One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students.He held up(举起)a glass of water and asked the class,“How heavy do you think this glass of water is?”
The students' answers ranged from 20 g to 500 g.·“It does not matter on the weight itself.It depends on how long you hold it.If I hold it for a minute, it is OK.If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm.If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance(救护车).It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”
If we carry our burdens(负担)all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier.
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What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again.”
We have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down.Don't carry it back home.You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
(1)
The teacher brought a glass of water to the class because ________.
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A.
he was very thirsty
B.
his arms were strong
C.
it was a good example
(2)
“
A glass of water”in this passage referred to(指)________.
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A.
knowledge
B.
the burden
C.
the time
(3)
According to the teacher, you may feel ________ if you put down the burden sometimes.
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A.
more energetic
B.
much heavier
C.
more stressed out
(4)
This was a lesson about ________
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A.
how to relax oneself in life
B.
how to solve a physics problem
C.
how to keep fit by drinking water
(5)
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
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A.
You could become heavier and heavier if you held a glass of water in your hand.
B.
All the students in the class knew what the weight of the glass of water exactly was.
C.
The teacher had a good way of making his lesson clear and easy to be understood*
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year.You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly.
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have.
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions.
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit.If you move your tips,hold your fingers over them,or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading.Then if your lips move,your will know it and can stop them.
If you point to words,hold the two sides of your book,one side with your left hand,the other side with your right hand.Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading.If you move your head,place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的).
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time,you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words.
Even if you do rather fast now,you can learn to read even faster.As you probably have been told,the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance.Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go.Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster.
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______.
A.to tell others to be silent
B.to feel whether your lips move or not
C.to hold a piece of paper between them
D.to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read,______.
A.don't keep your head still
B.don't hold your books with your hands
C.don't stand up near a desk
D.don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast,______.
A.you can read more in less time
B.you can write faster
C.you can understand better
D.you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading.