A few years ago I was shopping with a friend and his 12-year-old daughter in downtown San Francisco．A street musician，whom my friend happened to know from his own musician day，was playing the saxophone on a street corner．His name was Clifford，and he had attracted a large crowd with his performance．After he finished，my friend introduced him to me and his daughter．Clifford asked her if she played any instrument．When she replied that she was taking trumpet (小号) lessons and played in her junior high school band，he said，“That’s fine，little lady．Learn your instrument well and you can play anything．”Somehow these simple yet wise words struck me as suitable not only for a trumpet player but  also for a reader．If you learn to read well，you can read anything you want—not just newspapers and magazines，but more difficult material like philosophy，film criticism，military history—whatever interests you as your confidence grows．You would not be limited in any way．If you have the vocabulary –or    at least a good dictionary near at hand—you can pick up a book，concentrate on it, and make sense of the writer’s words．

In the United States，reading instruction often ends at elementary school，so students sometimes have difficulty as they progress through school．They must take their assignments，armed only with their elementary，school reading skills．The result，too often，is frustration (挫折) and loss of confidence．And the assigned reading in your college courses will be even greater than they were in high school．Developing Reading Skills is designed to accomplish several tasks：to show you the skills that will enable you to read with greater comprehension，to help you deal with reading assignment with confidence，and to teach you to become an active reader．

1.The talk between the girl and Clifford serves as an introduction to      ．

2.It can be inferred from the story that    ．

3.We can infer from the last paragraph that Developing Reading Skills    ．

4.With good reading skills，you can    ．

A few years ago I was shopping with a friend and his 12-year-old daughter in downtown San Francisco. A street musician, whom my friend happened to know from his own musician day, was playing the saxophone on a street corner. His name was Clifford, and he had attracted a large crowd with his performance. After he finished, my friend introduced him to me and his daughter. Clifford asked his daughter if she played any instruments. When she replied that she was taking trumpet(小号) lessons and played in her junior high school band(乐队), he said, “That’s fine, little lady. Learn  your instrument well and you can play anything.”

Somehow these simple yet wise words struck me as appropriate not only for a trumpet player but also for a reader. If you learn to read well, you can read anything you want－not just newspapers and magazines, but more difficult material like philosophy, film criticism, military history－whatever interests you as your confidence grows. You would not be limited in any way. If you have the vocabulary－or at least a good dictionary near at hand－you can pick up a book, concentrate on it, and make sense of the author’s words.

In the United States, reading instruction often ends at elementary school, so students sometimes have difficulty as they progress through school. They must take their assignment armed only with their elementary school reading skills. The result, too often, is frustration(挫折) and loss of confidence. And the assigned reading in your college courses will be even greater than they were in high school. Developing Reading Skills is designed to accomplish several tasks: to show you the skills that will enable you to read with greater comprehension, to help you cope with reading assignment with confidence, and to teach you to become an active reader.

1．The talk between the girl and Clifford serves as an introduction to ___________.

       A．the importance of reading

       B．the connection between playing instruments and reading

       C．the necessity of learning to play an instrument

       D．the variety of reading materials

2．It can be inferred from the story that ___________.

       A．Clifford was good at playing the saxophone

       B．the author’s friend was once a street musician

       C．the 12-year-old girl played the trumpet very poorly

       D．Clifford was a good music teacher

3．We can infer from the last paragraph that Developing Reading Skills __________.

       A．is directed to elementary school students

       B．centers around vocabulary building skills

       C．aims at helping students read better

       D．offers elementary reading skills

4．The underlined word “struck” in paragraph 2 most probably means __________.

       A．impressed            B．influenced            C．proved                D．awakened

5．With good reading skills, you can ________.

       A．understand anything you read without difficulty

       B．work out the author’s meaning if only you concentrate on the book

       C．understand what you read with the help of a good dictionary

       D．concentrate on whatever you read

The teacher thought hobbies were very important for every child. She  36  all her pupils to have one, and sometimes  37  for their parents to come and see the work they had done as a result.
One Friday  38  the teacher told the class that those who had a hobby could have a  39  that afternoon to get the things they had made as parts of their hobbies ready for their  40  to see the following afternoon.
So in the afternoon, while those of the pupils who had nothing to  41  did their usual lessons, the lucky ones who had made something  42  to go home, on condition that they  43 before five o'clock to bring what they were going to show and to arrange it.
When the afternoon lesson began, the teacher was  44  to see Tommy was not there. He was the  45  boy in the class, and the teacher found it  46  to believe he had a hobby. However, at 4:45, Tommy arrived with a(n)  47  collection of butterflies in glass cases. After his  48  had admired them and helped him to arrange them on a table in the classroom, she was surprised to see Tommy  49  them up again and begin to leave.
"What are you doing, Tommy?" she asked. "Those things must  50  here until tomorrow afternoon. That's when the parents are coming to see them."
"I know  51 ," answered Tommy, "and I will bring them back tomorrow; but my  52  doesn't want them to be out of our house at night in case they are  53 ."
"But what has it got to do with your brother?" asked the teacher. "Aren't the butterflies yours?"
"No," answered Tommy. "They belong to him."
"But Tommy, you are  54  to show your own hobby here, not somebody else's!" said the teacher.
"I know that," answered Tommy. "My hobby is  55  my brother collecting butterflies."

Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find  1from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally  2  of your surroundings.

This opportunity to escape the realities  9  everyday life is, I think , the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places  10  it is possible to do this. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant  11  go to you with inevitable greetings, "Can I help you, sir?" You finished browsing.（翻阅）

Then, and only then, are  12  services necessary. Of course you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has  13  you there, the assistant should retire carefully and look  14  he is not interested in selling a single book.

 You have to be  15  not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very

 16 to enter the shop looking for a book  17  ancient coins and to come out  18  a copy of the latest best-selling novel. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge19 , you can waste great deal of time  20  from section to section.

1．A．shelter                  B．shed                    C．room                  D．place

2．A．forgotten               B．unaware              C．aware                 D．lost

3．A．present                 B．newspaper           C．magazine             D．book

4．A．selection               B．choice                 C．election               D．collection

5．A．interesting             B．bad                     C．attractive             D．dull

6．A．later                      B．early                   C．late                     D．latest

7．A．break                    B．keep                    C．make                  D．have

8．A．everything             B．anything              C．a book                D．something

9．A．in                         B．about                  C．of                       D．at

10．A．where                 B．which                 C．that                     D．wherever

11．A．must                   B．has to                  C．should                 D．dare

12．A．her                     B．his                      C．their                    D．your

13．A．led                      B．taken                   C．brought               D．introduce

14．A．as though            B．as if                    C．if only                 D．only if

15．A．careful                B．patient                 C．knowledgeable     D．conscious

16．A．clear                   B．hard                    C．important            D．easy

17．A．with                    B．of                       C．on                      D．in

18．A．carrying              B．taking                  C．bringing              D．holding

19．A．money                B．account               C．charge                D．costs

20．A．walking          B．going            C．wondering            D．wandering