【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable thing parents can do. It is better for children to hear things at a high level than where they are, George said. Parents are their child39。s first teacher. Parents help their children build listening, phonics, prehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them. Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy—television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Jones said that while her 14yearold daughter and 10yearold son enjoy reading, the television sometimes bees a distraction. So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series. Parents who do not read themselves should not count on their children being enthusiastic about it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in school. It is the parents39。 job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.（1）According to George, reading aloud to children ______. them correct mistakes helpful to their reading parents39。 first duty to their children get children out of television39。s attraction（2）The underlined word distraction (in Paragraph4) means something that can _____. children39。s reading skills children form the right habit of reading children interested in reading children concentrating on reading（3）What is important according to the fourth paragraph? skills. speed. materials. environment.（4）The best title for the passage would be ______. Spend More Time Reading with Parents Are Their Child39。s First Teacher Parents Make Their Child a Better Reader to Improve Children39。s Reading Ability【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了經(jīng)常與父母一起閱讀的孩子更容易成為優(yōu)秀的閱讀者，在父母的幫助下，孩子們會提高閱讀技巧，并詳細(xì)闡述了父母如何使孩子成為更好的閱讀者。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Parents help their children build listening, phonics, prehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.”可知家長對孩子大聲的閱讀，會幫助他們建立聽力、發(fā)音、理解和詞匯技能。即家長對孩子大聲的閱讀對孩子的閱讀是有幫助的，故選B。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第四段中的“Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy—television and limit the time their children spend watching television.”可知電視是影響孩子閱讀的敵人，所以當(dāng)Louise Joines14歲的女兒和10歲的兒子享受閱讀的快樂時，電視就會成為使他們分心的東西，所以distraction的意思是“分心”，故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。第四段主要講了為了避免電視成為孩子閱讀的障礙，不建議在孩子的臥室安裝電視，而且列舉了Louise Jones的例子，為了避免電視使孩子分心，Louise Jones營造全家都讀書的氛圍。所以從本段可以知道閱讀環(huán)境是很重要的，故選D。 （4）考查主旨大意。主要講述了經(jīng)常與父母一起閱讀的孩子更容易成為優(yōu)秀的閱讀者，在父母的幫助下，孩子們會提高閱讀技巧。并詳細(xì)闡述了父母如何使孩子成為更好的閱讀者。故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和主旨大意四個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday. When it es to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world39。s recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age of 122. So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(壽命)? If scientists e up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150－or beyond? Researchers don39。t entirely agree on the answers. Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn39。t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135, says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas. Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees. People can live much longer than we think, he says. Experts used to say that humans couldn39。t live past 110. When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120. So why can39。t we go higher? The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it39。s all just guessing. Anyone can make up a number, says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan. Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine. Won39。t new antiaging techniques keep us alive for centuries? Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120. Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most. So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller, adding another 50 percent would get you to 120. So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers? That life span is flexible(有彈性的), but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington. We can get flies to live 50 percent longer, he says. But a fly39。s never going to live 150 years. Of course, if you became a new species (物種), one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story, he adds. Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve (進(jìn)化)their way to longer life? It39。s pretty cool to think about, he says with a smile.（1）What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us? can live to 122. people are creative. are sporty at 85. live longer than men.（2）According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ______. average human life span could be 110 cannot find ways to slow aging people can expect to live to over 150 are not sure how long people can live（3）Who would agree that a scientist will bee famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity? Shay. Austad. Miller. Martin.（4）What can we infer from the last three paragraphs? of us could be good at sports even at 120. average human life span cannot be doubled. believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before. techniques could be used to change flies into a new species【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了科學(xué)家對長壽的不同觀點和對延長人的壽命的不同理解。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Jeanne Calment is the world39。s recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age of 122. ”說明人們可以活到122歲，故選A。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。文章第四段中 的“People can live much longer than we think.”可知人類能活多長仍是未知數(shù)，故選D。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第五段中的“Usually the scientist who picks the hig