According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a
difficult task when ______.
A. children become highly motivated
B. teacher and learner roles are interchangeable
C. teaching helps children in the search for knowledge
D. reading enriches children's experience
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 依据文章第四段、第五段所提供的信息，特别是第五段第3行。
单选题
The main idea of the passage is that ______.
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