Every year in the first week of English class, some students inform me that writing is too hard. They never write, unless homework requires it. They find the writing process painful and difficult.
How awful it is to be able to speak in a language but not to write in it, especially with its rich vocabulary. Being able to speak but not write is like living in an enormous mansion and never leaving one small room. When I meet students who think they can’t write, I know, as a teacher my duty is to show them the rest of the rooms. My task is to build fluency and accuracy while providing the opportunity in any writing activity to enhance(增強)the moral and emotional development of my students.
One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day.
Writing ability is like strength training. Writing needs to be done just like exercise; just as muscles grow stronger with exercise, writing skills improve quickly with writing practice daily. I often see a rise in student confidence and performance after only a few weeks of journal writing.
Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole students. When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and emotional lives. They build skills so that some say they might write a great novel, a piece of sorely needed legislation(法規(guī)), or the perfect love letter. That they write in their journals every day puts them a step closer to fluency, eloquence(雄辯)and command of the language.
小題1:What is the purpose of the passage?
A.To encourage students to keep a journal every day.
B.To analyze students’ problems in learning languages.
C.To stress the importance of writing in language learning.
D.To introduce an effective way of improving students’ writing.
小題2:The underlined phrase “an enormous mansion” in Paragraph 2 refers to students’       .
A.writing opportunityB.large house
C.large vocabularyD.emotional life
小題3:In the author’s view, what can students benefit from the journal writing?
A.It is beneficial to students’ future career.
B.It can make students more emotional.
C.It is helpful to students’ homework.
D.It can enlarge students’ vocabulary.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A

試題分析:本文是一篇說明文,說明了每年英語課堂的第一周,英語寫作對于學(xué)生來說都很難,為了解決這個問題,介紹了一個有效的寫作方法,那就是寫日記。通過寫日記可以提高自己的寫作水平。在日記里老師看到他們對寫作很有信心,每天寫日記能夠使學(xué)生口才很流利,寫作很棒
小題1:推理題,由第三段One great way to do this is by having students write in a journal in class every day可以推出答案,故選D。
小題2:推理題,由第二段第一行especially with its rich vocabulary.可以推出答案,所以選C。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題,由最后一段第二行When my students practice journal writing, they are practicing for their future academic, political, and emotional lives可以知道答案,所以選A
點評:做細(xì)節(jié)題的關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù),認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同,常犯錯誤有:絕對化語言,范圍擴大或縮小,以偏概全,張冠李戴等。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋?忌紫纫屑(xì)閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點。
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