Chinese handwriting is an important part of our culture, so young people are required to ___

   handwriting.

A. take up          B. take in C. take away             D. take out

 

In some of the war-torn countries temporary homes had to be put up quickly to ___________ the

    homeless.

    A. take up      B. take in          C. keep up          D. keep out

 

You do not need every word to understand the meaning of what you read. In fact, too much emphasis (强调) on separate words both slows your speed and reduces your comprehension.

First, any habit which slows down your silent reading to the speed at which you speak or read aloud, is inefficient. If you point to each word as you read, or move your head, or form the words with your lips, you read poorly. Less obvious habits also hold back reading efficiency (效率). One is "saying" each word silently by moving your tongue or throat; another is "hearing" each word as you read.

These are habits which should have been outgrown long ago. The beginning reader is learning how letters can make words, how written words are pronounced, and how sentences are put together. Your reading purpose is quite different, which is to understand meaning.

     It has been supposed that up to 75% of the words in English sentences are not really necessary for expressing the meaning. The secret of silent reading is to find out those key words and phrases which carry the thought, and to pay less attention to words which exist only for grammatical completeness.

     An efficient reader can grasp the meaning from a page at least twice as fast as he can read the page aloud. He takes in a whole phrase or thought unit at a time. If he “says" or "hears" words to himself, they are selected ones, said for emphasis.

1.This passage is mainly about ______.

A. improving eye movement

B. reading more widely

C. changing poor reading habits

D. reading as fast as you can

2.Saying each word to yourself as you read _____.

A. improves comprehension

B. increases reading speed

C. gives too much emphasis

D. reduces reading efficiency

3.Your reading purpose should be _____.

A. to understand all the words

B. to make fewer eye movements

C. to understand meaning

D. to understand the grammatical structures

4.While reading, efficient readers usually _____.

A. move their eyes quickly

B. take in whole phrases or thought units

C. point at key words

D. read only important points for speed

 

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the   41   . I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 9:30.

    The nurse had him take a   42   in the waiting area,   43   him it would be at least 40 minutes   44   someone would be able to see him. I saw him   45   his watch and decided, since I was   46   busy — my patient didn’t   47   at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment.

    The gentleman said no and told me that he   48   to go to the nursing home to have breakfast with his   49  . He told me that she had been   50   for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be   51   if he was a bit late. He replied that she   52   knew who he was, and that she had not been able to   53   him for five years now. I was   54   , and asked him, “And you   55   go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”

He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back   56    as he left.

    Now I   57   that in marriages(婚姻), true love is acceptance of all that is. The happiest people don’t   58   have the best of everything; they just   59   the best of everything they have.   60    isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

1.A. school          B. hospital        C. station          D. bank

2.A. breath           B. test       C. seat         D. break

3.A. persuading         B. promising    C. understanding    D. telling

4.A. if                 B. before       C. since        D. after

5.A. taking off     B. giving up    C. looking at       D. getting into

6.A. very               B. also             C. seldom       D. not

7.A. turn up                B. take in          C. come on  D. go away

8.A. needed             B. forgot           C. agreed       D. happened

9.A. daughter       B. wife         C. mother           D. sister

10.A. late          B. well     C. around               D. there

11.A. lonely            B. worried          C. doubtful         D. hungry

12.A. so far                B. neither          C. no longer    D. already

13.A. recognize         B. answer           C. believe      D. expect

14.A. moved     B. disappointed     C. surprised    D. satisfied

15.A. only          B. then         C. thus             D. still

16.A. chat      B. tears            C. words        D. judgement

17.A. realize               B. suggest      C. hope     D. prove

18.A. necessarily   B. completely   C. naturally        D. frequently

19.A. learn         B. make             C. favor            D. try

20.A. Adventure     B. Beauty           C. Trust        D. Life

 

The society today offers the young generation more chances to ____ their talent and skills.

        A. give out  B. take in  C. show off  D. carry on