When the lazy days of summer arrive and the schedule is filled with swimming，camp，and family vacations，it can be a challenge to find time for learning. But kids’ reading skills don’t have to grow cold once school’s out. Here are some ways to make reading a natural part of their summer fun：
Explore your library. Visit your local library to borrow books and magazines that your kids haven’t seen before. Many libraries have summer reading programs, book clubs, and reading contests(比賽) for even the youngest borrowers. With a new library card，a child will feel extra grown­up by borrowing books.
Read on the road. Going on a long car trip？Make sure there are some books at the back seat. When you stop driving，read the books aloud. Get some audio books in libraries and listen to them together during driving time.
Make your own books. Pick one of your family’s favorite parts of summer—whether it’s baseball，ice cream, or the pool—and have your child draw pictures of it or cut out pictures from magazines. Stick(粘貼) the pictures onto paper to make a booklet(小冊(cè)子)and write text for it. When you’re done，read the book together. Reread it whenever you like!
Keep in touch. Kids don’t have to go away to write about summer vacation. Even if your family stays home，they can send postcards to tell friends and relatives about their adventures(冒險(xiǎn)經(jīng)歷). Ask a relative to be your child’s pen pal and encourage them to write each week.
Keep up the reading habits. Even if everything else changes during the summer，keep up the reading habits around your house. Read with your kids every day—whether it’s just before bedtime or under a shady tree on a lazy afternoon. And don’t forget to take a book to the beach！Just brush the sand off the pages — it’s no sweat!
小題1: The purpose of the passage is to________.
A．encourage parents to read
B．give advice on raising kids
C．raise a good summer reader
D．suggest places for vacations
小題2:If you drive on a long trip in summer，you can________.
A．visit the local library and join book clubs
B．borrow some audio books to listen to
C．keep in touch with friends by sending postcards
D．read your own picture books with your son
小題3:By saying “Just brush the sand off the pages—it’s no sweat”，the author means________.
A．taking away the sand on the book is very difficult
B．a(chǎn) special book is needed when you’re reading on the beach
C．one can remove the sand on the book with a brush easily
D．there’s no trouble reading even on the beach
小題4:Who are the possible readers of the passage?
A．Parents.B．Students.C．Teachers.D．Editors.
小題5:Which statement(闡述) is true according to the text?
A．During summer vocation, kids’ reading skills must grow cold.
B．Kids have to go away to write about summer vacation.
C．With a library card，a child will feel extra grown­up by borrowing books.
D．Because everything else changes during the summer，it is hard to keep up the reading habits.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:C

試題分析：當(dāng)令人慵懶的夏天到來(lái)的時(shí)候，人們想到的是不是只是游泳，野營(yíng)和度假，而忘記了讀書呢？在文中作者就如何讓閱讀成為假期樂趣的一部分而提出了一些好的建議．比如要讓孩子把自己的經(jīng)歷寫給他們的筆友，要養(yǎng)成閱讀的習(xí)慣等等．
小題1:C推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第一段末Here are some ways to make reading a natural part of their summer fun可知作者寫這篇文章的目的是想給人們提供一些建議，讓閱讀成為假期中人們樂趣的一部分，由此判斷C為正確選項(xiàng)．
小題2:B細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第三段Get some audio books in libraries and listen to them together during driving time.可知作者建議人們?cè)陂L(zhǎng)途旅行中帶上有聲讀物以方便收聽，故B為正確選項(xiàng)．
小題3:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)前句And don’t forget to take a book to the beach！作者提議帶書去沙灘上閱讀，可以判斷此句意思是在沙灘上閱讀不是什么麻煩事，故答案選D．
小題4:A推理判斷題．根據(jù)文中出現(xiàn)的your child’s 和Read with y our kids 等詞可以推斷這篇文章是寫給家長(zhǎng)的，所以答案選A．
小題5:C細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段With a new library card，a child will feel extra grown­up by borrowing books.可知C選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容正確，故答案選C．
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