_________ to the efforts by the headmaster, I can go back to school now.

A farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a sign advertising them on the edge of his yard.One day, a little boy came to buy one of the puppies. With a whistle(口哨), the farmer called, “Here, Dolly!” Out from the doghouse ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. The little boy stood against the fence. His eyes danced with delight.

As the dogs made their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else inside the doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared, something wrong with its legs, doing its best to catch up.“I want that one,” the little boy said.

The farmer knelt down at the boy's side and said, “Son, you don't want that puppy. He will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would.”

With that, the little boy stepped back from the fence, reached down and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing so, he showed a steel brace(固定器) running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, “You see, sir,  I don’t run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands.”

1.How did the farmer advertise his puppies?

A．Advertise them in the newspaper.

B．Put up a sign in his yard.

C．Show them to his neighbors.

D．Send pictures to a magazine.

2.The underlined words “four little balls of fur” refer to “______”.

A．four toy balls                           B．four balls made of fur

C．four lovely dogs                        D．four puppies with no fur

3.Why did the boy choose the last dog?

A．Because they have something in common.

B．Because he didn't have enough money.

C．Because it was the most lovely one.

D．Because the farmer wouldn't sell other dogs.

4.According to the story, we know that the boy .

A．didn't like dogs at all                     B．needed a dog to help him

C．could run as fast as others                 D．had an artificial(假的) leg

Do you know that a fast reader can get the ideas better than a slow reader can? Of course, you save time by reading fast, but this is not the main reason for fast reading. The main reason is that you understand better what you are reading when you read fast.

As your eyes move along the line of print, they make fixations (固定) or pauses. It is important that you see several words at a fixation. It is also important that your eyes leave a group of words quickly and move on to another group. The number of letters or words that you see at a fixation is called your eye span. Pay more attention to improving your rate of reading. With practice you can learn to read faster than you usually read.

The way in which you read always depends on what you are reading and for what purpose. You should know the different ways of reading so that you can apply whatever method that is necessary. Here are four ways of reading:

(1) Skimming is an important kind of reading. This method can be used when you wish to review something that you have forgotten. You can skim to get the main points.

(2) Rapid first reading and then rereading certain parts carefully is important. You may use this type of reading to study a science lesson or a history lesson.

(3) You need to do careful reading and rereading sometimes. This type of reading is necessary for making an intensive (精深的) study of your school subjects, solving Maths problems or reading directions.

(4) Rapid reading is used when reading stories for enjoyment. you may also do rapid reading when reviewing material that you already know well.

1.The main reason for reading fast is that you can _______what you are fast reading.

2.The way of reading always depends on _______.

3.The underlined word "skimming" in the fourth paragraph means _______.

4.Careful reading is an important kind of reading _________.

阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1.At present there are few sites for car racing and testing in Beijing, _________________of the market.（meet）

目前北京地区可用于汽车比赛和测试的场地极少，这无法满足市场的需要。

2.______________________________, please come up to my office at 5 0’clock. (convenient)

如果你方便的话，请五点钟到我办公室来一下。

3.Take care not to keep your children ________________.(expose)

当心不要让孩子接触不良书籍。

4.Yesterday, the coach as well as the football players ____________________taking money for deliberately not scoring goals so as to let the other team win. ( accuse )

昨天一个足球运动员被控受贿，故意不进球，好让另一队赢球。

5.It was not until all the evidences had been shown to him ______________________.(admit)

直到所有的证据摆到他的面前，他才承认他的错误。

6.One of your friends is said _____________________in the supermarket when she was doing shopping yesterday. ( treat )

据说你的一位朋友在超市买东西时受到虐待。

7.He placed a fixed sun at the centre of the solar system with _______________________.(go)

他把太阳固定在太阳系的中心位置上，而行星们则围绕着它转。

8.________________________, I realized that I had left his jacket on the playground.（moment）

我一看见他，我就意识到我把他的夹克忘在操场上了。

9.___________________to find a job as a waitress for several months, Dina finally took a position at a local advertising agency. (struggle)

好几个月以来戴娜都在找个当服务员的工作，最后终于在当地一家广告公司找到了个职位。

10.___________________, his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting. (as)

尽管它听起来很奇怪，但他的想法还是在会议上被大家接受了。