Q:

　　1. The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following facts except ________ .

　　A. one’s familiarity with the text

　　B. one’s purpose in reading

　　C. the length of a group of words

　　D. lighting and tiredness

　　2. The author may believe that reading ______.

　　A. requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation

　　B. requires a reader to see words more quickly

　　C. demands an deeply-participating mind

　　D. demands more mind than eyes

　　3 What does the author mean by saying “but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently.” in the second parapraph?

　　A. The ability to see words is not needed when an efficient reading is conducted.

　　B. The reading exercises mentioned can’t help to improve both the ability to see and to comprehend words.

　　C. The reading exercises mentioned can’t help to improve an efficient reading.

　　D. The reading exercises mentioned has done a great job to improve one’s ability to see words.

　　4. Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time.

　　B. Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training.

　　C. The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.

　　D.The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text.

　　5. The tune of the author in writing this article is ________

　　A critical

　　B neutral

　　C prssimistic

　　D optimistic

　　【答案及詳解】

　　答案：CCCDA

　　1 C。事實細節題。第一段提到了影響視幅的因素：不同的人，不同的閱讀目的，對材料的熟悉程度，光線，疲勞。C“一組詞的長度”不是能影響視幅的因素，是本題的答案。

　　2 C。觀點態度題。作者在第二段第二句提到，眼睛訓練課程只注重了閱讀的視覺因素。倒數第二句書哦，閱讀要求具備理解單詞間關系的能力。因此選項C“閱讀需要大腦的深度參與”正確。作者沒有否定閱讀的視覺因素的必要性，但是也沒有說讀者應該練習拓寬視幅，加快閱讀速度。所以AB兩項都不正確。作者沒有對大腦和眼睛在閱讀過程中的重要性進行對比，所以不選D

　　3 C。 作者在這句話中先是肯定了那些閱讀練習提高看單詞的能力，然后提出了有效閱讀概念。后面句中還指出，有效閱讀需要的是理解單詞間的聯系的能力。所以作者的意思應該是那些(訓練眼睛的)閱讀練習對與有效的閱讀無益。B與文章相反。D句是蘊涵其中一個意思，卻不是作者想表達的方向。

　　4 D。 第二段最后一句說，眼睛訓練對于幫助讀者閱讀連貫文章無益，所以D是錯的，是本題答案。

　　5 A。 參考前面的結構剖析，作者寫本文的主要目的是對那些只關注閱讀的視覺因素的閱讀能力課程進行批判，所以答案應該是A。

　　In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.

　　As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.

　　A revelation (啟示) came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?”

　　“No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”

　　I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously (自發地) told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.

　　Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting (借用) my daughter’s experience.

　　While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough a way to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.

　　1 What do we learn from the first paragraph?

　　A) Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activites.

　　B) Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.

　　C) Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.

　　D) A lot of distractions compete for children’s time nowadays.

　　2. What did the author say about her own writing experience?

　　A) She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.

　　B) Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.

　　C) She was constantly under pressure of writing more.

　　D) Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.

　　3. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?

　　A) She believed she possessed real talent for writing.

　　B) She was sure of winning with her mother’s help.

　　C) She wanted to share her stories with readers.

　　D) She had won a prize in the previous contest.

　　4. The author took great pains to refine her daughter’s stories because _______.

　　A) she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance

　　B) she did not want to disappoint Rebecca who needed her help so much

　　C) she wanted to help Rebecca realize her dream of becoming a writer

　　D) she was afraid Rebecca’s imagination might run wild while writing.

　　5. What’s the author’s advice for parents?

　　A) A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue.

　　B) Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience.

　　C) Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in.

　　D) Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions.

　　參考答案

　　1. A. Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities.

　　2. B. Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.

　　3. C. She wanted to share her stories with readers.

　　4. C. she wanted to help Rebecca realize her dream of becoming a writer.

　　5. B. Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience