Two sisters are playing games on the bank of a river．They are playing happily．One of them is Jenny, and the other is Rose．While they are running to the foot of a hill, they see a big brown bear standing before them．They are much frightened, and they run away at once．
“Please don't run! I won't eat you．I am a man, not a bear．I'm friendly,”the bear says．The two girls are looking at the bear．The bear stands up, his hair all falls there, a young man stands, he is tall, and has good looks．“It's lucky for me to meet you, you can save me,”says he．
“Who are you? How can we save you?”
“I'm Scoff．My father and mother don't know I'm a bear now．They are looking for me all the time．They don't know where I am．I see them often, but I cannot talk to them．Let me tell you something about me．”
“I was a prince,”the young man says．“One day, I played on the bank of the river, and old woman came, she said something and threw a brown coat at me．The old woman turned me into a brown bear．She said, ‘Only when you meet two girls on the bank of the river, and one of them is willing to be your wife, you can be a man again．’Today, it's my luck to meet you here．If one of you is willing to be my wife, you can save me．”The two sisters' faces turn red．The younger sister says,“I think I can save you, I would like to be your wife．”The prince says,“Thank goodness! Thank you very much．From now on, we are brother and sisters, the old woman cannot do anything to me．Let's go home, my father and mother will be very happy to see us．”
The prince takes the two sisters to his home．The prince becomes the king, they are very happy．
(1)
The two sisters see ________ in front of them at the foot of a hill．
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A．
a brown bear
B．
a nice prince
C．
a young man
D．
an old woman
(2)
The old woman makes ________ into a brown bear．
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A．
Jenny
B．
Rose
C．
the young man
D．
all of them
(3)
________ will be happy to see his son．
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A．
The young man
B．
The young man's parents
C．
The young man's mother
D．
The prince
(4)
Which is NOT true?
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A．
The two girls and the brown bear are good friends．
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．
