2015年职称英语考试《卫生类》补全短文专项题（6）

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

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　　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)

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　　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)

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　　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

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　　(46) ____(1.1)____ (47) ____(1.2)____ (48) ____(1.3)____ (49) ____(1.4)____ (50) ____(1.5)____

　　答案：

　　1. 1 #

　　正确的答案是: C #

　　1. 2

　　正确的答案是: B

　　1. 3 #

　　正确的答案是: E

　　1. 4 #

　　正确的答案是: D

　　1. 5 #

　　正确的答案是: F #