One day, my mother and I went shopping at a Chinese supermarket．We found that the crucian carps(鲫鱼)in the seafood counter were very fresh, as a result we chose four crucian carps and handed them over to the seller．As it would take some time to clean the fish and dispose(处理)of their internal organs(内脏), we decided to look around the other places first．When we came back to the seafood counter, I asked the seller for my fish．He raised one, which was being cleaned, to let me have a look and tell me he was still working on the fish．I hurriedly said, “Go ahead．Go ahead．” I meant for him to go on．
Unexpectedly, the seller stopped his work, looking at me with puzzled expression, and asked me, “ Go ahead?” “Yes,” I said, “go ahead”．He pointed at the fish in all seriousness, and repeated very seriously, “Head?” Paying no more attention to him, I turned back to chat with my mother．Suddenly, “Bang, bang, bang,” was heard from the counter．Quickly, the seller passed the four fish without heads to me．
I asked loudly, “Why did you cut all the heads off?” The seller was also very angry and said, “Didn't you tell me to go ahead again and again?”On hearing what he said I felt funny as well as angry．It turned out that he considered “go ahead” as “cut the head off”．No wonder he asked me several times about it!
Taking the headless fish home, I became frightened．Wouldn't it be possible that the hairdresser would have cut my head off if I had gone to get my haircut?
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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