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If you wish to become a better reader, here are four important points to remember about rate, or speed, of reading:

1. Knowing why you are reading—what you are reading to find out—will often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly.

2. Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples are directions for making or doing something, arithmetic problems, science and history books, which are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important step and understand each important idea.

3. Some things should be read rapidly throughout. Examples are simple stories meant for enjoyment, news, and letters from friends, items, or bits of news from local, or hometown, paper, telling what is happening to friends and neighbors.

4. In some of your readings, you must change your speed from fast to slow to fast, as you go along. You need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful readings when you come to important ideas which must be remembered.

(  )62. According to the passage, your reading speed depends on ________.

A. whether the reading material is easy or difficult

B. what you are reading

C. what your purpose in reading something is

D. both B and C

(  )63. If one wants to be relaxed by reading, one should take up ________.

A. a story book             B. a book on science and technology

C. news, letters from friends   D. some material full of information

(  )64. Which of the following readings should you read slowly and carefully?

A. Fairy tales.                   B. Aesop’s Fables.

C. Directions for use of a machine   D. An evening paper.

(  )65. Which of the following can best express the main idea of the passage?

A. How to decide your reading speed.

B. How to raise your reading speed.

C. How to improve your reading skills.

D. How to choose your reading materials.

第三部分 (共三节，满分55分)

第一节：单词拼写(每小题1分，共10分)

66.Rich people wanted to decorate their______(极好的) palaces and great houses.

67.He had a ______(偏爱)for Western paintings.

68.We didn’t know how they ______(运送)these stones over 200moles without modern machines.

69.Please fill in the ______(空格)with your own information.

70.He became ______ (成瘾的)to cigarettes last year.

71.She felt ______(害羞的)of her body shape, so she decided to go on a diet.

72.He gave a ______(一瞥)at his watch and then left..

73.You should cover the burned area with a dry, clean ______(绷带).

74.Most people are very ______(乐观的) about the economic situation.

75.It seemed that the driver is to ______(责备) for the accident.

第二节：短文改错(共10小题，每题1.5分，满分15分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，该行右边横线上画一个勾(√ );如有错误(每行只有一个错误，则按下列情况改正：此行多一词：把多余的词用斜线(/)划掉;在该行右边横线上写上该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符(∧)，在该行右边的横线上写上该加的词。此行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没有错的不要该。

Before lunch Allen happened to see a man fished in             76.______

a ditch about five metre outside a bar. Allen stopped             77.______

curiously. All people passing over the man who was fishing       78.______

regarded him like a foolish man. Allen’s heart went out           79.______

of him. He said kindly to fish-catcher, “Hello, will               80.______

you please do me a favor and have a drink with me              81.______

in the bar?” The man gladly received his invitation.              82.______

After buying the man several cups soft-drinks,                  83.______

Allen asked, “You are fishing there, right? May I                84.______

know how much fish you have caught this morning?”            85.______

“You are the number 8,” said the man humorously.?

第三节：书面表达(满分30)

据报道，7岁的美国女孩Amy Bruce得知自己身患肺癌(lung cancer)后处于极度的痛苦之中，假如你是新华中学的学生李华，请你用英文给Amy写一封慰问信，主要内容包括：

 自我介绍

 得知的情况

 表示鼓励