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     So much to do, so little time. So much information, so little time to read it. In this age there is more
information than ever before. There is not enough time to read everything we want to read. However, you can consume more information in shorter time through speed-reading. This article will not make you read. 3,000 words per minute, but it will show you how to increase your speed significantly. You will also learn
the basic techniques of speed-reading, along with the dos and don"ts of speed-reading.
     When you first learned to read, you would say the word out loud and sound it out. Then you might
whisper the word because people can become annoyed when you read aloud. The stage you are now at is saying the word in your head. Most people tend to read this way. Saying the word in your head will cut
your reading speed tremendously (极大地).
     How do you calculate your reading speed? The speed is measured by how many words per minute you can read. Get some reading material, preferably a book. Find out how many words are on the page. Time yourself for one minute. Start your timer and start reading. When the timer beeps, stop. If you counted 500 words on the page and you read half of the page, and then you are probably reading at 250 words per
minute.
     The first thing about speed-reading is looking at the word and recognizing it. Don"t say the word in your mind, just look at it and recognize its importance. Later you will recognize clumps of four words or more to increase your speed. This is the first and most important step in speed-reading.
     The next step is technique. As with any other skill, speed-reading requires technique. You should first
be sitting up straight with your book flat on a horizontal (水平的) surface, such as a table or desk. Next,
you should be able to see the entire page. This is necessary if you want to recognize clumps of words. Lastly, you should be focused. It"s hard to read with a lot of noise. Find a quiet place to read. This will help
your understanding of the text.
     You need something to guide your eyes while reading. That"s right, you should use your hand.
Remember when you were little, you would read using your finger. That is a great technique, only now
you"re using your hand to underline each line. Move your finger smoothly across the page. No need to go
rush, start out slow. Keep your eyes focused on the words as you recognize them while using your hand
as a guide. This will increase your speed.
     The third step is practice. Practice makes perfect. Set time interval (间歇) .Read using different
techniques, but make sure you understand what you"re reading.

1. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?A. Now there is limited information than ever before.
B. Now conditions ask people to use less time to know more information.
C. Now people can read what they like.
D. The less you read, the more time you will spend.2. What is the subject discussed in the text?A. What speed-reading is.
B. Why we need speed-reading.
C. Now it is much information time.
D. People should practice speed-reading in different kinds of ways.3. Which of the following shows the right way for the speed-reading from the text?
a. Ask for some techniques.
b. Look at many words and recognize them.
c. Practice more. A. c, a, b
B. c, b, a
C. b, a, c
D. a, c, b 4. The underlined sentence "you should be focused" in the fifth paragraph means that ______.A. a person should devote his attention to it while reading
B. your feelings will be hurt while reading
C. a person should smooth away difficulties while he reads
D. you should pay attention to your faults while you are reading5. To speed up your reading, you should ______.A. sit up straight with your book flat and use something to guide your eyes
B. say every word out loud and sound it out
C. know it is necessary to read quickly
D. underline some important words while you say them

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阅读理解     Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
     Most people know this joke. But recently, some people have been much more worried about how the grizzly bear and mountain lion can cross the road.
     "Millions of animals die each year on U.S. roads," the Federal Highway Administration reports. In fact, only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the U. S. today. The main reason? Road kill.
     "Eco-passages" may help animals cross the road without being hit by cars. They are paths both over
and under roads. "These eco-passages can be extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid road accidents," said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Protection Society.
      But do animals actually use the eco-passages? The answer is yes. Paul Beier of Northern Arizona
University found foot marks left by mountain lions on an eco-passage that went under a highway. This
showed that the lions used the passage.
     Builders of eco-passages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting trees on and
around them. Animals seem to be catching on. Animals as different as salamanders(火蜥蜴)and grizzly
bears are using the bridges and underpasses.
     The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look around. You might see an animals overpass!1. The writer uses the example of "ocelots" to show that __________.A. an increasing number of animals are killed in road accidents
B. the driving conditions have improved greatly
C. the measure for protecting wildlife fails to work
D. wild animals have become more dangerous2. From the news story, we know an eco-passage is __________.A. an underground path for cars
B. a fence built for the safety of the area
C. a pass for animals to cross the road
D. a bridge for animals to get over a river3. When the writer says that animals seem "to be catching on", he means __________.A. animals begin to realize the dangers on the road
B. animals begin to learn to use eco-passages
C. animals are crossing the road in groups
D. animals are becoming safer 4. The writer asks visitors and drivers to look around when traveling because __________.A. wild animals may cause danger
B. wild animals may jam the road
C. they may kill the animals
D. they may see wild animals on eco-passages5. This passage is written to __________.A. protect the endangered animals
B. call on drivers to be careful when seeing animals on roads
C. introduce a new way to help protect animals
D. tell us the main reason for the killing of animals in the US

