One morning, George leaves his house with six donkeys(驴)to the market．After a while, he gets tired and so he gets onto one of the donkeys．He counts the donkeys and there are only five, so he gets off and goes to look for the sixth．He looks for it everywhere but does not find it, so he goes back to the donkeys and counts them again．This time there are six, so he gets onto one of them again and they all start．
After a few minutes he counts the donkeys again, and again there are only five
When he is counting again, a friend of his passes, and George says to him “I leave my house with six donkeys, then I have five, then I have six again, and now I have only five! Look! One, two, three, four, five．”
“But, George,” says his friend, “You are sitting on a donkey fool．That is the sixth．And you are the seventh!”
(1)
Where is the sixth donkey? ________．
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A．
It is lost(弄丢)on the way to the market
B．
It makes hide-and-seek(捉迷藏)with its master(主人)
C．
It goes back home
D．
George is sitting on it, but he forgets it
(2)
George gets onto one of the donkeys, because ________．
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A．
it is a long way to go to the market from his home
B．
he is tired
C．
he has to find the lost one quickly by riding a donkey
D．
he likes riding a donkey
(3)
In the sentence “He counts the donkeys”, “count” means ________．
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A．
to look after
B．
to say the names of the donkeys
C．
to look for
D．
to say the number of the donkeys
(4)
How does George find his sixth donkey at last? ________．
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A．
He finds it by counting them again and again
B．
He finds it at home
C．
He finds that his friend is riding on it
D．
His friend helps him to count
(5)
In England or America, people often call ________ as a silly(愚蠢的)donkey．
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．
