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

 

阅读短文,根据短文内容及首字母提示,在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

“Do you like my dress?” She asked a passing stranger. “My mommy made it just for me.” She said with tears in her eyes.

“I think it is really pretty, but why are you (71) c______”

With a quiver (颤抖) in her voice, the little girl answered, “After mommy made me the (72) d______, she had to go to the heaven (天堂).”

Finally the woman realized what the child meant. She gently (73) h____ the child in her arms and together they cried for the mommy that was gone.

Then suddenly the little stopped crying, stepped back from the woman and (74) b____ to sing. She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, a most like the song of a very small bird.

(75) A_____ the child stopped singing, she explained to the lady, “My mommy used to sing that song to me before she went away, and she made me promise to sing it whenever I started crying and (76) i____ would make me stop.”

“See,” she said, “it did, and now my eyes are dry!”

As the woman turned to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve(袖子). “Madam, can you stay just a minute? I want to show you (77) s________.”

“Of course,” she answered.

(78) P______ to a spot on her dress, she said, “Right here is where my mommy kissed my dress and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here.” Mommy said she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would have all kisses for everything that made me cry.

Then the lady (79) r______ that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother…who knew she was going away and would not be there to kiss away the hurts that she knew her daughter would get. So she took all the love she had for her beautiful little girl and put them into this dress that her child now so proudly wore.

She (80) n____ longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped…in her mother’s love.

根据所给的首字母填写单词

“Do you like my dress?” She asked a passing stranger. “My mommy made it just for me.” She said with tears in her eyes.

“I think it is really pretty, but why are you (1) c______”

With a quiver (颤抖) in her voice, the little girl answered, “After mommy made me the (2) d______, she had to go to the heaven (天堂).”

Finally the woman realized what the child meant. She gently (3) h____ the child in her arms and together they cried for the mommy that was gone.

Then suddenly the little boy stopped crying, stepped back from the woman and (4) b____ to sing. She sang so softly that it was almost a whisper. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, a most like the song of a very small bird.

(5) A_____ the child stopped singing, she explained to the lady, “My mommy used to sing that song to me before she went away, and she made me promise to sing it whenever I started crying and (6) i____ would make me stop.”

“See,” she said, “it did, and now my eyes are dry!”

As the woman turned to go, the little girl grabbed her sleeve(袖子). “Madam, can you stay just a minute? I want to show you (7) s________.”

“Of course,” she answered.

(8) P______ to a spot on her dress, she said, “Right here is where my mommy kissed my dress and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here.” Mommy said she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would have all kisses for everything that made me cry.

Then the lady (9) r______ that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother…who knew she was going away and would not be there to kiss away the hurts that she knew her daughter would get. So she took all the love she had for her beautiful little girl and put them into this dress that her child now so proudly wore.

She (10) n____ longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped…in her mother’s love.

1.___________  2.__________ 3.____________ 4.____________ 5._____________

6.___________  7.__________ 8.____________ 9.____________ 10._____________

   

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