One day a student was walking with a teacher and they noticed a pair of old shoes．They thought the shoes might belong to a poor farmer．The owner of the shoes was working in a field-nearby and had nearly finished his work．
The student said to the teacher, "Let's play a joke on the man．We hide his shoes, and wait to see what he will do when he cannot find them．"
"My young friend," answered the teacher，''we should never make fun of others．Instead, put a coin into each shoe, and watch what will happen．"
The student did so, and hid nearby．
The farmer soon came back to get his shoes, but when he put his foot into one of his shoes and felt something hard, he found the coin．
Surprise appeared on his face．He looked at the coin, and then looked around, but no person was to be seen．He then began to put on the other shoe, but his surprise was doubled on finding the second coin
He then fell on his knees(膝盖), looked up to heaven and said aloud thanks．In the thanks he spoke of his wife who was in poor health, and his children without bread．
The student stood there silent, his eyes filled with tears．"Now," said the teacher, "are you much more pleased than if you had played your joke?"
The young man replied, "You've taught me a lesson which I will never forget．I've really got the true meaning of the words that I have never understood before：It's better to give than to receive．"
(1)
The old shoes belonged to ________．
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A．
the student
B．
the teacher
C．
the farmer
D．
the farmer's wife
(2)
What did the student do one day?
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A．
He played a joke on the farmer．
B．
He made fun of the poor farmer．
C．
He hid the farmer's shoes for a joke．
D．
He put a coin into each shoe of the farmer．
(3)
When the farmer saw the coins in his shoes, he ________．
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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