Do you have any of these bad habits ? Check yourself by answering  “yes”or“no” to these questions.

a)      Do you move your lips when reading silently ?

b)     Do you point to words with your fingers as you read ?

c)      Do you move your head from side to side as you read ?

d)     Do you read one word at a time ?

If your answer “yes”  to any of these questions , start at once to break the habits. If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. Then when your lips move, you will know it and 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 in one hand, and hold your head still.

If you read no more than one word at a time, you need to work in learning to take in more words at each glance as your eyes travel across the lines of words. Even if you read fairly fast now, you can learn to even faster. As you probably have been told, the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words at each glance. Read in several groups and force your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can make them go. Anyone who practices doing these two things will be able to read faster.                                       

56. What do you think of those habits talked about in the text _________.

A. we should remember those habits

B. they should be got rid of

C. they are difficult to get rid of

D. they are good for our studies

57. You may hold your finger over your lips while reading so as to __________.

A. hold a piece of paper between your lips

B. keep yourself from talking to others

C. tell others to be silent

D. feel whether your lips move or not

58. When your eyes travel across the lines of words, you need to __________.

A. read the words out       

B. look at every word carefully

C. read several words at a time

D. remember every word

59. If you can read fairly fast now, __________.

A. you don’t need to learn to read faster

B. you can go on reading like that

C. you can learn to read even faster

D. you can enjoy reading

Dear Students,

I am delighted to be your guest.

I would like to tell you about myself. I have been a news reporter

for the past fifteen years. I chose this job so I could travel the world, but the job has taught me many unforgettable lessons. The work is sometimes difficult. I have seen famines, wars, earthquakes, poverty and death. But I have also seen courage, hope and happiness.

In India, I visited a city where there were many homeless children. Some were as young as four years old. They lived in the streets and survived by begging or stealing. But then a wonderful lady called Rosa opened a home for them. Within one year, she was looking after two hundred children. She clothed them, fed them, and taught them. She gave them hope.

Another time, I was in Turkey after a terrible earthquake, in one place. I found an old lady whose house was in ruins, her son was missing and rescuer workers said there was no chance that he was still alive. But the old lady did not give up hope. For four days, she moved heavy stones one at a time by herself. She did not stop until she found her son. He was alive.

Here in China, I met a young boy with a serious condition. He had undergone twenty operations and spent nearly his whole life in hospital. I thought he would be sad, but when I met him, his smile was so warm and welcoming.

In life, we need role models that we can admire and learn from. When my life is difficult, I try to remember the courage and goodness of these three people.

60. The underlined word “ famine ” in Paragraph 2 means __________.

A. pleasure  B. joy       C. luck       D. extreme lack of food

61. What can we learn about Rosa ?

A. She’s a rich lady and she likes to help the homeless children.

B. She’s a kind-hearted woman and she provides houses for the homeless children.

C. She’s a great mother and she looks after the homeless children.

D. She’s a good teacher and she teaches the homeless children.

62. The speaker is giving a speech to students in __________.

A. China     B. Canada    C. Turkey     D. India

63. For what does the speaker admire the Turkish woman and the Chinese  boy?

A. Their bravery.         B. Their strong mind.

C. Their age.             D. Their luck.

Anne Sewell Young was born on January 2, 1871, in the United States. She earned her bachelor’s degree in 1892 from Carleton College in Minnesota, where she also completed a master’s degree in 1897. She went on to earn a PhD (something very unusual for women in those days) from Columbia University in 1906.

Anne Sewell Young was the most famous of the early astronomy students at Carleton College, and one of the few professional women astronomers of her days. Carleton produced half a dozen professional women astronomers in the first 50 years of the course, but she was the only one whose name was recorded in the college’s “Who’s Who”(名人录)

Anne Sewell Young was a number of the AAVSO(美国变星观测者协会). She handed in over 6,500 observations over a 33-year period, and was also one of the first AAVSO Council members.

In 1881, Mt. Holyoke College set up the John Payson Williston Observatory (天文台), and in 1899 Young was named its director. In 1903, a library and a lecture room were added to the observatory building, and in 1907 astronomy was made a course in which one could major at the college, with Yong serving as Department Chair. She retired in 1936, and Alice Farnsworth succeeded her.

Young continued to work on astronomy, publishing her last paper in 1942. She died on August 15, 1961, in California.

68.   Put the following events in the correct order.

a.      Young graduated from Columbia University.

b.      Young served at Carleton College.

c.      Young served as Department Chair.

d.      Young publish her last paper.

A. b, a, c, d                 B. c, b, d, a

C. b, c, d, a                 D. b, d, a, c

69. From the passage we learn that Carleton College made great contribution to      .

A. “Who’s who”

B. astronomy

C. the AAVSO

D. Mt. Holyoke College

70. What is the author’s attitude toward Anne Sewell Young?

A. Negative       B. Neutral       C. positive.      D. We don’t know.

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71. This kind of drug can p_________ children from mosquitoes.

72. The noise outside a__________ our study.

73. Tom works so hard, so he will s_________ sooner or later.

74. There are many kinds of i_________ in the world, a bee is one kind of them.

75. Sea water c__________ salt.

76. You will e__________ your health if you work so hard.

77. She prefers pop music and jazz to c__________ music.

78. A m__________ is a person who performs or writes music, especially as his/her job.

79. Police asked some p__________ to get some evidence about the accident happened just now.

80. The group of popular singers will give another two p__________ before leaving China.

Generally speaking, _______ graduate from ________ famous university is more likely to find a job.

The teacher raised his voice , but still couldn’t make himslf _________.

He is familiar _____ this place, because he used to live in the apartment.

 In winter the small town is often __________ from the rest of the world.

I rushed home in a hurry only _________ that nobody was in.

 I was just going to cut my rose bushes but someone       it. Was it you?