Reading is an essential ability to learn a language. It is the foundation of mastering a language as well as a main tool to obtain information. It is also a central part of carrying out quality education in the teaching of English in high school. In regard to English teaching, high school is a start to train students’ reading skills and strategies. So, how to teach reading is of great importance. However, because of different reasons, the students’ reading ability in senior high school is weak. It’s very difficult for them to understand an English passage. In other words they don’t know how to read the passage. Reading also plays a very important role in the exam. So most students can only get low marks, Thus the student lose their interest in English. This thesis aims to apply the interactive approach to the English reading through texts. It confirms that the interactive approach can elevate the students reading ability with the right application of it.
　　The English Syllabus for High School that our country has promulgated definitely emphasizes the importance of reading in English teaching. The new curriculum standard (2000)reiterates: High school English teaching should make the students’ basic knowledge stronger and develop the four basic language abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writing, laying emphasis on the training of their reading ability, so that they can have a solid foundation for the further studies and for the use of English in the future, Scholars at home and abroad have made many researches on English reading teaching and have a lot with many related articles and works published, In the light of all these researches and achievements that have achieved and according to the specific way of inquisition analysis and my several years of English reading guided by some modern language teaching theories.
　　As the old saying goes, to give a man a fish, he can only eat for a short time .If you tell him how to fish, he will benefit by this for an age. When we teach reading in senior school, we hold the objective to develop students’ language competence of communication with the writer, We should regard reading as an actual developing process of mastering reading skills and strategies, So, the procedure of reading should be student-determined. In reading classes, the teacher should train students how to read and stimulate them to participate in reading and discussing so as to guide them to an active and effective reading. When necessary, students should be instructed to combine what they read in class with what they have learned outside class, so that they can have enough practice in reading. In a reading class ,the training of reading skills and strategies should come first and emphasis should be laid on the analysis and understanding of the context and structure, therefore, in reading classes, students should be taught how to predict, how to think in English and how to extract the certain information purposefully .At the same time, students should analyze the information, reason it logically and then make a correctconclusion of the article so as to comprehend the writer’s aim with accuracy and appreciation. To reach this target , the teacher should adopt the following strategies: Train students to think in English by means of discussing and questioning. Develop students’ reading skills and strategies in the ways of picking out the topic sentences, scanning and predicating. Improve students’ ability of dealing with words through contexts, syntax and word formation. Select the appropriate material to arise students’ interest in reading so as to enlarge their reading practice and solidify their background knowledge .Guide students how to combine their classroom knowledge with their daily life experience in order that they can make a better understanding. Meanwhile, students should be guided to get rid of their bad reading habits and form the good ones.