2017年職稱英語試題《綜合A》補全短文專項練習(xí)(2)

　　Read with Greater Speed

　　Do you have difficulty reading in class? If so, a special reading program that helps match sounds with letters could speed up your brain.

　　At least one out of every five elementary school students in the US has trouble learning to read, even when the students are good at other subjects._________ (46)

　　Researchers from Yale University, US, studied a group of children from New York and Connecticut State. As part of the study, 37 struggling readers received special tutoring.

　　Every day, instructors worked with them on recognizing how written letters represent units of sound called phonemes (音素). _________(47)

　　By the end of the school year, these children could read faster than before. They also made fewer mistakes, and understood more of what they read than they could earlier in the year.

　　As part of their study, the researchers used a special machine to take action photos of the students' brains. _________(48) This is the same part of the brain that becomes active when good readers read. This activated brain area appears to include a structure that helps people recognize familiar written words quickly. In lower level readers, this structure remains inactive.

　　A year later, the brain structure was still working hard in the students who had gone through the special tutoring, and they continued to do well in reading tests._________ (49) However, some researchers still doubt the study. _________ (50)

　　A. Many adults are interested in matching sounds with letters.

　　B. The students also practiced reading aloud and spelling.

　　C. The biggest challenge for many of these kids, scientists say, is matching sounds with letters.

　　D. Another group in the study who went through a more traditional reading program didn't show the same progress.

　　E. The pictures showed all increase in activity in the back of the brain on the left side.

　　F. They believe that reading without making any noise or linking words to sounds is more efficient.

　　2017年職稱英語考試試題《綜合A》補全短文專項練習(xí)題

　　試題答案及解析

　　46.C。文章的題目是：用較快的速度閱讀。第二段的第一個句子說的是：在美國五個小學(xué)生中至少有一個在學(xué)習(xí)閱讀方面有困難，雖然這些學(xué)生其他科目都不錯。這是一個總的說明，接著的句子應(yīng)該具體說明。C就是進(jìn)一步的說明：科學(xué)家說，這些孩子中的許多人的最大困難是如何使得讀音和字母對應(yīng)起來。

　　47.B。第四段的第一句話說的是：每天老師幫助他們弄懂字母是如何表達(dá)被稱做音素的語音單位的。但光弄懂是不夠的，還需要實踐。所以選B：學(xué)生還練習(xí)朗讀和拼寫。

　　48.E。第六段說的是：作為研究的一部分，研究人員用一個特殊的機(jī)器拍攝學(xué)生大腦運動的照片。B說的是：照片顯示左大腦后部的活動增加了。

　　49.D。倒數(shù)第二段的第一句講的是試驗組的情況。D講的是用傳統(tǒng)方法的情況，放在一起可以構(gòu)成對比，很連貫。

　　50.F。最后一段的第一句說的是：然而，有些研究人員仍然不太相信這一研究。從提供的選項中的第一個詞組可以看出，只有F是合適的，因為它的起始詞是They，指some researchers。