Unit 5 Theme parks grammar课时作业

一、阅读理解

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　　Reading is the key to school success and，like any skill it takes practice.A child learns to walk by practising until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other.A great athlete practises until he can play quickly，accurately，without thinking.Tennis players call that"being in the Zone"．Educators call it"automaticity(自如)"．

　　A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and decoding(注明)the words.With practice，he stumbles(结巴)less and less，reading by the phrase.With automaticity，he doesn't have to think about decoding the words，so he can concentrate on the meaning of the text.It can begin as early as first grade.In a recent study of children in Illinois schools，Alan Rossman of Northwestern University fóund automatic readers in the first grade who were reading almost three times as fast as the other children and scoring twice as high on comprehension tests.At fifth grade，the automatic readers were reading twice as fast as the others，all still outscoring them on accuracy，comprehension and vocabulary.

　　"It's not IQ but the amount of time a child spends reading that is the key to automaticity，"according to Rossman.Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books，magazines or newspapers will in all likelihood(可能性)reach automaticity.At home，where the average child spends 25 hours a week watching television，it can happen by turning off the set just one night in favor of reading.

　　You can test your child by giving him a paragraph or two to read aloud-something unfamiliar but appropriate to his age.If he reads aloud with expression，with a sense of the meaning of the sentences，he probably is an automatic reader.If he reads haltingly，one word at a time，without expression or meaning，he needs more practice.

　　[语篇解读]　这篇短文主要介绍了阅读是学习成功的关键。它像其他的技能一样需要大量的练习。形成自动阅读的方法就是大量练习。

　　1．The first paragraph tells us________.

　　A．what automaticity is

B．how accuracy is acquired(获取)