Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is—the language of science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discourages if the whole passage don’t make sense to you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it.
These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult:
1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn’t make sense to you.
2. When a sentence doesn’t make sense, go back and read it again more slowly.
3. Look for any word you don’t know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues(上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the dictionary.
4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said.
5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words.
6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all ides together.
The stops sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one.
【小题1】The underlined phrase “run into” means ___________.

A man went to a farm．While he was there，he saw a pig with a wooden leg．This surprised him so much．He decided to ask the farmer about it．
“This isn’t a common pig and l am very lucky to have him．”said the farmer．“Only two days ago there was a fire in chicken shed(鸡舍)when 1 was away from the farm．The pig noticed this and immediately let all the chickens out into the yard．He then phoned the firemen(消防员)and asked them for help．”
“AIso．a few weeks ago，when I was driving my truck down a steep hill，the truck hit a tree and 1 was badly hurt．The pig rushed to the truck and pulled me out of just before the truck caught fire．”
When the farmer was just about to tell another story，the man said，“Yes, yes，but what about the wooden leg?”
“Well．”said the farmer，“when you’ve got a pig as good as that，you don’t eat it all at once”
【小题1】The pig lost a leg while he was trying to save the farmer’s chickens.

Mr.Smith works in an office. He’s very busy    68 .Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he’s always tired and wants to go to bed early.  69 .She doesn’t stop talking until she falls asleep, but it’s usually too late and Mr. Smith has to get up on time in the morning when she is asleep.

One day the man felt terrible and couldn’t go to work.  70  ,and Mrs. Smith went to the hospital with him. The woman told the doctor all at once and the doctor understood why. He wrote out a note(处方).  71 , the doctor said to her,“The bottle of medicine is for your husband and the pills are for you.”

“For me?”the woman said in surprise(惊讶地),“I’m fine. I don’t need any medicine!”

“I don’t think so,madam,”said the doctor,“72 .Your husband will soon be all right if you take them.”.

从方框中所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，补全短文，其中有一项为多余选项（10分）

68.________ 69.________ 70.________ 71._________ 72._________  

Have you ever wanted to stop eating something sweet but you just couldn’t ? Is the first thing you do when you get home from school to look in the biscuit tin ? Can you eat a huge bar of chocolate all by yourself ? Can you say “no” to sweets at parties ? If you can’t ,  then there is a reason…perhaps you’re sugar addict (有瘾的人)! Does that sound funny ? Well, doctors say that people who eat sweets regularly can easily become addicted (成瘾的) to sugar .What’s more, most sugar addicts don’t even realize that they’re addicted! Sugar addiction is serious because it can really damage your health .Doctors say that we should eat food which is healthy such as fresh fruits and vegetables, and that we shouldn’t eat a lot of sugar ,fat or fast food .But sugar addicts can’t follow this advice.They know they must stop eating sweet food, but they can’t .So what can you do if you think you’re addicted to the taste of sugar ?Well, here is some advice:
Eat some fresh fruits when you really want something sweet to eat .
Cut down on sweet food slowly. Don’t try to stop eating it all at once.
You have to tell your parents, If they know, they will help you.
【小题1】Who can become addicted to sugar easily?

Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is—the language of science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discourages if the whole passage don’t make sense to you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it.
These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult:
1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn’t make sense to you.
2. When a sentence doesn’t make sense, go back and read it again more slowly.
3. Look for any word you don’t know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues(上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the dictionary.
4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said.
5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words.
6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all ides together.
The stops sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one.
【小题1】 The underlined phrase “run into” means ___________.