One day, when I arrived at school, an ice cream truck was parked in the schoolyard．Ice cream men usually drove their trucks to primary schools．I had never thought one ice cream truck would come to bring ice cream to us older kids．When I went up to the truck, I was quite surprised to hear the man call out, “Free ice cream!” To make sure of his words, I asked, “I'm sorry, what did you say?” “Free ice cream．Choose whichever you like．” he said smiling．
After I was certain that the man was just giving away the ice cream, I talked with him for a long time．He told me that his dream had always been to travel around giving away ice cream, and that's what he was now doing．With his mother's support, he kept doing what he loved even during hard times．Now, however, some large companies are helping him his plan．
The man said he wanted to encourage people to do exactly what their heart told them to do with their lives．I kept asking him, “So your dream was just to drive around and give away ice cream? It seems like a very unusual goal．” “Yes, just meeting people and making them smile,” he replied．At that point he handed me my ice cream．I thanked him, but what I got from him was much more than just an ice cream．It can't easily be expressed in words．I believe what he was doing is exactly what great people do all the time：small acts of big love．
(1)
From the story we know that the writer was most probably ________ at that time．
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A．
a middle school student
B．
a primary school student
C．
a middle school teacher
D．
a primary school teacher
(2)
Why did the writer ask the ice cream man what he had said again?
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A．
Because he was not sure whether what he had heard was true．
B．
Because the ice cream truck had never been here．
C．
Because the ice cream man said in a low voice．
D．
Because his hearing was very poor．
(3)
With his mother's and some large companies' support, ________．
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A．
the man became rich
B．
the man could produce ice cream
C．
the man could travel
D．
the man realized his dream
(4)
That the ice cream man traveled around and gave away ice cream for free was to ________．
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A．
help poor students go back to school for their studies
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．
