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.

Sitting at the dinner table and sleeping in bed is normal (正常的 ) for you. How is an astronaut's (宇航员) life in Shenzhou Vl different from yours.'?

Eating: Astronauts in. a space*hip face a choice because of no gravity (引力). They may pick their food, use their hands and put it into their mouths. Or they may let the food stay in the air. Then they float (漂浮) to the food and get it with their mouths. Astronauts have to re-member to close their mouths tightly (紧紧地) while eating. Any crumb (碎屑) could cause big trouble. Bits of food that stay in the air can go into astronauts' noses when they are breathing.

Sleeping: Shenzhon VI astronauts sleep on the wall of the spaceship. People float in a spaceship where there isn't any gravity. So scientists fix (固定) sleeping bags to tbe wall tohelp astronauts.

1. Is the life on the earth just the same as that in a space*hip?

2. Where do Shenzhou VI  astronauts sleep in the spaceship?

3. Why do astronauts in a spaceship face a choice?

4 What do the astronauts have to do While eating?

5. What does this passage(段落) mainly tell us?