英语阅读能力是英语学习能力的重要组成部分。它是英语四会能力中最基本、最重要的能力之一,也是初中英语教学中极为重要的一个组成部分。新课程标准对学生阅读能力提出了更高的要求。英文报刊阅读具有时代性强、信息量大、内容丰富新颖的特点,是课本阅读教学的有益补充。同时也是快速提高英文阅读水平的一个有效途径。 English reading ability is an important part of English learning ability. It is one of the most basic and important abilities of English four abilities and an extremely important part of junior high school English teaching. The new curriculum standards put forward higher requirements on students’ reading ability. English newspapers and periodicals reading with the characteristics of the times, informative, novel and rich content, is a useful complement to textbook reading teaching. It is also an effective way to quickly improve the level of English reading.