One day, when my wife and I were leaving a restaurant, I heard a man's voice from a car in the car-park.After a quick look at the ear, I noticed the Pennsylvania license plate(牌照)at once, so I knew they had come from far away.The young man had his head partly out of the window and spoke to me as I moved closer, "Excuse me, my wife and I are trying to find a room for the night and every place in the area seems to be filled up.Do you have any suggestions for us where we might find a room?"
Well, that didn't surprise me.After all, it was the busy time of the year for tourism.As he spoke, I noticed that his wife was pregnant(怀孕的).I told them that they should just keep searching(搜寻)and wished them good luck in their search.The young husband didn't say any other word and backed out of the car-park and headed off.We also got into our car and drove home.
After a short drive, I couldn't get this young couple out of my mind.Here they were, traveling in a different state, tired, the wife pregnant.It was at that moment that my wife told me we needed to go back and find that couple.We went back and looked for them.We even went as fat as the mountain.I'm happy that this story had a happy ending.We found them in the end, gave them a room, and now we are close friends.
(1)
The main problem the young couple had was that they couldn't _________.
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A.
find a place for the night
B.
find a doctor
C.
find their way
D.
afford to stay at a hotel
(2)
When the writer told him to keep searching, the young husband _________.
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A.
was very happy
B.
continued to ask other questions
C.
thanked him and drove away
D.
said nothing and drove away
(3)
We can reach a conclusion from the passage that _________.
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A.
the writer didn't agree with his wife
B.
the writer's wife was a kind person as well
C.
the writer had no trouble finding the young couple
D.
the young couple found a room in a hotel in the end
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.