One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water．She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it．She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared．
Her mother said,“Don't be afraid, honey．Take courage!”
“What's courage?”she asked, running to her mother's bed．
“Courage is the brave breath,”her mother answered．
“Mum, do you have courage?”
“Certainly．”
The girl held out her little hands, saying,“Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me．”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳)nervously, afraid that the“breath of courage”would run away．Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear．
Her mother said to herself,“It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of‘breath'to me．Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost．”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind．Who we should defeat(战胜)is nobody but ourselves．
(1)
The girl walked back because ________．
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A．
the bathroom was too far away．
B．
her mother wouldn't go with her
C．
she was too afraid of the dark
D．
the bedroom door was locked
(2)
We learn from the reading that ________．
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A．
the girl went to the bathroom by herself
B．
the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing
C．
the girl's mother was able to blow brave breath
D．
the girl's mother was very proud of herself
(3)
To stop“mother's breath”from running away, the girl ________．
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．
