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　　Read with Greater Speed

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

　　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

　　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

　　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.C。根据上下文，此处应该填入孩子们阅读时碰到的困难。下一段开始讲发音与阅读的

　　关系，且该处前一句有elementary school students，C中的these kids较为明显地指代上文所提到的小孩子，因此C比较符合语境。

　　47.B。从原文来看，上一句讲的是教师教学生认识字母和音素的关系。B中的als0表示并列关系，即学生们还在进行其他方面的练习，与上一句是顺承关系。因此，B比较符合语境。

　　48.E。从原文看，上一句讲的是研究者对孩子们的大脑活动进行了拍照。因此，E中的pictures及brain都与上一句的主题吻合，故E为最佳答案。

　　49.D。此处应该是对比关系：经过特殊训练的小组与传统阅读训练的小组的学生的效果是不一样的。因此D中的another是最好的与上文对应的词，D为最佳选项。

　　50.F。从该段的第一个词however得知，此处为转折关系。上文提到的都是有声阅读的优势和好处，经过转折之后，空格处应该填入无声阅读是更好的。因此，F符合语境。

（编辑：何莹莹）