4．From the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation．When children are little we make them read aloud，before the teacher and other children，so that we can be sure they"know"all the words they are reading．This means that when they don't know a word，they are going to make a mistake，right in front of everyone．After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years，I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books，and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously．
    One day soon after school had started，I said to them，"Now I'm going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before．I would like you to read a lot of books this year，but I want you to read them only for pleasure．I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not．If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it，that's enough for me．Also I'm not going to ask you what words mean．"
    The children sat surprised and silent．Was this a teacher talking？One girl，who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time，looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished．Then，still looking at me，she said slowly and seriously，"Mr Holt，do you really mean that？"I said just as seriously，"I mean every word of it．"
    During the spring she really astonished me．One day，she was reading at her desk．From a glimpse of the illustrations I thought I knew what the book was．I said to myself，"It can't be，"and went to take a closer look．Sure enough，she was reading Moby Dick，in the edition with woodcuts．I said，"Don't you find parts of it rather heavy going？"She answered，"Oh，sure，but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part．"
    This is exactly what reading should be and in school so seldom is，an exciting，joyous adventure．Find something，dive into it，take the good parts，skip the bad parts，get what you can out of it，go on to something else．How different is our mean-spirited，picky insistence that every child get every last little scrap of"understanding"that can be dug out of a book．
29．According to the passage，children's fear and dislike of books may result fromD．
A．reading little and thinking little      
B．reading often and adventurously
C．being made to read too much     
D．being made to read aloud before others
30．Upon hearing the teacher's talk，the children probably felt thatC．
A．it sounded stupid
B．it was not surprising at all
C．it sounded too good to be true
D．it was no different from other teachers'talk
31．Which of the following statements about the girl is TRUE according to the passage？C
A．She skipped over those easy parts while reading．
B．She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks．
C．She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books．
D．She turned out to be a top student after coming to this school．

分析 本文主要講述作者如何培養(yǎng)學(xué)生們的閱讀能力．

解答 29--31 DCC
29．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段"When children are little we make them read aloud before the teacher and other children，so that we can be sure they"know"all the words they are reading．This means that when they don't know a word，they are going to make a mistake，right in front of everyone．"，可知孩子們害怕在老師和同學(xué)面前讀書，犯錯誤，故選D．
30．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"The children sat stunned and silent．孩子們震驚和沉默地坐著．"第三段第四行"seriously，‘Mr．Holt，do you really mean that？'"不能得出答案．當(dāng)老師說了這些話之后，孩子們都很震驚，很奇怪，所以他會確定問老師是不是真的這樣？這表明學(xué)生是很不太相信的．答案選項(xiàng)的it sounded too good to be true，意為聽起來太好了以致不相信這是真的．故選C．
31．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第四段最后一句話Oh，sure，but I just skip over those parts and go on the next good part（哦，當(dāng)然，但我只是跳過這些部分，繼續(xù)讀下一個好的部分．）可知，選項(xiàng)A錯誤；從這里也可以看出小女孩在讀一些不易懂的書的時候，學(xué)會了欣賞其中的一些段落，故C對；而選項(xiàng)B、D文章都沒有提到．故選C．

點(diǎn)評 人物故事類閱讀理解文章是高考英語�？疾牧现唬@類文章一般可分為人物傳記和短篇故事兩類．這兩類閱讀材料一般較長，即詞數(shù)多，而且命題也較多，特別是推理判斷題和事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題多．在做此類閱讀理解題時往往是材料看得懂，題目不好做的感覺．因此，在閱讀材料時要重點(diǎn)放在事情發(fā)展的過程和結(jié)果上，注意把握事件的發(fā)展進(jìn)程及人物之間的關(guān)系，細(xì)節(jié)與主題的關(guān)系，用以說明人物性格特點(diǎn)的事實(shí)、作者的態(tài)度等，這些內(nèi)容往往是推理判斷題的命題點(diǎn)．至于事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題的解答，同學(xué)們切忌想當(dāng)然或者憑印象，一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確選擇．

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