Good readers know that reading isn’t just about knowing words — it’s a way of thinking. Smart readers think before, during and after reading. Here are some tips that may be of some help.

    Think before you read. Before you read the text, ask yourself the questions that why you are reading it and what you want to get from it. Answering the questions will help you choose what words you need to know and what words you can skip or scan.

    Think while you are reading. Can you get the meaning of the text without looking up new words in a dictionary? Are there any clues in the text? A text will often give examples that may help you understand what some of the words mean. Let’s take the following sentence for example.

    Many large Russian cities, such as Chelyabinsk and Irkutsk, have taken steps to protect their culture.

    The words “Chelyabinsk” and “Irkutsk” may be new to us, but the sentence tells us that they are examples of _______.

    Think after you read. Do you understand the text? What is the main idea of the text? Can you guess the meaning of the new words? Which words do you need to look up? Is the text too easy or too hard for you?

    If you practice reading and thinking in this way, you will become a smarter reader and you will learn more, faster and better.

This passage is probably taken from _______.

A. a newspaper for general readers     B. a magazine for language teachers

C. a book for language learners         D. an advertisement for a new book

Which of the following can best be put in the blank in the passage?

A. countries             B. mountains             C. rivers             D. cities

The author of the passage advises us to do all the following EXCEPT_______.

A. we should think before, while and after we read a passage

B. we’d better look up every new word in a dictionary

C. we should learn to guess the meanings of new words

D. the clues in a passage should be made use of

    This is a list of the origins of some slang words or phrases that we all use regularly．These words are common in almost all English speaking nations．

Cool

    Who hasn't used this word at least once in their life when speaking highly of something? This meaning of the word is relatively new in English，but not as new as you might think．The earliest record found so far is from 1884 in the phrase“Dat’s  cool!”

Kick the Bucket

   This means“to die”．Many people consider the term to have come from a guilty man standing on an upturned bucket which was then kicked out from under his feet leaving him to hang，but there is no written evidence that this is the case．In fact，it is more likely from a different type of bucket entirely．In butchery(肉食店)，when a pig was killed it would be hung from a pole．It is mostly likely that in his death throes(垂死挣扎)，the pig’s  feet would bang against the rail(横杆)to which they were tied．Therefore，kicking the bucket was a term referring to the last actions of the pig before he finally died．

Bob’s  Your Uncle

    Bob’s  your uncle generally means that something is simple or easy or a“job done”．It is most likely that this phrase came about as a result of nepotism(裙带关系)．In the late 1800s， Lord Salisbury(first name Robert)was prime-minister of Great Britain．After his third term he was succeeded by his nephew Arthur．Arthur had been made Chief Secretary of Ireland in 1886． Suspicions arose that Robert was favoring his nephew Arthur．The term“Bob’s  your uncle”could be used at the time as a reference to this charge of nepotism．

36．What does the passage mainly talk about?

    A．The most commonly used slang words in the world．

    B．The origins of some most．commonly used slang words or phrases．

    C．The origins of English words and phrases．

    D．Common words and phrases in English speaking countries．

37．If you want to praise something，the slang words or phrase you may use is“      “．

    A．Cool                                                          B．Kick the Bucket

    C．To Die                                                      D．Bob’s  Your Uncle

38．From the passage we can infer that the slang phrase“Kick the Bucket”――．

    A．is the oldest in meaning among all the English slang words or phrases

    B．has the same meaning as“Kick the Ball”

    C．will be never used in the future

    D．has something to do with pigs

39．The underlined word“succeeded’’in Paragraph 4 means“        “．

    A．taken position of    B．brought up           C．killed                     D．driven away

40．You may read this passage in         ．

    A．a science fiction                                        B．a cook book

    C．an English vocabulary text                          D．an advertisement

    Good readers know that reading isn’t just about knowing words ― it’s a way of thinking. Smart readers think before, during and after reading. Here are some tips that may be of some help.

    Think before you read. Before you read the text, ask yourself the questions why you are reading it and what you want to get from it. Answering the questions will help you choose what words you need to know and what words you can skip or scan.

    Think while you are reading. Can you get the meaning of the text without looking up new words in a dictionary? Are there any clues in the text? A text will often give examples that may help you understand what some of the words mean. Let’s take the following sentence for example：Many large Russian cities, such as Chelyabinsk and Irkutsk, have taken steps to protect their culture.The words “Chelyabinsk” and “Irkutsk” may be new to us, but the sentence tells us that they are examples of _______.

    Think after you read. Do you understand the text? What is the main idea of the text? Can you guess the meaning of the new words? Which words do you need to look up? Is the text too easy or too hard for you?

    If you practice reading and thinking in this way, you will become a smarter reader and you will learn more, faster and better.

60. This passage is probably taken from _______.

A. a newspaper for general readers     B. a magazine for language teachers
C. a book for language learners          D. an advertisement for a new book

61. Which of the following can best be put in the blank in the passage?

A. countries             B. mountains             C. rivers             D. cities

62. The author of the passage advises us to do all the following EXCEPT_______.

A. we should think before, while and after we read a passage
B. we’d better look up every new word in a dictionary
C. we should learn to guess the meanings of new words
D. the clues in a passage should be made use of