【题目】A good book can be satisfying. If reading is a habit you’d like to get into, there are some ways to develop it.

●Realize that reading is enjoyable if you have a good book. If you have a difficult book and you are forcing yourself through it, it will seem like a task.1

●Set time. You should have some time during every day when you’ll read for at least 5 to 10 minutes.2 For example, make it a habit to read during breakfast and lunch and even dinner if you eat alone.

●Always carry a book.3When I leave the house, I always make sure to have my car keys and one book at hand. The book stays with me in the car, and I take it into the office and to appointments and pretty much everywhere I go.

4Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair. Don’t lie down unless you’re going to sleep. There shouldn’t be a television or a computer near the chair, and no music or no noisy family members/ roommates. If you don’t have a place like this, create one.

●Reduce television/ the Internet. If you really want to read more, try cutting back on time on TV or the Internet. 5Still, every minute you reduce of the Internet/ TV, you could use for reading. This could create hours of book reading time.

A. Go to bookstores.

B. Find a quiet place.

C. This may be difficult for some people.

D. Wherever you go, take a book with you.

E. Have some good tea or coffee while you read.

F. It means you will read no matter how busy you are.

G. If this happens, give up the book and find another one that you’ll really love.

【题目】Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.

Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

【1】Why did Mark Twain go to the town?

A. To make a speech.

B. To see one of his friends.

C. To see one of his relatives.

D. To do something for his writing.

【2】Why did the waiters feel sorry?

A. Their hotel was too small.

B. The room was not very clean.

C. They did something wrong to Mark Twain.

D. There were quite a few mosquitoes in the room.

【3】All the people present laughed heartily because _____.

A. Mark Twain made a joke

B. Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents

C. the mosquitoes didn’t come into the wrong room

D. the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number

【4】Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night.

B. No mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night.

C. There were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer.

D. The owner of the hotel looked after Mark Twain well at night.

【题目】Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.

My earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome successful man devoted to his work and family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.

On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son’s funny facial expressions. Gone was my father’s critical air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting be around? What had held him back before?

The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I’m at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I’m delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.

【1】Why did the author feel bitter about her father when she was a young adult?

A. He was silent most of the time.

B. He expected too much of her.

C. He did not love his children.

D. He was too proud of himself.

【2】 When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel ______.

A. tired B. sorry C. nervous D. safe

【3】What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?

A. More critical. B. More talkative.

C. Gentle and friendly. D. Strict and hard-working.

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