One of the most popular items in the class newspaper is the advice column．No one knows who writes it．The students think their teacher does, but it might be a student using a false name．
The students enjoy thinking up problems for the advice column．Here are some of them and their answers．
ASK THE WISE OWL
Q：I’m always late for school．I try not to be, but I can’t help it．Please advise me what to do．Tommy．
A：You are probably late for school because you don’t really like school．My advice to you is to try and enjoy school more, then you won’t be late so often．
Q：I find it difficult to make friends．What do you think I should do?Sara．
A：I can’t advise you until I know more about you．Your problem may be that you are shy．On the other hand, it may be the opposite．You may be too bold．Write and tell me more about yourself．
Q：I’m always at the bottom of the class．What do you advise me to do?Molly．
A：I advise you to concentrate on improving your grades in one subject to start with．If you can do this, you should move a little way up from the bottom(末位)．Next try to improve your grades in another subject, and so on．If you concentrate on(倾全力于)one subject at a time, by the end of the year you should be quite a long way up from the bottom in all your classes．The Wise Owl．
(1)
________ writes the advice column．
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A．
The teacher
B．
A student using a false name
C．
No one knows
D．
Molly
(2)
Tommy’s problem is that ________．
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A．
he is always late for school
B．
he finds it hard to make friends
C．
he is always at the bottom of the class
D．
he needs help with his homework
(3)
Wise Owl wants Sara to ________．
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A．
stop being so shy
B．
stop being so bold
C．
make more friends
D．
give more information about herself
(4)
By the end of the year, Molly should be ________ in all her classes．
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A．
at the bottom
B．
a little way up from the bottom
C．
quite a long way up from the bottom
D．
at the top
(5)
The main idea of the passage is ________．
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A．
the school newspaper has an advice column
B．
Tommy wrote to the school newspaper to ask for advice
C．
Sara finds it hard to make friends
D．
the advice column in the school newspaper is very popular
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．