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阅读理解     Today,I read an interesting article about television viewing.In one experiment,families were paid to stop watching TV for either a week or a month.Many could not complete the task and some families quarrelled or even fought.It was quite interesting and now I will say something about TV.
    After TV became a product most families could afford,people bought and started to watch their new
TVs.Both adults and children became less creative in problem solving,less able to focus on tasks,and less
tolerant of flexible time.
     In my family,we grew up with the TV on.Every weekend,we watched Gun Smoke and Bonanza
together as a family.TV provides us with a comfortable background when we want to learn a foreign
language at home,and it entertains us cheaply with live action sports,incomparable performing arts and
important events of the world.In addition,it educates us about everything from the cells in our body to the
galaxies in the universe.
     Perhaps it"s not even practical to live without television unless our views change unexpectedly as we get older.I don"t think that TV damages us so much as it robs us of time that could be spent doing other things such as learning new skills,getting some exercise or doing volunteer work.
     I was lucky to have a family that watched TV together.Today there seems to be a TV in every room of the house and there"s no need to agree on a program to watch.To watch TV or not is more of a question
for adults than for us,and even though we all say we want to cut down the time we spend in front of the
tube,we never really do.TV_has_us_hypnotized!1. The experiment in Paragraph 1 shows________.A. how interesting watching TV is
B. how much people like watching TV
C. whether people like watching TV
D. why people give up watching TV2. After most families could afford a TV,they________.A. got more active at work
B. found it easier to solve problems
C. became more independent of TV
D. fixed less attention on tasks3. From Paragraph 3,we can learn that________.A. the author likes to spend weekends watching TV by himself
B. watching TV too much prevents the author from growing up well
C. TV programmes bring only fun to the author and his family
D. the author and his family get a lot of valuable experience in watching TV4. According to the author,which of the following is TRUE?A. It is a waste of time to watch TV.
B. We benefit little when we watch TV.
C. It is hard to live without television.
D. We change our views as we live with television5. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph implies that________.A. we depend too much on TV
B. watching TV makes us united
C. TV robs us of valuable time
D.TV changes our daily life

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阅读理解     Many people wonder why the United States has been a hot spot for Chinese students for years,despite its extremely strict visa policy.On the other hand,China"s rise as an economic powerhouse is resulting in a
rapid expansion of its higher education system,making it the fastergrowing destination for American foreign exchange students.
     Recently,according to a study by the Institute of International Education,a research organization based
in New York,the number of American students seeking higher education in China has never been greater,
increasing by 90 percent from 2002 to 2004.Alan Goodman,president of the institute,believes that the_
phenomenon lies in the pace of change in China,which is spending billions of dollars to expend and
transform its higher educational facilities into worldclass institutions.
     "China is a job market," said Professor Chou,professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University.
"Twenty years ago,only those interested in Chinese literature would study the Chinese language.Now all
professors have opened up."
     China now ranks 9th as a host destination for American students,advancing from the No.12 spot it held a year earlier.The study revealed that Britain continues to be the leading destination,attracting 16.8 percent of all American students who study abroad.On the other hand,in the 2004～2005 academic year,China
sent more than 62,000 students to the United States,nearly 60 percent more than a decade earlier.
According to the study,the Chinese now make up 11 percent of foreign students in the United States,the
secondlargest group behind students from India.1. From the first paragraph,we know that for many years Chinese students want to go to the US but
________.A. Chinese government refuses to give a visa
B. it is extremely difficult to get a visa
C. it results in a rapid expansion
D. China becomes a fastgrowing country2. According to the text,"the phenomenon" in the second paragraph refers to________.A. more American students" seeking higher education in China
B. the pace of change in China during the past few years
C. founding a research organization based in New York
D. expending and transforming its higher educational facilities3. Ten years ago,China sent about________students to the United States.A. 62,000
B. 55,000
C. 38,750
D. 6,820

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阅读理解     In Yemen,you always see one type of vehicle on the road:the water truck.They travel mountain roads
and cross deserts to bring Yemenis the goods more valuable than oil.It is one that only the rich can afford
with the supply regularly  being cut off.Others must rely on scarce rain or charity to  fight thirst.
     Experts say Yemen is going to be the first country in the world to run out of water.The capital,Sanaa,
will run out of drinking water as early as 2025,says a report by the World Bank.
Hannan,an 18yearold from Lahej,said that only the rich could prepare for cuts in supply."In a good week
we"ll have a water supply all week but then the following week there will be water only for a day or two,"
she said.
     She and her husband,a factory worker,pay 3,000 riyals (99 yuan) for a week"s supply of water from a
touring water  truck when the taps run dry.With an income of only 20,000 riyals (660 yuan) a month,this
means the family often spend half their money on water.
     "There are a lot of people who can"t afford it and they have to rely on their neighbors to help," she said.

