If you wish to become a better reader, here are four important points to remember about speed* of reading.

1.Knowing why you are reading will often help you to know whether to read rapidly* or slowly.

2. Some things should be read slowly throughout. Science and history books are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important step and understand each important idea.

3.Some things should be read rapidly throughout. Examples are simple stories meant for enjoyable, letters from friends, news from local or hometown paper, telling what is happening to friends and neighbors.

4. In some of your readings, you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast, as you go along. You will need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas.

1.This passage mainly tells us some important points about how to               .

A. write      B. read     C. spell         D. speak

2.How many important points are mentioned here in order to be a better reader?

A. one      B. Two         C. Three             D. Four

3.                should be read slowly. 

A. Science books

B. Stories meant for enjoyment

C. Letters from friends

D. News

4.The best title of this passage is                 

A. How to Read fast                    B. How to Read Slowly  

C. How to become a Better Reader        D. How to Remember Things.

                                 小词典

achieve  vt. 达到、完成           bank  n.     岸              Castle   n.  城堡

human   n.   人                 own    vt.拥有            prince    n.  王子           rapidly   adv. 迅速地             speed   n.  速度              without  prep. 没有

the amusement park    游乐场       the princess and the frog   公主和青蛙

 

Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle.

I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn’t enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main house, “Casa Grande”, is the biggest one. Visitors can live in the other three ones. Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there.

At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools, one inside and a larger one outside. I loved the one outside, the “Neptune Pool”. It was a pity that we couldn’t go swimming there!

The guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle. When Mr Hearst died in 1951, his family gave Hearst Castle to the people of California. Now it’s a museum.

1.The underlined word “Castle” in the first paragraph means _____.

A.城堡             B.胜地             C.城垛             D.楼阁

2. “Casa Grande” is _____ the other three ones at Hearst Castle.

A.younger than                          B.bigger than

C.older than                             D.smaller than

3.There are _____ at Hearst Castle.

A.beautiful gardens

B.one swimming pool inside

C.one swimming pool outside

D.all the above

4._____ made Mr. Hearst build this wonderful castle.

A.A tour around Europe

B.The paintings and castles in Europe

C.His mother

D.His dream

5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A.Hearst Castle in California was cheap to build.

B.Hearst Castle is on a mountain near the sea.

C.Many Hollywood film stars come to Hearst’s parties.

D.After Mr. Hearst died, his family lived at Hearst Castle.

 

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