One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas．The father said, “Look! There's a horseshoe．Pick it up and put it in your bag．” Thomas said, “It isn't worth the trouble．” His father said nothing but picked it up himself．When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest．There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries．
The father and the son continued their way．The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn't a house or even a tree where they could have a rest．Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on．At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it．After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost some time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth．
And so they went on．The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up．When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, "My dear son, if you had bent down earlier to pick up that horseshoe．it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries．Always remember the lesson that anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things．
(1)
Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
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A．
Thomas．
B．
The old father．
C．
Both the father and the son．
D．
Neither the father nor the son．
(2)
The farmer bought _________ with the money after he sold the horseshoe．
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A．
some food
B．
some water
C．
some cherries
D．
some pennies
(3)
When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _________．
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A．
felt very happy
B．
didn't say anything
C．
beat the son
D．
became a little angry
(4)
The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _________．
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A．
he wanted his son to eat them all
B．
he wanted his son to do more exercise
C．
lie wanted to teach his son a lesson
D．
he wanted his son to pick them up
(5)
From the story, we can learn that _________．
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A．
cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them
B．
a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money
C．
if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe
D．
if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones
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．
