A little stream (小溪) ran down from a high mountain through many villages and forests. Then it reached a desert,“I went through so many difficulties. I should have no problem crossing the desert,”she thought. As she started, she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand. After many tries, she still failed.“Maybe I can’t reach the ocean,”she said sadly to herself.

At this time, a deep voice said,“If wind can cross the desert, so can a river.”It was the voice of the desert. But the little stream answered,“that’s because the wind can fly, but I can’t.”

“That’s because you can’t give up what you are. Let yourself evaporate (蒸发) into the wind, and it can take you across me,”said the desert.“Give up what I am now? No! No!”The little stream could not accept this idea.“The wind can carry the vapor (蒸汽) across the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a river again,”said the desert.“And whether you’re a river or vapor, your nature (本性) never changes.”After hearing this, the little stream went into the open arms of the wind. It carried her to the next stage (阶段) of her life.

The course of our lives is like the experience of the little stream.If you want to go through difficulties in your life to head for success,you should also change the you are.

1.Did the little stream want to reach the ocean or the desert at last?

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2.Was the little stream able to to cross the desert at first?

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3.Who gave the advice to the little stream?

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4.What did the little stream do after hearing the desert’s words?

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5.What can you realize from the experience(经历) of the little stream?

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A good reader is much like a driver. He can change his reading speed to fit his purpose and the material(材料) he is reading, just like a driver does to fit the road situation. A good reader may read a thousand words per minute (WPM), but he won't keep that speed for everything he reads. A good reader doing research in the library may read at the speed of 1000 words per minute when he looks for materials for a report.But once he finds something that is useful to him, he will slow down the speed to 100 WPM.A good reader may read newspapers and magazine articles at 600 WPM, but at 150 WPM when he reads science or maths texts.

1.According to the passage, good readers can ______.

A. go to libraries B. read at 100 WPM

C. spend more time reading D. change his reading speed as needed

2.Reading speed depends on (依赖于)______ according to the passage.

A. the time when you are reading B. the place where you are reading

C. the material and purpose of reading D. the number of books

3.A good reader may read at the highest speed when ______ according to the passage.

A. he is trying to find the material for his report B. he is trying to work out a maths problem

C. he reads the material most useful to him D. he reads newspapers and magazines

4.The passage suggests (暗示) that a good driver should ______.

A. drive at a high speed B. drive in all kinds of situations fast

C. be good at changing driving speed D. be good at driving on a country road

5.The passage is mainly about ______.

A. different reading speeds B. the relationship (关系) between reading and driving

C. the difference between driving and reading D. the best way of fast reading

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