B—1Readingisagoodhabit,buttheproblemis,there'stoomuchtoreadthesedays,andtoolittletimetoreadeverywordofit.Therearehundredsofskillstohelpyoureadmoreinlesstime.HerearetwoskillsthatIthinkareespeciallygood.Preview-----ifit'slongandhard.Previewingisespeciallyusefulforgettingageneralideaofheavyreadinglikelongmagazinearticlesandbusinessreports.Here'showtopreview.●Readthefirsttwoparagraphsandthelasttwoparagraphscarefully.●Thenreadonlythefirstsentenceoftheotherparagraphs.Previewingdoesn'tgiveyouallthedetails.Itkeepsyoufromspendingtimeonthingsyoudon'treallywant--orneed--toread.Skim-----ifit'sshortandsimple.Skimmingisagoodwaytogetageneralideaoflightreadinglikepopularmagazinesorthesportsandentertainmentofyourdailypaper.Here'showtoskim.●Getyoureyestomovefast.Sweepthemacrosseachline.●Pickuponlyafewkeywordsineachline.Everybodyskimsdifferently.YouandImaynotpickupthesamewordswhenweskimthesamepiece,butwe'llgetasimilarideaofwhatit'sallabout.51.Howmanyskillsarementionedinthispassage?A.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Four.52.WhatshouldweNOTdowhenwereadsportsnewsinadailypaperaccordingtothepassage?A.Readthelasttwoparagraphscarefully.B.Getoureyestomovefast.C.Sweepoureyesacrosseachline.D.Pickuponlyafewkeywordsineachline.53.Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?A.HowtoreadfasterB.WhattoreadC.WhentoreadD.Whyweshouldread51.B52.A53.AB—2Yesterdaymyson,daughterandIwenttothegrocerystore.Infrontofusinlinewasalittlegirlwithhermother.ThelittlegirlwasaskinghermotherforaboxofSmarties.Thepolitewayshewasaskingalmostbrokethemother’sheart,“I’msorry,Honey,butwehavenomoneytobuyit.”Mysonwaswatchingthatdialogue.Bytheway,hehadbeenraking(用耙子耙)leavesinourgardentoraisehimselfsomemoneytobuyabike.Ashewatchedthemotheranddaughterleavethestore,herantothecandycounter（柜台）andboughtaboxofSmartieswithhismoney.HeturnedtolookatmeandIjustnodded.Heranoutafterthelittlegirlandhermother,andhegavethemthebox.Hecamebackandtoldmewhathetoldthem,“EverykidshouldhaveapackofSmartiesbecausetheycanmakeyousmart.”IwassoexcitedthatIboughtapackofSmartiesformyson.ItoldhimthatIwasproudofhim,andthatwasforhisactofgenerosity（慷慨）becausehegavehisownSmartiestoothers.Quickly,hereplied,“Butyoudonicethingsforpeopleandyounevergetanythingforit.”Iexplained,“whenyoudosomethingniceforsomeone,youshouldn’texpecttogetanything,butwhenyoudogetsomethingyoushouldbeverythankful.”51.Whenthewriterandherchildrenwenttothegrocerystore,theysawalittlegirlwasasking_____.A.hermotherforanicetoyB.hermotherforaboxofSmartiesC.whereshecouldfindaboxofSmartiesD.hermotherifshecouldhadenoughmoney52.FromthepassageweknowSmartiesare________.A.abeautifuldollB.aninterestingstorybookC.akindofcandyD.someleavesofanicetree53.Thewriterwas______toseehersonbuyapackofSmartiesforthelittlegirl.A.sadB.excitedC.angryD.proud54.Whatcanwelearnfromthestoryabove?A.EverykidshouldhaveapackofSmarties.B.Everyoneshouldhaveagoodmother.C.Everyoneshoulddonicethingsforothers.D.Everymothershouldoftenteachherchildren.51.B52.C53.D54.CB—3FromNobodytoSomebodyBrianwasafunnystudent.Helovedwatchingcomedies(喜剧)bestandhopedtobecomeacomedyactoroneday.Whenheheardaboutthetalentshowtobeheldathisschool,Briandecidedtotakepartin.Hehadneveractedonstage(舞台)before,andhewasveryexcited.Butsomestudentslaughedathim.“Youarenotfunnybutsilly,”Ken,oneofhisclassmates,saidtohisface.“Noonewilllikewhatyoudo,”anotherboyalsosaidtohim,...
