If you want to get the most out of the study of a language, you must also read for pleasure: novels, plays, travel books, and so on. And in reading books of this kind the important thing is to get on with the reading; to try to catch what the writer is going to tell you in the book as a whole. This is impossible if you stop and think over the meaning of every single word which happens to be unfamiliar. You can not enjoy a story if you stop a few times on every page in order to look up words in the dictionary. You may even prevent(妨碍) yourself from understanding the story as a whole by doing this.
When you are reading books of this kind, therefore, you will usually have to depend mainly on the context (上下文) to help you. If you meet an unfamiliar word, do not let it take too much of your attention from the main idea of the story. In all probability you will meet the same word again a few pages later on in a slightly different context, and each time you see it that your understanding of it will become more exact.
1.To read for pleasure means _____________.
A．to take pleasure in reading
B．to be satisfied in reading book
C．to read such books as novels, plays, travel books, etc
D．to go on with reading pleasantly
2.The phrase “to get on with reading” in the passage has the same meaning as “ ”.
A．to try to grasp the meaning of every sentence in the book
B．to try to catch the meaning of every word in the book
C．to try to understand all the writer is going to tell you
D．to try to understand the main idea of the book
3.The best title for this passage is “___________”.
A. Read for Pleasure B. Get on with the Books
C. Reading Skills D. The Importance of Reading
What’s your idea about success? Some people say that beginners have all the luck, while others believe that success only with practice. In fact, I fell both of these statements are not true all the time. Each is true in some ways not in others.
For example, I went to a drawing competition many years ago and surprisingly. As a prize, I got a film ticket to see “Titanic”. I was really because it was the first time I had taken part in any competition, Thinking that I might be lucky again, I joining in other art competitions, ‘But the result was that I won again. I accepted the fact that the other people had a artistic ability than I did. Art was not something I was especially interested in and I had never practiced the different art skills. So, the I produced were not of a very high standard
These experiences taught me a lot. Though I might have been lucky , I also need to put in hard work. As we know, akes perfect. So I believe success builds on less luck and chance.
1.A. moves B. comes C. returns D. leaves
2.A. or B. so C. and D. but
3.A. won B. began C. failed D. ended
4.A. sorry B. active C. lucky D. nervous
5.A. tried B. forgot C. stopped D. remembered
6.A. often B. ever C. sometimes D. never
7.A. greater B. more natural C. lower D. more common
8.A. results B. film C. prizes D. drawings
9.A. at last B. at most C. at first D. at least
10.A. chance B. practice C. difference D. experience
—Lily was made __________ the test paper because of the mistakes she made .
—Really? I ________ anything about that .
A. copy; didn’t tell B. to copy ; am not told C .copying ; don’t tell D. to copy; wasn’t told
—Where is my music disc? I can’t see it!
—You’d better________ the disk carefully in your bedroom.
A. look up B. look for C. look after D. look through
—Who is the girl stanging over there?
—Well,if you_______ know,her name is Kate.
A. may B. can C. must D. need
—Tara has made great progress in English this term.
—_______, and ________.
A. So she has; so have you B. So she has; so you have
C .So has she;so you have D. So has she; so have you