     The average person in Yemen survives on onefifth of what the World Health Organization considers to
be enough water.
     In Taiz,in the south,tap water is available only once every 45 days.In the mountainous Malhan district in
the north,women and children climb a 1,500m mountain to collect water from a spring,often in the small
hours to avoid long queues.
     Yemen is located in Southwest Asia,bordering the Arabian and Red Sea.Yemeni people have lived on
scarce water supplies for thousands of years but that problem has been made serious by conflict in the are
a,the fastgrowing population and the use of water to grow a drug called qat.With one of the world"s highest
rates of population growth-3.46 percent,Yemen is the poorest Arab country.
     The government is considering desalinating (淡化) seawater,but this would be expensive and it may
now be too late.The only other solution is to cut down on farming,but that means importing even more
food.
1．The passage aims to _____.A. analyze the reasons why Yemen lacks water
B. suggest some solutions to the water issue in Yemen
C. present how serious the water problem is in Yemen
D. encourage the world to help Yemenis who are suffering from water shortages2．When Hannan said that only the rich could prepare for cuts in supply,she meant that _____.A. rich people drank more water than the poor
B. rich people could buy water from the water trucks if there was a water supply cut
C. she had a rich neighbor who often helped her during water supply cuts
D. the rich were not affected by water supply cuts3．Which of the following may be a reason why Yemen is short of water?A. The country has had no rain for a long time.
B. The population of Yemen is growing fast.
C. The government has failed to reduce farming.
D. People can"t afford the water from government water trucks.4．The best title for the passage is "_____"．A. Never take water for granted
B. The water truck-the commonest sight in Yemen
C. The first country to run out of water in the world
D. No water for Yemen

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阅读理解     Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population. Many people alive today would
have died of childhood diseases if they had been born 100 years ago. Because more people live longer,
there are more people around at any given time. In fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in
birthrates, that has led to the population explosion.
     Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load. In all societies, people who are
disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. In
hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. In times
of famine, infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, where
as if the parents survived they could have another child. In most contemporary (当代的)societies, people
feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not. We have a great many people
today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work; we also have rules which
require people to retire at a certain age. Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement, somebody else must support them. In the United States many retired people live on social security
checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. Older people have more illnesses than
young or middleaged people: unless they have wealth or private or government insurance, they must
often "go on welfare" if they have a serious illness.
     When older people become senile (衰老的)or too weak and ill to care for themselves,they create
grave problems for their families. In the past and in some traditional cultures, they would be cared for at
home until they died. Today, with most members of a household working or in school,there is often no
one at home who can care for a sick or weak person. To meet this_need, a great many nursing homes
and convalescent (疗养的)hospitals have been built. These are often profit making organizations, although
some are sponsored by religious and other nonprofit groups. While a few of these institutions are good,
most of them are simply "dumping (倒垃圾的)grounds" for the dying in which "care" is given by poorly
paid, overworked, and under skilled personnel. 1. The author believes that the population explosion results from______. A. an increase in birthrates
B. the industrial development
C. a decrease in death rates
D. human beings" cultural advances2. It can be inferred from the passage that in hunting and gathering cultures  ________. A. it was a moral responsibility for the families to keep alive the aged people who could not work
B. the survival of infants was less important than that of their parents in times of starvation
C. old people were given the task of imparting the cultural wisdom of the tribe to new generations
D. death was celebrated as a time of rejoicing for an individual freed of the hardships of life3. According to the passage, which of the following statements about the old people in the United States
is TRUE?A. Many of them live on social security money which is hardly enough.
B. Minority of them remain in a state of near poverty after their retirement.
C. When they reach a certain age, compulsory retirement is necessary and beneficial.
D. With the growing inflation, they must suffer more from unbearable burdens than ever. 4. The phrase "this need" in Paragraph 3 refers to ________A. prolonging the dying old people"s lives
B. reducing the problems caused by the retired people
C. making profits through caring for the sick or weak people
D. taking care of the sick or weak people5. Which of the following BEST describes the author"s attitude toward most of the nursing homes and
convalescent hospitals?A. Sympathetic.
B. Approving.
C. Optimistic.
D. Critical.

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