As parents, you need to keep your children safe and healthy. Also, you need to enrich your children’s minds. One of the best ways to achieve this goal is through reading. There are a number of reasons why you should read to your children.

1. A good book can change your children’s minds. Through books your children can not only learn experiences in their own life but also learn and experience other cultures and events.

2. Reading aloud can show what good reading sounds like and can provide a goal for your children’s reading abilities. As your children learn to read, they will need role models to follow. Shouldn’t you be one of them?

3. Sharing books can improve your children’s knowledge. The more your children know about, the easier it will be for them to learn.

4. Reading with your children can help them connect words with their meanings.

5. Reading shows how a book works. For example, we read a book from front cover to back cover and a page from top to bottom, and a line from left to right. We adults know how to do this, but your children need to learn these simple rules.

Try your best to read to your children. This will make you closer to your children, and it can also influence their whole life.

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1.What’s the passage mainly about?

A How to choose books for children.

B Advice on getting along with children.

C How to improve children’s knowledge.

D Reasons for reading to children.

解析：选D。D 主旨大意题。根据第1段最后1句There are a number of reasons why you should read to your children.可知文章的主要意思。故选D。

2.What simple reading rules for kids are mentioned in this passage? ①Never read alone. ②Read a book from front cover to back cover. ③Read a line from left to right. ④Don’t read under the sun. ⑤Read an age from top to bottom.

A ①②③

B ②③⑤

C ①④⑤

D ②③④

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。分析文章内容可知第6段提到了第2、3和5项。故选B。

3.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

A Children don’t need role models to follow.

B It is not a good idea to put words into stories.

C Children can learn how to read by themselves.

D A good story can change children’s minds.

解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据第2段第1句A good book can change your children’s mind.可知D正确。

4.This passage is written for _______.

A parents

B teachers

C educators

D kids

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。从文章第1句话可知本文是写给父母的。故选A。

5.The underlined word “enrich” means “______”.

A 清理

B 妨碍

C 充实

D 赢得

解析：选C。C 词义猜测题。从短文第2段段意可知，阅读可以改变孩子的思想，丰富生活经历，开阔视野。所以选择C。