初中学生,尤其是刚刚进入初中阶段的初一学生,他们对阅读理解、完形填空等题目望而生畏,有的学生一做到这类题目就卡壳,或者错误百出。笔者感觉,这种类型的题目,虽形式不同,但本质都涉及阅读能力的考查。学生阅读能力是在平时的教学中经过师生长期持之以恒,潜移默化,逐渐培养起来的,绝非一蹴而就之事。在此过程中,课内精读和课外泛读是提升学生阅读能力的两条途径。仅仅注重课内精读,忽视课外泛读,势必造成学生知识面狭窄,阅读速度不高,阅读能力不 Junior high school students, especially the freshmen who have just entered the junior middle school, are intimidated by reading comprehension and cloze test. Some students are stuck or mistaken as soon as they do such problems. The author feels that this type of topic, although different in form, but the nature involves reading ability test. Students’ ability to read is taught in peacetime through long-term teachers and students persevere, subtle, and gradually trained, not by and by. In this process, in-class intensive reading and extra-curricular reading are two ways to enhance students’ reading ability. Focusing on in-class intensive reading and ignoring extra-curricular extra-curricular reading will inevitably result in students’ limited knowledge, poor reading speed and poor reading ability