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 lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between 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 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 se of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words at each glance．Read in thought groups and force(迫使)your eyes along the lines of words at fast as you can make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will be able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ________．
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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
(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
(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
(4)
You must ________ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
[ ]
A．
remember
B．
have
C．
get rid of(改掉)
D．
keep
(5)
This reading mainly about ________．
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A．
the way of reading fast
B．
the importance of fast reading
C．
the bad habits in reading
D．
how to speak quickly
Have you ever been ill?When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over your body．You do not want to work．You stay in bed, feeling very sad．
What makes us ill?The germs．(细菌)
Germs are everywhere．They are very small and you cannot find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope．They are very tiny and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing．
Germs are always found in the dirty water．When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we will se germs．So your parents will not let you drink dirty water．
Germs are not found only in the water．They are found in the air and dust．If you cut your finger, and if some of the dust goes into the cut, some of the germs will go into your finger．Your finger will become big and red, and you will feel painful．Sometimes the germs will go into all of your body, and you will have pains everywhere．
(1)
Which of the following is TRUE?
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A．
If things are very, very small, they are germs．
B．
If things cannot be seen, they must be germs．
C．
Germs are only in the dirty water．
D．
Germs are everywhere around us．
(2)
What is the meaning of the underlined word tiny?
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A．
very, very small
B．
very beautiful
C．
very big
D．
very dirty
(3)
Your parents do not let you drink dirty water because ________
[ ]
A．
you have not looked at it carefully．
B．
water cannot be drunk in this way．
C．
there are lots of germs in it
D．
water will make you ill
(4)
Which of the following is not true?
[ ]
A．
Germs can be found both in the water and in the air．
B．
Germs can go into your finger if your finger is cut．
C．
If your temperature is not OK, there may be germs in your body．
D．
There are no germs in our bodies．
阅读理解
Earlier this month, a solar-powered(太阳能动力的)plane took off to the sky for the first time．It had passed an important test on the way to travel around the world．
The plane took off from an airport in Switzerland(瑞士)at 45km an hour．It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky．
“There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly-never an airplane so big, se light, using so little energy,”said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project．
During the 90-minute flight, the plane did several turns．It climbed nearly 1.6km above the countryside．
Engineers plan to test a night flight before July．Then they will use the results of the tests to build a second plane．They plan to travel around the world in that plane in 2012．
“We want to fly it day and night with no fuel,”Piccard said．
Piceard and the pilot Andre Borschberg will take the plane around the world．They will make a few stops to change places and rest after a long time in the air－and to show off(展示)their plane．The plane flies at 70 kph on average．That is faster than a bike and slower than a car．The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time．
(1)
The solar-powered plane may not be ________．
[ ]
A．
lighter than an usual plane
B．
bigger than an usual plane
C．
using less energy than an usual plane
D．
faster than an usual plane
(2)
The underlined word“fuel”means ________ in the passage．
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A．
刺激
B．
燃料
C．
光亮
D．
方向
(3)
Engineers plan to test a night flight because ________．
[ ]
A．
they want to build a bigger one
B．
they wonder if it can fly faster in the night
C．
they'd like to improve the plane and build a better one
D．
they want to set up a company and build more planes
(4)
Which of the following descriptions about the new plane is Not true?
[ ]
A．
The solar-powered plane flies faster than a car．
B．
The first flight of the solar-powered plane lasted 90 minutes．
C．
The solar-powered plane took off in Switzerland and flew slowly into the sky
D．
Piccard will take the solar-powered plane around the world with Andre Borschberg
(5)
The article is probably chosen from the book ________．
