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Question

If you look for a book as a present for a child. You will be spoiled for choice even in a year there is no new Harry Patten J.K Powling’s wizard is not alone the past decade has been a harvest for good children’s books, which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of classics such as The lard of the Rings.
Yet despite that , reading is increasingly unpopular among children. According to statistics in 1997 23% said they didn’t like reading in all. In 2003, 35% did . And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.
Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computes games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Cordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class. In his pre-budget report, he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.
Reading Recovery is wined at six year olds, who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher. An evaluation either this year reported that children on the school made 20 months’ progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress, and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.    
International research tends to find that when British children leave primacy school they read well, but read text often for fun than those elsewhere. Reading for fun matters because children who are been on reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success. According to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage
小题1:Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1?

A．Marry children’s books have been adapted from films.

B．Marry high-quality children’s books have been published.

C．The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films.

D．The sales of presents for children have increased.

小题2:Statistics suggested that        .  

A．the number of top students increased with the use of computers

B．a decreasing number of children showed interest in reading

C．a minority of primacy school children read properly

D．a huge percentage of children read regularly

小题3:What do we know about Reading Recovery?

A．An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year.

B．Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking.

C．It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.

D．Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading.

小题4:Reading for fun is important because book-loving children _______.

A．take greater advantage of the project

B．show the potential to enjoy a long life

C．are likely to succeed in their education.

D．would make excellent future researchers

小题5:The aim of this text would probably be _______.

A．to overcome primary school pupils reading difficulty.

B．to encourage the publication of more children’s books

C．to remind children of the importance of reading for fun

D．to introduce a way to improve early children reading

Answer 1

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:C

本文主要讲述许多儿童不喜欢读书，针对这件事，介绍一种提高儿童读书的方法。
小题1: 主旨大意题。第一段主要讲述了许多好的儿童书籍已经被出版了。
小题2: 推理判断题。从第二段所给出的数据可判断B正确
小题3:细节理解题。从第四段在儿童身上做调查、实验可看出，这些被关注的儿童取得了很大的进步。
小题4:细节理解题。从第五段倒数第二句话loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success 可看出C正确。
小题5:主旨大意题。写这篇文章的目的就是就儿童不愿意读书的问题来介绍一种提高儿童读书的方法