【正文】 t can be redeemed(兌取) either online or in the real world. With the Chore Monster app kids earn digital points by pleting chores that they can turn in for reallife rewards such as extra Xbox time or a trip to the mall. Our goal is to encourage kids to earn rewards says Chris Bergman, founder of Chore Monster, Kids need positive reinforcement(強(qiáng)化) to help motivate them. What do you think? Should kids be rewarded for doing chores? Or should kids help out around their homes without getting anything in return? Write a 200word response. Send it to tfkasks4you@. Your response may be published in a future issue of Time For Kids. Please include your grade and contact information of your parent or teacher if you want your response to be published. The deadline for responding is February 18.（1）How does the author start the passage? listing some evidence. presenting some facts. paring different views. stating his own experiences.（2）Which statement is true according to Susie Walton? should be rewarded for doing chores. decide what kids can do for the family. have the responsibility to share housework. can get extra puter time for doing chores.（3）The purpose of writing the text is to . readers to express their opinions readers of two different opinions on readers to reflect on their behavior the author39。s viewpoint about parenting【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，針對“家長該不該獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)孩子做家務(wù)”介紹了兩種觀點(diǎn)：一個(gè)是孩子有義務(wù)幫助家長做家務(wù)，家長不應(yīng)獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)；另一個(gè)是獲得現(xiàn)金或其他獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)會(huì)激勵(lì)孩子們做家務(wù)，這會(huì)教會(huì)他們在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中需要工作才能掙錢。文章最后向讀者征求看法并為讀者提供了回復(fù)看法的郵箱地址。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段“Many kids help out around the house with chores(家庭雜務(wù)) such as emptying the dishwasher, putting laundry away, and taking out the trash. In exchange, some kids get allowances(補(bǔ)貼) or other rewards such as extra puter exchange, some kids get allowances (補(bǔ)貼) or other rewards such as extra puter time.”許多孩子在家里幫忙做家務(wù)，比如清空洗碗機(jī)、把洗好的衣服收起來、倒垃圾。作為交換，一些孩子可以得到津貼或其他獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)，比如額外的玩電腦時(shí)間，可知，作者首先陳述目前一些家長常見的做法，從而引出本文討論的話題：家長該不該獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)孩子做家務(wù)。故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“It39。s important for kids to see that we all have responsibilities in the house.”重要的是要讓孩子們看到在家里每個(gè)人都要承擔(dān)做家務(wù)的責(zé)任，可知， Susie Walton認(rèn)為孩子有義務(wù)幫助家長做家務(wù)，即家長不應(yīng)獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)孩子做家務(wù)。故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“What do you think? Should kids be rewarded for doing chores? Or should kids help out around their homes without getting anything in return? Write a 200word response. Send it to tfkasks4you@.”你怎么認(rèn)為？孩子們做家務(wù)應(yīng)該得到獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)嗎？或者孩子們應(yīng)該在家里幫忙而不得到任何回報(bào)？寫一個(gè)200字的回答并發(fā)送到郵箱，可知，作者這是在邀請讀者針對“該不該獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)孩子做家務(wù)”這個(gè)問題發(fā)表看法，并提供了郵箱地址。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 We may be living in the digital age but reading books is still a big part of growing up. When they39。re in primary school, children read books that really challenge them. But once they reach secondary school, the level of difficulty doesn39。t change much. Secondary school students tend to read books which are also read by upper primary students. They are not challenging themselves enough. To discover these trends, I analyzed data collected by Accelerated Reader (AR) software, which asks pupils to check their understanding of the books they39。ve chosen to read. The difficulty — which I call readability. I also created two lists of books: one for the books that most secondary pupils had chosen to read, and another for the books they had voted as their favorites. According to the readability, these students39。 favorite books tend to be much more advanced than the other books they chose, but they could still understand them. The rest of the books most often chosen by them are quite simple. You might think that students who read harder books might make more mistakes and understand them less well. But students39。 quality of prehension does not depend on the difficulty of the book, no matter what year of secondary school they39。re in. Having an interest is the most obvious factor here — if you like the book, you try hard to really understand it. As children bee teenagers, they listen less to advice from adults and more to advice from kids of their age. So, rather than trying to lecture young people on the benefits of Jane Austen, we should make the nature of the problem clear to them. Students should challenge each other to read more difficult books. Adults could help by setting up noticeboards or organizing social media networks for young people to share their remendations. And teachers can lend a hand by setting aside time for reading in school. Young people will realize the problems that e when they don39。t challenge themselves to read difficult books.（1）What can we learn from the first paragraph? spend little time on afterclass reading school students seldom read tough books39。s reading interest tends to decrease as they grow up students have difficulty choosing good reading materials（2）The author made use of AR software to ________. children39。s different reading styles the average time children spend on reading out the causes of children39。s reading difficulties clear the difficulty levels of books read by children（3）What can we infer about secondary school students from the readability scores? find some advanced books interesting often make mistakes during advanced reading prefer to read books remended by their parents can hardly improve their scores on reading prehension（4）According to Paragraph 4, what is vital for improving reading prehension? knowledge skills（5）What does the author want to express in the last paragraph? relatively difficult textbooks is necessary students39。 reading is a shared responsibility technology should be used in reading reaching should be encouraged to read more literary works【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）A（4）C（5）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，作者通過對初中生閱讀能力的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查討論了如何提高他們的閱讀能力—興趣動(dòng)力。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“But once they reach secondary school, the level of difficulty doesn39。t change much. Secondary school students tend to read books which are