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The surprising advantages of reading aloud
There are two common reading habits: reading silently and reading aloud. Personally, I prefer reading aloud. Last school year, I read aloud to some of my students. Soon I found they were fully involved in the story. When I read to them with vocal variety(声音变化) and feelings, students were able to understand the personality of characters.
Reading aloud allows others to hear the content. It can improve our understanding of the text. This is why in ancient Iraq and Syria more than 4,000 years ago, reading meant "to cry out" or "to listen".
Reading aloud can bring other advantages to us. According to research, reading aloud can help us to remember 10% more vocabulary than silent reading. If readers have speech difficulties and cannot fully remember the words they read, reading aloud can help those readers to improve their memory. It is said that reading the words to another person resulted in the highest verbal(言语的) memory recall. By contrast, reading silently produced the lowest verbal memory recall. Reading aloud can also help doctors discover Alzheimer's disease at an early stage if the reading includes specific mistakes.
Someone may ask: If there are so many advantages, why do we still read silently? According to a study result, silent reading keeps up with the speed of thought much better than reading aloud. Reading aloud will slow down the ability to read quickly because producing a sound needs more time.
Reading silently and reading aloud both have their own advantages and disadvantages. We can choose the suitable reading habit according to our different needs and situations.
1. What are the two common reading habits?
2. List two of the advantages of reading aloud.
3. Why will reading aloud slow down the ability to read quickly?
4. Would you like to try reading aloud? Why or why not? (Please give two reasons.)
The surprising advantages of reading aloud
There are two common reading habits: reading silently and reading aloud. Personally, I prefer reading aloud. Last school year, I read aloud to some of my students. Soon I found they were fully involved in the story. When I read to them with vocal variety(声音变化) and feelings, students were able to understand the personality of characters.
Reading aloud allows others to hear the content. It can improve our understanding of the text. This is why in ancient Iraq and Syria more than 4,000 years ago, reading meant "to cry out" or "to listen".
Reading aloud can bring other advantages to us. According to research, reading aloud can help us to remember 10% more vocabulary than silent reading. If readers have speech difficulties and cannot fully remember the words they read, reading aloud can help those readers to improve their memory. It is said that reading the words to another person resulted in the highest verbal(言语的) memory recall. By contrast, reading silently produced the lowest verbal memory recall. Reading aloud can also help doctors discover Alzheimer's disease at an early stage if the reading includes specific mistakes.
Someone may ask: If there are so many advantages, why do we still read silently? According to a study result, silent reading keeps up with the speed of thought much better than reading aloud. Reading aloud will slow down the ability to read quickly because producing a sound needs more time.
Reading silently and reading aloud both have their own advantages and disadvantages. We can choose the suitable reading habit according to our different needs and situations.
1. What are the two common reading habits?
Reading silently and reading aloud.
2. List two of the advantages of reading aloud.
Improving the readers' understanding of the text and their memory.
3. Why will reading aloud slow down the ability to read quickly?
Because producing a sound needs more time.
4. Would you like to try reading aloud? Why or why not? (Please give two reasons.)
Yes, because reading aloud can both improve my memory and develop my understanding of the text.
答案
1. Reading silently and reading aloud. 2. Improving the readers' understanding of the text and their memory. 3. Because producing a sound needs more time. 4. Yes, because reading aloud can both improve my memory and develop my understanding of the text.
解析
【分析】
这是一篇信息类阅读简答题，解题思路如下：1. 对于细节类题目，先划出题干中的核心关键词，带着关键词返回原文对应段落精准定位，直接提取原文给出的明确信息即可作答；2. 第二题需要从文中列举的多个大声朗读的优势里筛选出两个符合要求的内容整理即可；3. 最后一道开放题要结合文本给出的大声朗读的优势，给出两个符合逻辑的理由，保证表述通顺合理。
【解析】
1. 定位到文章第一段第一句"There are two common reading habits: reading silently and reading aloud."，直接提取两种常见阅读习惯的内容作为答案。
2. 从原文第二段第二句可知大声朗读可以提升我们对文本的理解，第三段提到大声朗读可以帮助我们提升记忆力、多记住10%的词汇，从中选取两个优势整理作答即可。
3. 定位到文章倒数第二段最后一句"Reading aloud will slow down the ability to read quickly because producing a sound needs more time."，直接提取对应的原因内容。
4. 本题为开放性作答，选择肯定回答，结合文中提到的提升记忆力、提升文本理解能力两个优势给出理由，表述通顺合理即可。
【答案】
1. Reading silently and reading aloud.
2. Improving the readers' understanding of the text and their memory.
3. Because producing a sound needs more time.
4. Yes, because reading aloud can both improve my memory and develop my understanding of the text.
【知识点】
阅读细节定位，文本信息提取，英语开放表达
【点评】
本题整体难度偏低，绝大多数答案都可以直接从原文中定位获取，主要考察学生快速查找、筛选文本关键信息的能力，最后一道开放题引导学生结合文本内容输出个人观点，巩固对文章核心内容的理解。
【难度系数】
0.8
这是一篇信息类阅读简答题，解题思路如下：1. 对于细节类题目，先划出题干中的核心关键词，带着关键词返回原文对应段落精准定位，直接提取原文给出的明确信息即可作答；2. 第二题需要从文中列举的多个大声朗读的优势里筛选出两个符合要求的内容整理即可；3. 最后一道开放题要结合文本给出的大声朗读的优势，给出两个符合逻辑的理由，保证表述通顺合理。
【解析】
1. 定位到文章第一段第一句"There are two common reading habits: reading silently and reading aloud."，直接提取两种常见阅读习惯的内容作为答案。
2. 从原文第二段第二句可知大声朗读可以提升我们对文本的理解，第三段提到大声朗读可以帮助我们提升记忆力、多记住10%的词汇，从中选取两个优势整理作答即可。
3. 定位到文章倒数第二段最后一句"Reading aloud will slow down the ability to read quickly because producing a sound needs more time."，直接提取对应的原因内容。
4. 本题为开放性作答，选择肯定回答，结合文中提到的提升记忆力、提升文本理解能力两个优势给出理由，表述通顺合理即可。
【答案】
1. Reading silently and reading aloud.
2. Improving the readers' understanding of the text and their memory.
3. Because producing a sound needs more time.
4. Yes, because reading aloud can both improve my memory and develop my understanding of the text.
【知识点】
阅读细节定位，文本信息提取，英语开放表达
【点评】
本题整体难度偏低，绝大多数答案都可以直接从原文中定位获取，主要考察学生快速查找、筛选文本关键信息的能力，最后一道开放题引导学生结合文本内容输出个人观点，巩固对文章核心内容的理解。
【难度系数】
0.8
