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 grasp 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(不熟悉). You can not enjoy a story if you stop half a dozen times on every page in order to look up words in the dictionary. You may even prevent 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 rely mainly on(依靠) 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 thread(主线) of the story. In all probability(可能) 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.、When you meet new words in reading such kinds of books, you’d better _________.
A．stop and look them up in a dictionary B．stop and think them over
C．try to guess their meanings from the context D．have none of them
4.According to the passage the best way to read novels, plays and travel books is _____.
A．to read very slowly B．to read quickly and not too carefully
C．to read very carefully D．to read very seriously
5.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
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
My father and I were standing at the top of a church tower. He 36 me to this place in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I 37 why he did so.
“Look down, Elsa,” Father said to me. I looked down and 38 the square in the centre of the village and I saw many turning streets 39 to the square.
“ See, my dear. There is more than one 40 to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place 41 you want to go by one road, 42 another,” he said to me.
Now I 43 why I was there. My father wanted to tell me how to 44 and deal with the difficulties.
In the years that 45 I often remembered the lesson Fathere taught me. I knew where I wanted to go in 46 . I wanted to be a fashion 47 . And on the way to my first small success I found the road 48 . What could I do ? Accept the failure? Or use my imagination and wisdom to find another road to my 49 ?
I had come to Paris, the 50 of the world of fashion , with some clothes I 51 . But none of the famous fashion designers seemed 52 in them. Then one day I met a friend who was wearig a very beautiful sweater. It had a lovely and 53 stitch (针法).
“Did you knit that sweater ?” I asked her.
“No,”she answered. “ It was done by a woman here in Paris.”
“ What an interesting stitch !” I continued.
My friend had an 54 . “The woman’s
name is Mrs Vidian she learned the stitch in Armenia,
her motherland.”
Suddenly a good idea 55 me. why not open my own house of fashion? Why not design, make and sell clothes? I would do it, and I would begin with a sweater.
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1.A . carried |
B. got |
C. took |
D. brought |
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2.A. doubted |
B. guessed |
C. wondered |
D. knew |
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3.A. saw |
B. realized |
C. noticed |
D. observed |
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4.A. going |
B. leading |
C. turning |
D. directing |
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5.A. path |
B. method |
C. road |
D. way |
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6.A. why |
B. which |
C. where |
D. when |
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7.A. attempt |
B. experiment |
C. manage |
D. try |
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8.A. imagined |
B. supposed |
C. witnessed |
D. understood |
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9.A. face |
B. handle |
C. settle |
D. solve |
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10.A. approached |
B. caught |
C. followed |
D. wasted |
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11.A. life |
B. class |
C. work |
D. heart |
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12.A. seller |
B. worker |
C. teacher |
D. designer |
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13.A. blocked |
B. approved |
C. passed |
D. smoothed |
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14.A. comfort |
B. intelligence |
C. failure |
D. success |
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15.A. country |
B. attraction |
C. centre |
D. capital |
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16.A. designed |
B. performed |
C. recommended |
D. chose |
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17.A. buried |
B. occupied |
C. absorbed |
D. interested |
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18.A. unusual |
B. perfect |
C. ordinary |
D. rough |
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19.A. reason |
B. explanation |
C. description |
D. cause |
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20.A. thought |
B. entered |
C. came |
D. struck |
They seemed ______ each other for a long time.
A．knowing B．to know C．having known D．to have known
This is Mr. Smith. _______ help I worked out many difficult problems.
A．whose B．with whom C．who D．with whose
---I’d like to buy a new computer.
---Well, we have several models __________.
A．to choose from B．to choose
C．for choosing D．for choice
_______ to take this advance course will certainly learn a lot of useful skills.
A．Brave enough students B．Enough brave students
C．Students brave enough D．Students enough brave
