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.
小題1:According to George, reading aloud to children_______________.
A．helps them correct mistakes
B．is helpful to their reading
C．is parents’ first duty to their children
D．can get children out of television’s attraction
小題2:The underlined word (in Paragraph 4 ) means something that_________
A．can improve children’s reading
B．can help children’s right way of reading
C．can make children interested in reading
D．can make children not attentive
小題3:Which of the following is important according to the fourth paragraph?
A．Reading skills.B．Reading speed.
C．Reading materials.D．Reading environment.
小題4:If the passage is not completed, which of the following can follow the fifth
paragraph?
A．Parents choose reading materials for their children.
B．Advice is given to control their children.
C．What TV programs children can watch during reading.
D．How children improve their reading by themselves.
小題5: Which one would be the best title for the passage?
A．Children Spend More Time Reading with Parents.
B．Parents Are Their Child's First Teacher.
C．How Parents Make Their Child a Better Reader.
D．How to Improve Children's Reading Ability.

【小題 1】B
【小題 2】D
【小題 3】D
【小題 4】A
【小題 5】C

【小題 1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，由文中語句“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,””理解可知。
【小題 2】詞義理解推斷題，由文中第四自然段理解可知
【小題 3】理解推斷題，由文中第四自然段的語句理解可知。
【小題 4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，由文中語句“of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.”理解可知。
【小題 5】標(biāo)題理解推斷題，由文中語句“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.”理解可知。
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