When should a child start learning to read and write? This is one of the questions I am most frequently asked. There is no hard and fast rule, for no two are alike, and it would be wrong to set a time when all should start being taught the intricacies（复杂）of reading letters to form words.
If a three-year-old wants to read（or even a two-year-old for that matter）, the child has the right to be given every encouragement. The fact that he or she might later be “bored” when joining a class of non-readers at child school is the teacher’s affair. It is up to the teacher to see that such a child is given more advanced reading material.
Similarly, the child who still cannot read by the time he goes to junior school at the age of seven should be given every help by teachers and parents alike. They should make certain that he is not dyslexic（having difficulty in reading）.
Although parents should be careful not to force youngsters aged two to five to learn to read（ if badly done it could put them off reading for life ）, there is no harm in preparing them for simple recognition of letters by labeling various items in their rooms. For instance, tie a nice piece of cardboard to their bed with BED written in neat, big letters.
Should the young child ask his parents to teach him to read, and if the parents are capable of doing so, such an attraction should not be ignored. But the task should never be made to look like a hard job and the child should never be forced to continue, or his interest should start to flag.
This passage is mainly about ____.

A．what qualities people teaching children reading should have

B．when and how children should be taught reading

C．different age groupings of children to be taught reading

D．various problems of children who start learning to read

In the writer’s opinion, children start learning to read ____.

A．at different times	B．from word games
C．by a certain rule	D．early and fast

The purpose of labeling items in the room is to ____.

A．make it more colorful

B．help children recognize simple letters

C．force children to develop the habit of reading

D．teach children to write neatly

The writer suggests that ____.

A．children should ask their parents to teach them to read

B．children starting to read should ask specialists for help

C．children should be taught with patience, care and a sense of humor.

D．children should not feel bored if given advanced reading material