One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting．I was looking forward to a quiet view of the art works．
A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me chatted nonstop between themselves．I watched them a moment and decided the wife was doing all the talk．I admired the husband's patience for putting up with her continuous talk．Distracted by their noise, I moved on．
I met with them several times as I moved through the different rooms of art．Each time I heard her constant burst of words, I moved away quickly．
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a purchase when the couple came near to the exit．Before they left, the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a white object．He extended it into a long stick and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife's jacket．
“He's a brave man．”The clerk at the counter said,”Most of us would give up if wewere blinded at such a young age．During his recovery he made a promise that his life wouldn't change．So , as before, he and his wife come in whenever there's a new art show．”
“But what dose he get out of the art?”I asked,“He can't see．”
“Can't see? You're wrong．He sees a lot．More than you or I do．”The clerk said,“His wife describes each painting so he can see it in his head．”
I learned something about patience, courage and love that day．I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without sight and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life．And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away hand in hand．
(1)
The young couple were at an art museum ________．
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A．
to show their love
B．
to appreciate art
C．
to discuss paintings
D．
to describe paintings
(2)
“…I moved away quickly．”in Paragraph 3 shows that the writer ________．
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A．
was in the hope of visiting more rooms
B．
was in a hurry to buy some gifts
C．
was tired of the nonstop talking
D．
was not interested in the art show
(3)
We can infer from the passage that the husband ________．
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A．
was not born blind
B．
couldn't stand his wife
C．
knew nothing about art
D．
completely depended on his wife
(4)
After hearing what the clerk had said about the couple, the writer was ________．
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．
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