Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a giver word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word: for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Literacy (读写能力) exactly changes the human brain. The process of learning to read changes our brain, but so does what we read, how we read and on what we read. This is especially important nowadays, 【小题1】 many people are tied to screens at any given moment.
We are still in the early stages of understanding the impact of digital-based learning【小题2】 the development of children’s reading brains. Transforming new information into solid knowledge in the brain 【小题3】 (require) multiple connections to abstract reasoning skills. Each of【小题4】 needs the kind of time and attention often absent in digital reading.
Researchers have found declines in students’ comprehension when they read the same information on screens rather than print. Yet readers thought themselves better on screens because they were “faster”. More than 80% of college educators see a “shallowing” effect by screens on their students’ reading comprehension, according to new research. Similar results 【小题5】(find)in Israeli fifth and sixth graders recently.
The reasons are multiple, but they are not because deep reading is impossible on a screen. It is simply harder, because screens are linked with distraction (分散注意力的事), which in turn leads to less time 【小题6】 (give) to abstract thought.
The great challenge now is 【小题7】 (learn) how to use both print and digital media to their best advantage for all. As a society we must ensure that there are always books【小题8】 our children’s digital devices. It doesn’t matter【小题9】 the books are new or old, owned or borrowed from the library. 【小题10】 matters is that they are there, and that children are encouraged to read them.
