“If you want to see a thing well,reach out and touch it!”
That may seem a strange thing to say.But touching things can held you to see them better.Your eyes can tel you that a glass ball is round.But by holding it in your hands,you can feel bow smooth (光滑)and cool the ball is.You can feel how heavy the glass ball is.When you feel all these about the ball,you really see it.With your skin,you can feel better.For example,your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket.You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand,too.
All children soon learn what“Don't touch!”means.They hear it often.Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up.In shops,we touch things as we might buy:food,clothes.To see something well,we have to touch it.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling.One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin.Feel the shoes on your feet,the clothes on your body,the air on your skin.At first,it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to (习惯于) them!
Most museums are just for looking.But today some museums have some things to touch.Their signs say,“Do touch!”There you can feel everything on show.If we want to see better,reach out and touch.Then you will really see!
(1)
By touching things,_______.
A.you will have a strange feeling
B.you will learn how to reach out your hand
C.you can tell the difference of the things
D.you can tell what colours they are
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(2)
When people buy things in shops,they often _______.
A.try them on first
B.keep their right hands on them
C.ask about them
D.feel and touch them
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(3)
Why does it say“At first,it is not easy to feel these things”? Because _____.
A.the things are used by people,too
B.people feel the things too often
C.people know how to use the things
D.the things are easy to feel
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(4)
Which of the following is true?
A.Touching is more important than seeing.
B.Our feet,fingers,hands and skin can help us buy food.
C.People have to learn to see by feeling as they grow up.
D.Visitors can feel the things on show in some museums.
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.