Question

So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to  undertake to do for 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 a public activity: It can be seen and observed.

Learning to read involves all that each individual does not 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. If teacher and learner  roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done  through teaching will aid the child in  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 appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. 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 word "scrutiny"（Para.3） most probably  means____.

A. inquiry    B. observation

C. control    D. suspect

3.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.C

【解析】文章谈论的是一个教育问题。现在的教学中，大量的时间被用于教学生如何阅读。然而，阅读能力并不是通过老师讲授给学生的，而是学生自己通过努力习得的。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段内容“It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading.”可知，太多的时间被用于教学生如何阅读，故选D。

2.词义猜测题。根据第二段和第三段的内容“Teaching is also public activity. It can be seen and observed. ...Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny.”可知，教学是一个公开的活动，而学习则属于私人活动，它在一个人的内心进行，学习的过程不是公开的，因此不能被观察，故选B。

3.主旨大意题。根据第一段“they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves ...reading cannot be taught directly”和最后一段“Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of leaning to read by reading.”可知，阅读能力不是教会的，而是学生自己通过努力习得的，故选C。