At last, the mid-term exams are over．You’ve done the hard work, but you can’t relax．You have to prepare for the next exams．Do you hate exams?If you do, you’re not alone．Students in other countries hate them as well．
Luckily for them, British students have fewer exams than Chinese students．And they only have them once a year．Every summer they take a test in each subject．Each test lasts about an hour．These exams don’t count for much．Even if a student does really badly they still progress to the next year．When the results come out they are then placed in an end-of-year report．The report is sent to the child’s parents．It describes how the student studied at school．
This report is private, so only the teacher, the student and his or her parents see it．This means that the students don’t know how other students scored(得分)in the test．Some students choose to tell each other, but others keep it secret．
Parents’ meetings are held twice a year, at the end of the winter term and then at the end of the summer term．Children go along with their parents to meet their teachers privately and discuss their performance at school．
(1)
According to this passage, the students of many countries ________ exams．
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A．
don’t mind
B．
have to
C．
hate
D．
like
(2)
Which of the following is NOT TRUE for British students?
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A．
They have an exam once a year．
B．
They don’t know their own scores．
C．
Parents’ meetings are held at the end of the terms．
D．
They are allowed to tell each other their scores．
(3)
For British students, the school life is ________ than that of Chinese students．
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A．
more relaxing
B．
much tenser
C．
more excited
D．
much harder
(4)
The underlined phrase“don’t count for much”means ________．
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．
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