My friend, Emma Daniels, spent the summer of 1974 traveling in Israel. During her month-long stay in Jerusalem she often went to a café called Chocolate Soup. It was run by two men, one of whom—Alex—used to live in Montreal. One morning when Emma went in for coffee, while chatting with her new friend Alex, she mentioned that she had just finished the book she was reading and had nothing else to read. Alex said he had a wonderful book she might like, and that he’d be happy to lend it to her. As he lived just above the café, he quickly ran up to get it. The book he handed to Emma just minutes later was Markings, a book by a former Secretary— General of the United Nations (UN).

Emma had never read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But, when she opened it up, she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting. It turned out that the summer before, at a concert back in Montreal, Emma had met a Californian who was in town visiting friends. They decided to exchange addresses, but neither of them had any paper. The man opened up a book he was carrying in his backpack(背包) and asked Emma to write her name and address inside. When he returned to California, he left the book behind in Montreal, and his friend Alex kept it. When Alex later moved to Jerusalem, he took the book along.

1.Alex lent Emma the book, Markings,         .

A.to show his friendliness to her

B.to show his interest in reading

C.to tell her about the importance of the UN

D.to let her write her name and address inside

2.How did Emma feel the moment she opened the book?

A.Pleased.          B.Satisfied           C.Worried.          D.Surprised.

3.We can learn from the text that the Californian       .

A.met Emma at a concert                   B.invited Emma to a concert

C.introduced Emma to his friend             D.left Emma his backpack

4.Who was supposed to be the first owner of the book?

A.An official of the UN.                     B.A coffee shop owner.

C.A friend of the author’s.                 D.Alex’s friend from California.

 

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

 

 This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English. It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation.

To use your dictionary correctly, you will find two spellings for this word. “Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English. When there are differences between British and American spelling, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English.

The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly. If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters (音标 ) with some words to show you how they are pronounced. Just look at the inside back cover when you're not sure how to say a word.

The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word — its definition.

In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2, 000 words. This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simple and easy to understand.

1.________ of the words in the dictionary have two spellings.

A.All

B.Some

C.Few

D.One

2.What is the main reason for us to use a dictionary?

A.To read the word correctly.

B.To write the word out.

C.To know the meaning of the word.

D.To find the difference between British English and American English.

3.The phonetic letters helps you ________ each word correctly.

A.say

B.write

C.understand

D.know

4.The Chinese meaning of “definition” here is________.

A.词性

B.词条

C.词义

D.词库

5.How many words are there in this dictionary?

A.Two thousand.

B.One thousand.

C.One hundred.

D.We don't know.

 

Last night I had the best gift ever.

    My older son was reading a detective novel while my younger son was reading fairy tales. They were each in different rooms, engrossed in their books with no TV, music or anything else distracting (使分心) their attention.

    I read a lot during my childhood, curling (蜷缩) up in sofa or lying in bed. Like anyone else, I had lots of other interests, but once I discovered reading, I really enjoyed it. I read everything — books, magazines, newspapers, even the back of food packages if there was nothing else to read at the moment. I must thank my parents for their love of reading. Longing for more information and knowledge, my parents were always reading a lot.

    Today’s children are provided with a variety of choices. It is so easy for them to become uninterested in reading and to view it as boring, uncool and unnecessary. There are TVs with astonishing choices of programs; there are MP3 players with thousands of songs at their fingertips; there are the Internet and mobile phones.

    I’ve told my sons that reading comes with information, understanding and connection, each of which will help them at every stage in their lives now and forever. So when my sons were reading their books last night, I watched them, noticing them put a bookmark into their books. That’s the most amazing gift that I have ever received.

1.The best title for this passage is _____.

A. My Two Sons        B. An Amazing Gift   

C. My Favorite, Reading   D. Let’s Read Together

2.The phrase “engrossed in” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “_____”.

A. connected by       B. separated by      

C. devoted to     D. worried about

3.What does the author think of TVs, MP3 players, the Internet and mobile phones?

A. They are boring, uncool and unnecessary. 

B. They are too expensive for a family to afford.

C. They might distract children’s attention.

D. They might enrich children’s lives and make them happy.

4.According to the passage, the author’s best gift is _____.

A. her sons’ love for reading    B. reading books alone

C. bookmarks from her sons    D. having a happy family

 

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