Listen to a report on education“Teens Are Still Reading for Fun, Say Media Specialists”. Write a short answer to each of the following questions.
1) What do research findings show?
2) What are the subjects of theresearch conducted by Sandra Hofferth?
3) What is one of her findings?
4) According to Michael Kamil,what does reading include?
5) How many times has Olivia readthe last of the Twilight series?
6) What is the report mainlyabout?
Choose the best answers according to what you've heard.
1) Experts and media specialists say there are _________.
A. sights of promise
B. science of analysis
C. signs of promise
D. sights of change
2) Researcher Sandra Hofferth found that compared with2003, reading for fun dropped from 65 minutes a week to _________ minutes aweek.
A. 15
B. 50
C. 23
D. 18
3) According toMichael Kamil, reading consists of _________.
A. books, magazines, newspapers, blogs, text messages,multimedia documents, certain computer games, and many Web pages
B. not books, magazines, newspapers but text messages,multimedia documents, certain computer games, and many Web pages
C. books, magazines, newspapers, text messages, multimediadocuments, certain computer games, and many Web pages
D. books, magazines, blogs, text messages, multimediadocuments, certain computer games, and many Web pages
4) What information is given about the book The Hunger Games in the Loudoun library branch in Ashburn?
A. Teens read it in a different way.
B. Teens read it for different reasons.
C. Lots of teens are on the waiting list to borrow the book to read.
D. The work is dirty.
5) What doOlivia and her two sisters have in common?
A. Having read the Twilight series for about 20 times.
B. Reading books eagerly and quickly.
C. Enjoy reading online.
D. They are ninth-graders.
6) According to specialists like Randi Ableberg, which of the following is true about online forums?
A. It is an advanced technology.
B. It brings books together.
C. It is a bigger obstacle.
D. It is a place to meet and discuss with people who like the books you like.
3. Fill in the blanks with what you've heard.
1) A _________________ into the _________________of_________________─ in books,newspapers and magazines ─ comes from researcher Sandra Hofferth…
2) They could be reading _________________ in games, _________________on the computer. It doesn't mean they're not reading, but they're not reading using the _________________.
3) The question of what really _________________ "reading”has been _________________ for _________________ says Kamil, whoseown definition is_________________...
4) Clearly,books still can_________________ a _________________.
5) Randi Adleberg says that _________________, she thinks the trend is _________________. If reading online and game-playing are_________________, "I think the _________________ has probably _________________.” she said.
Key
Listen to a report on education“Teens Are Still Reading for Fun, Say Media Specialists”. Write a short answerto each of the following questions.
1) They show that traditional book reading is down.
2) The detailed daily time-use diaries of a nationally representative sample of children 12 to 18.
3) Pleasure reading dropped 23 percent in 2008, compared with 2003 — with the greatest fall-off for those ages 12 to 14.
4) It includes not just books, magazines, newspapers and blogs but text messages,multimedia documents, certain computer games, and many Web pages.
5) Maybe 20 times.
6) It is about teen's changed way of doing recreational reading in the digital age.
Choose the best answers according to what you've heard.
C B A C B D
Fill in the blanks with what you've heard.
1) detailed analysis, trend, reading for fun
2) on the cell phone, on the Web, printed page
3) constitutes, debated, decades, broad
4) create, phenomenon
5) overall, positive, taken into account, digital age, increased reading
