Question

So long as teachers fail to distinguish(区别) between teaching and learning, they will continue to try to do for children what only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that “reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible."

Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also public activity: It can be seen and observed.

Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny(审查).

If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest(探索) for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. "Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children."

When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them correctly, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated(消除). Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading.

1. The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that____.

A. it is one of the most difficult school courses

B. students spend endless hours in reading

C. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance

D. too much time is spent in teaching of reading

2.The teaching of reading will be successful if ____.

A. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students

B. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading

C. teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading

D. teachers can make their teaching activities observably

3.According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when ____.

A. children become highly motivated

B. teacher and learner roles are interchangeable

C. teaching helps children in the search for knowledge

D. reading enriches children’s experience

4.The main idea of the passage is that ____.

A. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to read

B. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible

C. reading ability is something acquired rather than taught

D. reading is more complicated than generally believed

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试卷分析：本文是一篇说明文，培养孩子的阅读能力不是靠老师教，老师只能给孩子们创造环境，帮助孩子们学习，学习真正靠的是孩子自己。

1.D细节题。第一段倒数第二句 It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading.教学自然不是永无止境的阅读练习。故选D

2.B细节题。第四段最后一句"Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children."让学习阅读变得简单，这意味着使得阅读成为孩子们有意义的、享受的和频繁的经历。故选B

3.A分析推断题。第二段第三句The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also public activity: 教学的功能就是创造一个环境和氛围，能够使得孩子们可能调整成为他们自学阅读最有效率的的模式。故选A

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考点：考查说明文阅读。