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6．Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to preschool child．But a new study suggests that calling attention to the words and letters on the page may lead to better readers．
The two-year study compared children who were read in this way in class with children who were not．Those whose teachers most often discussed the print showed clearly higher skills in reading，spelling and understanding．These results were found one year and even two years later．
 Shayne Piasta，an assistant professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University，was a n author of the study．She says most preschool teachers would find this method manageable and would need only a small change in the way they teach．They already read story-books in class．The only diff erence would be increased attention to the printed text．"If you get children to pay attention to letters and words，it makes sense that they will do better at word recognition and spelling．"But she says research suggests that very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic way．
   More than 300 children aged four and five were observed in classrooms．They came from poor families and were below average in their language skills．For thirty weeks，the children took part in a program called Project STAR-Sit Together and Read．The project is based in Ohio State．It tests the short-term and long-term results of reading regularly to preschool children in their classrooms．
    There are different ways that adults can talk to children about print．They can point to a letter and discuss it，and even trace the shape with a finger．They can point out a word and discuss the meaning of the print or how the words tell the story．And they can talk about the organization of the print--for instance，showing how words are written left to right in English．
56．What do we know about the ways preschool children are usually taught？B
A．Preference is given to the shape of the letters and the organization of the print．
B．More attention is paid to the picture，with words and letters being ignored．
C．The focus of the teaching is on bringing them up to be good readers．
D．Equal attention is paid to the texts and the pictures．
57．Shayne Piasta suggested that preschool teachers shouldC．
A．read storybooks regularly in class．
B．learn to manage their class well
C．often discuss the printed words and letters  
D．search for a better method of reading
58．The children who joined in Project STAR wereA．
A．very poor in their reading          
B．mostly cleverer than others
C．especially good at language skills   
D．worried about reading problems
59．Which of the following is TRUE about the study on language skills of preschool children？D
A．Many teachers want to change their way of teaching preschool children．
B．Attention of the pictures has made the children uninterested in reading．
C．Teachers are often prevented from taking different approaches to language teaching．
D．Project STAR aims to research into the results of reading books to preschool children in the classro om．
60．The last paragraph mainly tells usC．
A．why we should discuss the meaning of the print 
B．the shape of the letter is the focus of teaching
C．how we can teach children about print   
D．English words are usually written from left to right．

Answer 1

分析 本文講述的內(nèi)容是幼兒教育方面的一個(gè)新的研究成果，告訴我們要更多注意文字和語言方面，而不僅僅是圖片的教育．給學(xué)齡前兒童讀書時(shí)，很多老師和父母關(guān)注的是圖畫，但研究表明，此教孩子關(guān)注圖片旁的單詞更有利于培養(yǎng)孩子的拼寫、閱讀和理解的技能，而且老師只需稍微調(diào)整教學(xué)方式，就能做到．

解答 BCADC
56．B細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to pre-school children．But a new study suggests that calling attention to the words and letters on the page may lead to better readers．可知老師和家長在給學(xué)齡前兒童故事書的時(shí)候通常只重圖畫，但一項(xiàng)新的研究表明，關(guān)注書頁上的字母和單詞能更好地培養(yǎng)孩子們的閱讀能力．由此可知，現(xiàn)在的老師和父母親過度的關(guān)注圖片教育孩子，而忽視了文字和語言方面的教育．故選B．
57．C推理判斷題．根據(jù)第三段Shayne Piasta，an assistant professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University，was an author of the study．She says most pre-school teachers would find this method manageable and would need only a small change in the way they teach可知他建議對(duì)方做出改變，也就是從以前的方法轉(zhuǎn)換到現(xiàn)在的注意文字和語言方面．故選C．
58．A細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第六段的The children came from poor families and were below average in their language skills．This put them at risk of reading problems later．可知，這些孩子的閱讀技能很糟糕．故選A．
59．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段The project is based at Ohio State．It tests the short-term and long-term results of reading regularly to pre-school children in their classrooms．STAR這一項(xiàng)目的目的是檢測(cè)給學(xué)齡前兒童在課堂上定期閱讀的短期和長期效果．故選D．
60．C主旨大意題．根據(jù)最后一段There are different ways that teachers and parents can talk to children about print．可知，最后一段主要講述的是老師和家長教育孩子文字的方法．故選C．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 文講述的內(nèi)容是幼兒教育方面的一個(gè)新的研究成果．文章基本上是考查細(xì)節(jié)題，對(duì)此類題型考生可以首先從問題中找到關(guān)鍵詞，然后以此為線索，運(yùn)用略讀及查閱的技巧在文中迅速尋找這一細(xì)節(jié)，找到后再把這一部分內(nèi)容仔細(xì)閱讀一遍，仔細(xì)比較所給選項(xiàng)與文中細(xì)節(jié)的細(xì)微區(qū)別，在準(zhǔn)確理解細(xì)節(jié)的前提下，最后確定最佳答案．