No one in my family can understand why so many of our bikes have disappeared．My mum told me 11 bikes of my family had been stolen(被偷了)．
I think it is funny, like my family has become a small shop giving out bikes for free．The number of missing bikes is growing, so I can't help worrying．Is there someone who is crazy about my family's bikes?Maybe he minks our bikes are the most beautiful ones around．
I often leave my bike somewhere and return to find that it has disappeared．Nobody knows where the missing bike has gone as if it has grown wings and flown away．
One day last year, I locked my bike near our flat and went upstairs to get something．Thirty minutes later, it was gone．My mum happened(碰巧)to see it on the street recently, but it was no longer mine．The thief bad sold it to someone else．I really hate the thieves．
Sometimes I calm down and try to understand why the thieves act as they do．Maybe they lost their jobs and need money to support their families．But what they do really hurts others．Nobody has the right(权利)to hurt others for his own sake．
Everyone in the world is connected．One person's action can have a great effect on another's life．I wish the thieves would stop taking my family's bikes．I wish the thieves would stop hurting my family．
(1)
Where was the writer's bike stolen last year?
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A．
Near the writer's flat．
B．
Outside a small shop．
C．
In the writer's school．
D．
On the street．
(2)
What does the word“sake”mean in the passage?
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A．
安全
B．
利益
C．
企图
D．
享受
(3)
From the passage, what's the real reason why their bikes were stolen?
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A．
The thieves had no money to support their families．
B．
The bikes of the writer's family are beautiful．
C．
The thieves lost their jobs．
D．
The passage doesn't tell．us．
(4)
What's the passage mainly about?
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A．
The writer loved his bikes．
B．
The writer found his missing bike．
C．
The writer's family had a bike shop．
D．
The writer wished the thieves would stop taking bikes．
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．
If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．
Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______．
A．to tell others to be silent
B．to feel whether your lips move or not
C．to hold a piece of paper between them
D．to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read，______．
A．don't keep your head still
B．don't hold your books with your hands
C．don't stand up near a desk
D．don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast，______．
A．you can read more in less time
B．you can write faster
C．you can understand better
D．you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
