Sitting at a desk in a classroom all day can be pretty boring.

The teachers at Ward Elementary in Winston –Salem,North Carolina ,picked up on that and traded in their students’desks for exercise bikes as a part of their Read and Ride program!

The Read and Ride program began five years ago.One classroom has enough bikes for every student in any given class,and throughout the day teachers bring in their students to the room to ride them and read their books.

Even regular classrooms have one bike in the back of each room for students who just can’t sit still to use to help them burn energy in a good way.

Students love being more active!Teachers enjoy seeing students eager to read.Parents appreciate stronger,smarter children.Headmasters value this effective and cost-free program.“Riding exercise bikes makes reading fun for many kids who get frustrated(挫敗的)when they read.Thus,they have a way to release that frustration while they ride,”said Scott Ertl,who started the program.“As we can see,everyone wants to promote literacy and lose weight!But many students who are overweight struggle with sports and activities since they don’t want to always be the last or lose with others watching on the playground.On exercise bikes,however,students are able to exert(發(fā)揮)themselves at their own level—without anyone noticing when they slow down or take a break.”

As it turns out,not only are the bikes helping the students burn calories,they’re also helping them learn better and stay focused.At the end of the school year the school analyzed testing data and found that students that spent more time reading and riding did more than twice as well on reading tests than their fellow students who spent the least time in the program.

1.Why did the teachers start the Read and Ride program?

A.To get the students out of the classrooms.

B.To make the students more active in sports.

C.To read effectively in an active way.

D.To help the overweight students keep fit.

2.According to Scott Ertl,riding exercise bikes___________.

A.is the least expensive way for exercise

B.call benefit overweight students in both ways

C.is the best way to build up students’ body

D.is a good way to avoid being watched by teachers

3.The program helps the students in the following ways except________.

A.help them learn better

B.reduce their reading difficulties

C.build up their bodies

D.improve their learning concentration

1.C

2.B

3.B

【解析】

試題分析:本文主要講述了為了使學(xué)生避免看書無聊的缺點引進了騎車看書法,這種方法不僅可以幫助學(xué)生減肥增強體質(zhì)還能幫他們提高學(xué)習(xí),集中注意力的事。

1. the day teachers bring in their students to the room to ride them and read their books.可知全天老師都會帶領(lǐng)他們?nèi)ヲT車并在車上看書以及第五段第四句Riding exercise bikes makes reading fun for many kids who get frustrated(挫敗的)when they read,可知騎車讀書使得讀書有困難的學(xué)生覺得書很有趣,由此可推知騎車讀書這種方式使讀書變得有效率。故選C

2. we can see,everyone wants to promote literacy and lose weight ...without anyone noticing when they slow down or take a break.”可知想要通過運動減肥的人想停下來歇息時又怕站在旁邊的人嘲笑所以不敢休息,而教室里的騎車就解決了這種麻煩,因為沒人會注意你,最后一段第一句not only are the bikes helping the students burn calories也可知能夠減肥。故選B

3. it turns out,not only are the bikes helping the students burn calories,they’re also helping them learn better and stay focused可知結(jié)果是既可以幫助消耗卡路里來增強體質(zhì),減肥,也能幫學(xué)生們學(xué)的更好,還能幫他們提高注意力,A、C、D選項都有。故選B

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