themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity: it can be seen and observed. Leaming to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world 29. According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for leaming is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny A children become highly motivated B teacher and learner roles are changeable If teacher and leamer roles are not changeable what then can be done through C teaching helps children in the search for knowledge teaching that will aid the child in the quest for knowledge? Smith has one principa D reading enriches childrens experience rule for all teaching instructions. "Make leaming to read easy, which means making 30. The main idea of the passage is that reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children. A. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students leam to read When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both B. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible teacher and leamer fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of C. readingability is something acquired rather than taught failure for both is eliminated Leaming to read is made easier when teachers create an D. reading is more complicated than generally believed environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning read by reading(277 words) Text 3 26. The problem with the read ing course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that In the summer of 1978 an English farmer named lan Stevens was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered something strange. Some of hi A. it is one of the most d ifficult school courses wheat was ly ing flat on the ground. The flattened(被压平的) wheat formed a circle B. too much time is spent in teaching about reading about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat C. students spend endless hours in reading In the following years more and more similar circles were found in a field of wheat or D reading tasks are assigned with little guidance corn. So people cannot help but ask the question: What causes the circles? 27. The teaching of reading will be successful if At first people suspec circles were a trick. To prove that the circles A teacher can enable students to develop their own way of read ing were a trick, people tried to they tried to make circles exactly like the ones B. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students the farmers had found They couldn't do it. They couldn 't C. teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading leaving tracks, and they couldn't flatten the grain withor ing it. The circles are apparently not a trick 28. The word"scrutiny"at the end of Paragraph 3 most probably means Many people believe that from outer space are making the circles. Som3 themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity: it can be seen and observed. Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny. If teacher and learner roles are not changeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. "Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children." When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading. (277 words) 26. The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that ________. A. it is one of the most difficult school courses B. too much time is spent in teaching about reading C. students spend endless hours in reading D. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance 27. The teaching of reading will be successful if ________. A. teacher can enable students to develop their own way of reading B. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students C. teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading D. teachers can make their teaching activities observable 28. The word "scrutiny" at the end of Paragraph 3 most probably means "________." A. inquiry B. observation C. control D. suspicion 29. According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when ________. A. children become highly motivated B. teacher and learner roles are changeable C. teaching helps children in the search for knowledge D. reading enriches children's experience 30. The main idea of the passage is that ________. A. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to read B. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible C. reading ability is something acquired rather than taught D. reading is more complicated than generally believed Text 3 In the summer of 1978 an English farmer named Ian Stevens was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered something strange. Some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The flattened （被压平的） wheat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. In the following years more and more similar circles were found in a field of wheat or corn. So people cannot help but ask the question: What causes the circles? At first, people suspected that the circles were a trick. To prove that the circles were a trick, people tried to copy them: they tried to make circles exactly like the ones the farmers had found. They couldn't do it. They couldn't enter a field of grain without leaving tracks, and they couldn't flatten the grain without breaking it. The circles are apparently not a trick. Many people believe that beings from outer space are making the circles. Some