David hated spending money. When he had to buy something in a shop, he always tried his best to knock down the price, even for the cheapest things. If he wanted to buy a bottle of orange, for example, and the shopkeeper asked for $2, David would say, “Make it $1.90 and I’ll buy it.” Sometimes the shopkeepers agreed to reduce their prices a little. “What’s ten cents?” they asked themselves. “If it makes this man happy, it won’t hurt me very much.” In this way David saved a few cents here and a few cents there, and by the end of the year he had saved several hundred dollars.
One day he had a very bad toothache and had to go to the dentist. The dentist looked at the tooth and said, “This tooth will have to come out. It’s too serious to save.” “How much must I pay you to take out a tooth?” David asked. “Forty dollars,” the dentist said. “How long will it take you to pull out the tooth?” he asked. “About two minutes,” the dentist answered. “Forty dollars for two minutes’ work!” he shouted, “That’s robbery (抢劫).” The dentist smiled. “You’re right,” she said. “Thank you for telling me. I’ll pull your tooth out very slowly. How about if I take half an hour?”
【小题1】In the passage the underlined word “reduce” means “____________”

The aim of students who come to school is to study. But to study requires a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.

The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good result.

In studying we must have patience. If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one until we have learned the first one.

When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.

We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve learned can be used well and made better.

Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.

 根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1.What’s the main idea of the passage?

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2.When is the best time to read?

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3.How many ways for studying are mentioned in the passage?

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4.Why must we always ask “whys” in our study?

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Once a Frenchman    36___ in England. He didn’t know English very well. One day he went to the post office with a postcard. He bought a    37  . Then he gave the stamp and the postcard to the girl    38  the desk. “Oh, no,” the girl said, “ you must stick（贴）the stamp on yourself.” He was very    39  . He couldn’t believe his ears. “Why must I stick the stamp on    40  ?” he asked. “Oh,” said the girl, “I mean that you must stick the stamp on the postcard. And you must do it yourself.”

— Why must I wear my school uniform, mom?
— Because you are a student. You are _________ to wear your own clothes to school.