At two o'clock a bank robber stole in．“This is a holdup,” the man said rudely．He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George．“Hand it over!” George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part-close to six thousand dollars．The robber snatched them and turned to leave．
Then while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took hills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly．
The door was shut and the bank robber was gone．George fainted．
As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money．He had eight thousand dollars．He was very happy．
The next morning, while the others were examining the bank's records, George was called into Mr．Burrow's office and was introduced to Mr．Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank．
“Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our little bank can be robbed, too．I retired yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes．Now, I have put the money back in your money-box-all six thousand．”
(1)
This passage tells us ________．
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A．
a serious case
B．
one part of a play
C．
a humorous story
D．
a meaningful story
(2)
In this article “to keep everyone on his toes” means “ ________ ”．
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A．
to make everyone work hard
B．
to keep everyone standing straight
C．
to make everyone do a kind of exercise
D．
to keep everyone paying attention to the coming danger
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．
