5.If your child constantly moves when he's doing math homework or insists on listening to music while studying,take heart.Although it may seem like he's trying to drive you crazy,he's probably just using the strategies that help him learn.
"I like to study at a desk in silence,and my daughter can't think that way.She likes to bounce around on a ball with music in the background,"says author Maureen McKay,whose website,Optimistic Outcomes,provides tips based on a child's learning style for parents."Sometimes kids are just doing what works for them."
Three basic learning styles are auditory,kinesthetic(肌肉運動知覺的),and visual ones.Auditory learners prefer listening to explanations to reading them and may like to study by reciting information aloud.This type of learner may want to have background music while studying,or they may be distracted by noises and need a quiet environment to study.Kinesthetic learners learn by doing and touching something.They may have trouble sitting still while studying,and they are better able to understand information by writing it down or doing hands-on activities.Visual learners process new information by reading,looking at graphics,or watching a demonstration.Children with this learning style can grasp information presented in a chart or graph,but they may grow impatient listening to an explanation.
Most people use a combination of styles but have a clear preference for one.Understanding your child's learning style can reduce homework frustrations and make it easier for families to communicate,says McKay.She observed different learning styles while working as a teacher's assistant,and she started researching strategies for working in different learning styles when her daughter began having trouble in elementary school.
Because her daughter had difficulty listening in class,McKay looked for exercises to strengthen listening skills.Her daughter is now doing well in middle school,and she owes her success to the fact that her teachers and parents came to understand her unique style of learning.
29.What does the underlined part"take heart"in Paragraph 1 mean?C
A.Take care.B.Work hard.C.Don't worry.D.Don't mention it.
30.It's implied in the passage that McKay's daughter studies inA.
A.both auditory and kinesthetic styles
B.a(chǎn) kinesthetic style
C.both visual and auditor's styles
D.a(chǎn) visual style
31.According to the passage,McKay would agree thatA.
A.parents should explore their children's learning styles.
B.teachers should reduce their students'homework
C.students always enjoy trying different learning styles
D.schools are giving up their traditional teaching methods
32.In the case of her daughter,McKayD.
A.helps a lot with her homework
B.teaches her in person at school
C.lets her read many books
D.values her personal learning style.
分析 本文主要講了McKay對于孩子的學(xué)習(xí)風(fēng)格的研究,并成功地培養(yǎng)了自己的女兒的故事.
解答 29.C 猜測詞義題.根據(jù)前文句子If your child constantly moves when he's doing math homework or insists on listening to music while studying.如果你的孩子在做數(shù)學(xué)作業(yè)時總是不停地移動,或者在學(xué)習(xí)時堅持聽音樂.這種不認(rèn)真做事的樣子一定令父母生氣,Although it may seem like he's trying to drive you crazy,the's probably just using the strategies that help him learn.雖然看起來他想讓你發(fā)瘋.也可能是幫助他學(xué)習(xí)的一種方法.可以猜測take heart應(yīng)該是別著急,慢慢來的意思,所以答案選C.
30.A 推理判斷題.根據(jù)對Auditory learners 的描述This type of learner may want to have background music while studying學(xué)習(xí)的時候需要放音樂;Kinesthetic learners learn by doing and touching something.動覺型學(xué)習(xí)者學(xué)習(xí)和接觸的東西.作者的女兒She likes to bounce around on a ball with music in the background喜歡有音樂還要在球上蹦跳,所以她屬于這兩種類型的學(xué)習(xí)者.故答案選A.
31.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)她說的話Understanding your child's learning style can reduce homework frustrations and make it easier for families to communicate,McKay認(rèn)為了解孩子的學(xué)習(xí)風(fēng)格可以減少作業(yè)的挫折使家庭更容易交流,所以答案選A.
32.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.she started researching strategies for working in different learning styles when her daughter began having trouble in elementary school.當(dāng)女兒在小學(xué)開始遇到麻煩時,她開始研究不同學(xué)習(xí)方式的學(xué)習(xí)策略.Her daughter is now doing well in middle school,and she owes her success to the fact that her teachers and parents came to understand her unique style of learning.她的女兒現(xiàn)在在中學(xué)成績很好,她把自己的成功歸功于老師和父母了解她獨特的學(xué)習(xí)風(fēng)格.由此可以推斷出她重視女兒的個人學(xué)習(xí)風(fēng)格.所以答案選D.
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