英语阅读是培养获取信息能力的一个主要途径。“侧重培养阅读能力,为进一步学习和运用英语切实打好基础”是课程标准的一项具体要求。笔者结合教学实践,认为目前新课改中所倡导的合作学习,有利于提高学生的阅读理解能力。一、中学英语阅读课教学的目前状况通过英语阅读教学“培养学生搜集和处理信息的能力、获取新知识的能力”是英语教学的主要任务,但是目前的英语阅读教学存在诸多弊端,具体表现为:教学整齐划一, English reading is one of the main ways to develop the ability to acquire information. “Focus on fostering reading ability, and lay a solid foundation for further study and use of English ” is a specific requirement of the curriculum standard. The author combines teaching practice, that the current new curriculum reform advocated by cooperative learning, help to improve students’ reading comprehension. First, the current situation of secondary school English reading teaching through English reading teaching “to develop students ability to collect and process information, access to new knowledge ” is the main task of English teaching, but the current English reading teaching there are many drawbacks, specific Performance: uniform teaching uniform,