If you are hungry，what will you do? You may eat your favorite meal and be contented after that．Just like your stomach，your mind can be hungry．But it never lets yon know，because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover，favorite star and many such absurd（荒谬的）things．

The hunger of the mind can be satisfied through a lot of reading．Reading has been the most helpful tool used by us from childhood．There are so many books which will answer all your questions．When you read a book，you don't just run your eyes through the lines，but your mind also explains it to you．The interesting part of the book is kept in your mind as a seed（种子）．Now this seed is unknowingly（不知不觉地）used by you in the future to develop new ideas．

The more books you read，the more your mind will open up．Also this improves your speech skills a lot and makes a big contribution（贡献）to your vocabulary．Please give food to your thoughts by reading，reading and more reading!

1．According to the passage，          can make your mind open up．

A．reading more books                                    B．eating more food

C．doing more exercise                                    D．thinking about more questions

2．The meaning of the underlined word “contented” in the passage is          ．

A．骄傲的                B．满足的                   C．难过的                D．失望的

3．If you read more books，         ．

A．your stomach will feel full                           B．you won't have new ideas

C．you won't need delicious food                      D．you can learn more words

4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Mind never lets you know it's hungry．

B．When you read a book，your mind does nothing．

C．You can get the answers to your questions from books．

D．The writer wishes us to do more reading．

5．The best title（标题）of this passage is          ．

A．The ways of reading                                          B．Improving your English

C．Feeding your mind                                      D．Eating favorite food

News 1
Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world’s first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones.
News 2
Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don’t worry, things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books all over the country. The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June.
News 3
People will see a new “star” in the sky soon. China plants to send a satellite into space by December 2006.It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure; 1.4 billion yuan!
News 4
Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers per hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world.X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy. It weighs 1,270 kilograms.
【小题1】The satellite sent by China will move around ________.

A．the moon

B．the earth

C．the sun

D．the mars

【小题2】The speed of the fastest plane in the world is ______.

A．1.4 kilometers per second	B．43 kilometers per minute
C．1,270 kilometers per hour	D．8,000 kilometers per hour

【小题3】The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books will __________.

A．make a lot of money

B．make the children sad

C．make sure there are no mistakes in them

D．make sure the books are not too expensive

【小题4】Which of the following statements about the new star is NOT true?

A．It will go around the moon.	B．It will stay in space for two years.
C．It costs a lot.	D．It will go into space by December 2006.

【小题5】Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because ___________.

A．he likes to eat hybrid rice

B．he is a successful father

C．he grows more rice than others

D．he developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice

News 1
Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, won the World Food Prize on Monday. Yuan developed the world’s first popular and widely known hybrid rice. Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than regular ones.
News 2
Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes? Don’t worry, things will get better soon. Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books all over the country. The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June.
News 3
People will see a new “star” in the sky soon. China plants to send a satellite into space by December 2006.It will stay in space for one year. It will go around the moon and take pictures. It must be very expensive, right? That’s for sure; 1.4 billion yuan!
News 4
Have you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours? One day, maybe you can. Last Saturday, the American X-43A airplane made its first flight. It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers per hour. This makes it the fastest plane in the world.X-43A is only three to four meters long, but it’s very heavy. It weighs 1,270 kilograms.
【小题1】The satellite sent by China will move around ________.

A．the moon

B．the earth

C．the sun

D．the mars

【小题2】The speed of the fastest plane in the world is ______.

A．1.4 kilometers per second	B．43 kilometers per minute
C．1,270 kilometers per hour	D．8,000 kilometers per hour

【小题3】The checking of textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books will __________.

A．make a lot of money

B．make the children sad

C．make sure there are no mistakes in them

D．make sure the books are not too expensive

【小题4】Which of the following statements about the new star is NOT true?

A．It will go around the moon.	B．It will stay in space for two years.
C．It costs a lot.	D．It will go into space by December 2006.

【小题5】Yuan Longping won the World Food Prize because ___________.

A．he likes to eat hybrid rice

B．he is a successful father

C．he grows more rice than others

D．he developed the world’s first popular and widely grown hybrid rice