One day when some government officials were rebuilding a barn(谷仓)，they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force the mice inside the hole to come out．A while later they indeed saw mice running out, one after another．Then, everyone thought that all the mice had escapde．But just as they began to clean up, they saw two micesqueezing(挤)out at the mouth of the hole．With some efforts, the mice finally got out．However, it was strange that after they cameout of the hole, they did not run away immediately．Instead, ome chased after the other near the mouth of the hole．It seemed that onewas trying to bite(咬)the tail of the other．
Everyone was puzzled, so they stepped nearer to take a look．They realizde that one of the mice was blind and could not see anything, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite on his tail so that hecould pull the blind one with him to escape．
After seeing what happened, everyone was speechless and lost in thought．During the meal time, the group of people sat down in a circle and started to chat about what happened tothe two mice．
One serious American official said：“I think the relationship between those two mice was that of king and guard．”The others thought for a while and said：“That was why!”
A smart French said：“I think the relationship between those two mice was that of husband and wife．”Again the others thought for a while, and all felt it made sense．
A Japanese said：“I think the relationship between those two mice was that of mother and son．”Once again the others thought for a while, and felt this was more reasonable．So they expressed agreement another time．
At that moment, one Chinese asked：“Why did those two mice have to have a certain relationship?”
Suddenly, the group looked back at the Chinese and remained speechless．The American official, the French and the Japanese who hadspoken earlier all lowered their heads in shame, and did not dare to answer．
In fact, the true love is not built on friendship, loyalty or blood relationship．Instead, itis based on no relationship．
(1)
Neither of the two mice ran away immediately because ________．
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A．
one was biting the other
B．
the mouth of the hole was too small
C．
they were not afraid of smoke
D．
one was trying to help the blind one
(2)
Why did they lower their heads in shame according to the passage?
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A．
They did not dare to answer．
B．
They had mistaken the relationship of the mice．
C．
They regretted driving a poor blind mouse away．
D．
They did not express themselves much better．
(3)
It is clear that ________．
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A．
all the mice came out of the hole easily
B．
each of the people understood the relationship differently
C．
the people wanted to kill the mice with smoke
D．
the people knew one of the mice was blind at first sight
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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