If you want to get the most out of the study of a language, you must also read for pleasure: novels, plays, travel books, and so on. And in reading books of this kind the important thing is to get on with the reading; to try to grasp what the writer is going to tell you in the book as a whole. This is impossible if you stop and think over the meaning of every single word which happens to be unfamiliar(不熟悉). You can not enjoy a story if you stop half a dozen times on every page in order to look up words in the dictionary. You may even prevent yourself from understanding the story as a whole by doing this.

  When you are reading books of this kind, therefore, you will usually have to rely mainly on(依靠) the context (上下文) to help you. If you meet an unfamiliar word, do not let it take too much of your attention from the main thread(主线) of the story. In all probability(可能) you will meet the same word again a few pages later on in a slightly different context, and each time you see it that your understanding of it will become more exact.

To read for pleasure means _____________.

A.to take pleasure in reading 

B.to be satisfied in reading book

C.to read such books as novels, plays, travel books, etc

D.to go on with reading pleasantly

The phrase “to get on with reading” in the passage has the same meaning as “_________”.

A.to try to grasp the meaning of every sentence in the book

B.to try to catch the meaning of every word in the book

C.to try to understand all the writer is going to tell you

D.to try to understand the main idea of the book

、When you meet new words in reading such kinds of books, you’d better _________.

A.stop and look them up in a dictionary         B.stop and think them over

C.try to guess their meanings from the context    D.have none of them

According to the passage the best way to read novels, plays and travel books is _____.

   A.to read very slowly      B.to read quickly and not too carefully

C.to read very carefully    D.to read very seriously

The best title for this passage is “___________”.

A.Read for Pleasure    B.Get on with the Books

C.Reading Skills       D.The Importance of Reading

                                              136 Crestview Circle
Dover, Connecticut
January 16, 1995
Gander’s Furniture Store
Stamford, Connecticut, 09876
Dear Sir,
I am writing about your January bill, which I am returning with this letter. I am not going to pay this bill. Last month I bought a table and four chairs for $65.50. They were sent to me on December 18. That night one leg of the table broke while my wife was putting our dinner on it. It fell on one of the chair, and that broke, too. Our $ 2.50 steak(牛排) landed on the floor, and the dog ate it.
I spoke to the salesmen who had sold me the table and the chairs. He told me to write you a letter. I wrote you on December 20, saying that I was not going to pay for the furniture. On December 21 some men came and took it back to the store.
Please do something about your records. I do not want to receive another bill for the furniture which I returned.
Yours truly
Alberts Robbins
【小题1】From the letter we can know that Mr. Robbins had actually paid _____ for the table and the four chairs.

A.$ 65.50 B.$ 68.00 C.$ 2.50 D.no money
【小题2】 Why do you think Mr. Robbins write the letter to the furniture store?
A.He had paid for the furniture but was asked to pay again.
B.He didn’t want to receive a second bill for the furniture he had returned.
C.The furniture he bought was badly made and he wanted to return it.
D.He wanted the manager to scold the salesmen for the bad furniture.
【小题3】Try to guess how Mr. Robins felt when he was writing the letter.
A.He was angry.B.He was sad.C.He was anxious.D.He was friendly.

I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenager girl, and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads, coming across me wandering through the traffic; motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.

One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. "I'm awfully sorry," I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn't stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.

Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.

But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.

1.The girl refused to ask for help because she thought_________

A. she might be recognized                                           

B. asking for help looked silly

C. she was normal and independent                            

D. being found blind was embarrassing

2.After the girl got off the bus that evening, she_________.

A. began to run                                                                 

B. hit a person as usual

C. hit a lamppost by accident                                

D. was caught by something

3.At the request stop that evening, the girl___________.

A. stopped a big lorry                                             

B. stopped the wrong bus

C. made no attempt to stop the bus                              

D. was not noticed by other people

4.What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus? _________

A. Other vehicles also stopped there.                          

B. It was unreliable for making judgments.

C. More lorries than buses responded to the girl.

D. It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus

 

If you want to get the most out of the study of a language, you must also read for pleasure: novels, plays, travel books, and so on. And in reading books of this kind the important thing is to get on with the reading; to try to grasp what the writer is going to tell you in the book as a whole. This is impossible if you stop and think over the meaning of every single word which happens to be unfamiliar. You can not enjoy a story if you stop half a dozen times on every page in order to look up words in the dictionary. You may even prevent yourself from understanding the story as a whole by doing this.

When you are reading books of this kind, therefore, you will usually have to rely mainly on the context to help you. If you meet an unfamiliar word, do not let it take too much of your attention from the main thread(主线) of the story. In all probability you will meet the same word again a few pages later on in a slightly different context, and each time you see it that your understanding of it will become more exact.

1.The phrase “to get on with reading” in the passage has the same meaning as “_________”.

A.to try to grasp the meaning of every sentence in the book

B.to try to catch the meaning of every word in the book

C.to try to understand all the writer is going to tell you

D.to try to understand the main idea of the book

2.When you meet new words in reading such kinds of books, you’d better _________.

A.stop and look them up in a dictionary        B.stop and think them over

C.try to guess their meanings from the context   D.have none of them

3.From the passage the best way to read novels, plays and travel books is _____.

A.to read very slowly                      B.to read quickly and not too carefully

C.to read very carefully                    D.to read very seriously

4.The best title for this passage is “___________”.

A.Read for Pleasure                       B.Get on with the Books

C.Reading Skills                          D.The Importance of Reading

 

                                             136 Crestview Circle

Dover, Connecticut

January 16, 1995

Gander’s Furniture Store

Stamford, Connecticut, 09876

Dear Sir,

I am writing about your January bill, which I am returning with this letter. I am not going to pay this bill. Last month I bought a table and four chairs for $65.50. They were sent to me on December 18. That night one leg of the table broke while my wife was putting our dinner on it. It fell on one of the chair, and that broke, too. Our $ 2.50 steak(牛排) landed on the floor, and the dog ate it.

I spoke to the salesmen who had sold me the table and the chairs. He told me to write you a letter. I wrote you on December 20, saying that I was not going to pay for the furniture. On December 21 some men came and took it back to the store.

Please do something about your records. I do not want to receive another bill for the furniture which I returned.

Yours truly

Alberts Robbins

1.From the letter we can know that Mr. Robbins had actually paid _____ for the table and the four chairs.

A.$ 65.50

B.$ 68.00

C.$ 2.50

D.no money

2. Why do you think Mr. Robbins write the letter to the furniture store?

A.He had paid for the furniture but was asked to pay again.

B.He didn’t want to receive a second bill for the furniture he had returned.

C.The furniture he bought was badly made and he wanted to return it.

D.He wanted the manager to scold the salesmen for the bad furniture.

3.Try to guess how Mr. Robins felt when he was writing the letter.

A.He was angry.

B.He was sad.

C.He was anxious.

D.He was friendly.

 

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