15．Reading for pleasure is declining among primary-age pupils，and increasing numbers of"time poor"parents are dropping the practice of sharing bedtime stories with their children once they start school．
Research presented to a conference last week found that，while parents read to preschoolers，this later tails off，and by the final year of primary school only around 2% read to their children every day．Once children can read skillfully，parents tend to step back，and this usually happens at the age of seven or eight．The report also found that 820-/o of teachers blame the government's"target-．driven"education policies for the fact that fewer children are reading for pleasure．
They believe that a straitjacket （束縛） of strictly organized schooling is containing young people's ability to read more widely．Two-thirds of teachers surveyed said they lacked time in the school day to introduce a variety of books and that this was a"major obstacle to being able to develop a level of reading"．Teachers also cited as main factors the reduction in the number of school librarians，who could put interesting books before children，and the rise in"screen time"，switching children from reading to playing games．
The majority of teachers said the curriculum's （課程）"emphasis on reading as a skill to be mastered"was increasing the pressure．This was compounded by parents who saw reading just as a focus of learning，a skill critical to career advancement in a competitive world．
Reading habits and the digital revolution in publishing were key topics of debate at the conference．The theme of the lack of British culture was supported by children's writer Frank Cottrell Boyce，who wrote the scripts（手稿 ） for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012Olympics．
"We discovered the whole nation had forgotten that they did the industrial revolution，"he said．
"Books are so central to it； books can be written by anyone．A lot of the pleasure of a book is listening to somebody read it to you．"
"We found a real love of reading al110ng teachers，and a strong desire，to encourage more children to read for pleasure，"said Rob Cheney，"However，the teachers also had an overpowering sense of frustration with their situation．""Touch-screen phone and tablets （ 平板電腦）are naturally attractive to children，"the survey Said，and predicted a period of awkwardness as everyone else adapts．By 2018，children's television will have adopted the presence of this second screen，and it"will be strange not to have children，at home drawing along on tablets and then having these appearing live in the show"．
The hope is"that user-friendly screens could，if material is adapted and downloaded easily，present an opportunity for more ambitious publishing-for example，books children can either read or choose to have read to them； or digital books with moving pictures instead of photos to clarify factual and scientific points．Parental controls that are easy to use would be key，the conference was told，such as"a warning for when devices use the Wi-Fi，especially after bedtimes"，to allow parents to shut off access to children in the home．
50．What leads to parents'dropping the practice of sharing bedtime stories with their children？B
A．Children have less time to spend with their parents after they start school．
B．Parents chink it unnecessary to do so when children can read themselves．
C．The government's education policies have placed much burden on children．
D．Children don't like parents reading stories to them when they are seven or eight．
51．Which of the following is not teachers'point of view？D
A．Children are prevented from reading widely enough in school．
B．Schools pay attention to reading skills instead of reading for fun．
C．Playing video games reduces children's time spent on reading．
D．School libraries can't provide good books for lack of money．
52．The word"compounded"（ Paragraph 4）most probably meansA．
A．worsened B．preserved C．reduced D．improved
53．It can be inferred from the article thatB．
A．children don't like reading because books are not attractive
B．British people enjoyed reading books very much in the past
C．teachers forbid their students co read more books for fun
D．children should enjoy more freedom to use the Wi-Fi at home
54．What is the passage mainly about？C
A．Parents should set a limit to their children's using electric devices at hoI11e．
B．Children are encouraged to read as l11any interesting books as they can．
C．Children miss out on pleasures of reading a good book in modern life．
D．Experts appeals to the government to reduce the heavy burden on children．
分析 本文分析了會(huì)議上的一份社會(huì)調(diào)查，調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)小學(xué)生以?shī)蕵?lè)為目的閱讀在下降，并且分析了其中的原因．原因之一是父母隨著孩子閱讀能力的提高逐漸不再給孩子們讀書(shū)；大多數(shù)老師把責(zé)任歸咎于政府的目標(biāo)驅(qū)動(dòng)政策．老師們認(rèn)為，嚴(yán)格組織的學(xué)校教育限制了孩子們廣泛閱讀的能力；學(xué)校圖書(shū)管理員數(shù)量的減少使得他們不能把有趣的書(shū)呈現(xiàn)給孩子們；孩子們盯著屏幕的時(shí)間增多；大多數(shù)老師還認(rèn)為課程過(guò)分關(guān)注閱讀技巧，而父母把閱讀看著是學(xué)習(xí)的焦點(diǎn)和在職業(yè)生涯中競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中的技巧，這又使情況進(jìn)一步惡化． 閱讀習(xí)慣和數(shù)碼在出版行業(yè)上的革命是會(huì)議辯論的焦點(diǎn)．與會(huì)專家提出了以?shī)蕵?lè)為目的閱讀的必要性以及對(duì)觸屏電話、平板電腦等電子產(chǎn)品對(duì)孩子們影響的擔(dān)憂，希望方便用戶的電子產(chǎn)品有助于孩子們閱讀；并且這些產(chǎn)品要易于讓父母控制，一旦發(fā)現(xiàn)在休息睡覺(jué)時(shí)間里有設(shè)備連接Wi-Fi父母就能夠切斷連接很關(guān)鍵．
解答 50．B．細(xì)節(jié)推斷題．根據(jù)第二段"Once children can read skillfully，parents tend to step back，and this usually happens at the age of seven or eight．"可以推斷，父母認(rèn)為孩子們有了閱讀的技巧，不必再為孩子們讀書(shū)推斷答案是B．
51．D．細(xì)節(jié)推斷題．根據(jù)第三段"Teachers also cited as main factors the reduction in the number of school librarians，who could put interesting books before children，"可知，老師同時(shí)引證的主要因素是學(xué)校圖書(shū)管理員數(shù)量的減少，使他們不能把有趣的書(shū)送到孩子們面前；可見(jiàn)，不能提供好的書(shū)是不是因?yàn)槿卞X(qián)（lack of money），由此判斷答案選擇D．
52．A．詞匯推斷題．根據(jù)第四段可知，大多數(shù)老師認(rèn)為課程把閱讀作為一種技能強(qiáng)調(diào)，而父母僅僅把閱讀看成競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的職業(yè)生涯中的至關(guān)重要的技能，這就使得形勢(shì)變得"更糟糕"．所以答案是A項(xiàng)worsen表示"更糟糕"．B項(xiàng)是"保護(hù)，保存"；C項(xiàng)表示"減少"；D項(xiàng)表示"改進(jìn)"．B、C和D均不符合．
53．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第六段提到We discovered the whole nation had forgotten that they did the industrial revolution（我們發(fā)現(xiàn)整個(gè)國(guó)家忘記了在工業(yè)革命期間所做的事）和第七段提到Books are so central to it（書(shū)是中心）可以推測(cè)工業(yè)革命期間英國(guó)人讀書(shū)很多，故選B項(xiàng)．
54．C． 主旨大意題．本文以Reading for pleasure is declining among primary-age pupils開(kāi)篇，主要分析了現(xiàn)代生活中孩子逐漸失去了閱讀樂(lè)趣的現(xiàn)象、原因和對(duì)策，故選C項(xiàng)．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 閱讀理解要在整體理解文章的基礎(chǔ)上，關(guān)注細(xì)節(jié)：閱讀強(qiáng)調(diào)整體把握；解題強(qiáng)調(diào)依據(jù)原文細(xì)節(jié)推敲推斷．
