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Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader’s Choice.
The book 36 many types of selections on a wide 37 of topics. These selections provide practice on 38 different reading skills to get the 39 of the writer. They also give students 40 in four basic reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for 41 comprehension, and critical reading.
Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. This kind of rapid reading is 42 when you are trying to decide 43 careful reading is desirable or when there is not 44 to read something carefully.
Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading. 45 , in this case the search is more 46 .To scan is to readquickly in order to 47 specific information. When you read to find a 48 date, or number you are scanning.
Reading for thorough comprehension is 49 reading in order to understand the total 50 of the passage. 51 this level of comprehension the reader is 52 to summarize the author’s ideas but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas.
Critical reading demands that a reader 53 judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of reedit 54 posting and answering questions such as “Does my own experience support that of the author?”, “Do I 55 the author’s point of view?” And “Am I convinced by the author’s arguments and evidence?
36.A.contains B.uses C.put D.writes
37.A.sense B.variety C.kind D.subject
38.A.making B.understanding C.speaking D.employing
39.A.message B.secret C.content D.nature
40.A.power B.point C.practice D.opinion
41.A.better B.basic C.general D.thorough
42.A.suttable B.interesting C.wrong D.true
43.A.that B.if C.when D.why
44.A.interest B.habit C.time D.desire
45.A.Moreover B.Anyway C.However D.Therefore
46.A.funny B.concentrated C.perfect D.important
47.A.deal with B.get in C.go over D.find out
48.A.common B.different C.fine D.particular
49.A.carefully B.slowly C.quickly D.perfectly
50.A.design B.explanation C.meaning D.feeling
51.A.To B.On C.At D.In
52.A.impossible B.able C.difficult D.simple
53.A.makes B.finds C.puts D.offers
54.A.lacks B.requires C.demands D.affords
55.A.tell B.express C.share D.argue
How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter,rude boss, or an insensitive employee your day?
Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson in the back of a New York City taxi cab. One day I was in a taxi and we headed the airport. We were driving in the lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his , slide sideways,and at the very last moment our car stopped and the other car by just inches!The driver of the other car , the guy who almost caused a big accident, looked around and started at us.
My taxi driver just and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was ,so I said,"Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!” This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call "The Law of the Garbage Truck".
He said, “ Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of , full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on . Don’t take it personally; Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You’ll be .”
So I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and it to other people at work, at home, or on the street? It was then that I said, “I don’t want their garbage and I’m not going to spread it anymore.”
Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s in your life. See, Roy Baumeister, a psychology researcher from Florida State University,found in his extensive research that you __ bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories more easily, and you __ them more frequently. So love the people who treat you right. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you _ it!The odds are against you when a Garbage Truck comes your way, but when you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”,you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by go of the bad.
Have a Garbage-Free Day!Have a marvelous, garbage-free day!The seeds you plant today the harvest you reap tomorrow.
A.enrich B.ruin C.spare D.obtain
A.through B.to C.in D.for
A.latter B.right C.opposite D.free
A.brakes B.door C.window D.seat
A.knocked B.overtook C.missed D.lost
A.laughing B.throwing C.glancing D.yelling
A.wondered B.smiled C.ignored D.guessed
A.friendly B.angry C.tired D.disappointed
A.expectation B.passengers C.garbage D.goods
A.turns B.pushes C.holds D.piles
A.roads B.children C.you D.dustbin
A.upset B.happier C.pitiful D.frightened
A.spread B.share C.explain D.contribute
A.surprise B.pleasure C.doubt D.regrets
A.funny B.important C.strange D.embarrassing
A.remember B.forget C.value D.appreciate
A.enjoy B.exchange C.recall D.imagine
A.inspire B.take C.mend D.notice
A.letting B.consisting C.making D.dreaming
A.distinguish B.deserve C.deliver D.determine
My husband has been ill in hospital for two months and I have learned to make do with very little (凑合过日子).
One Sunday afternoon, I went to buy a for my daughter with my friend. A woman who was also buying books in the bookstore saw me and said, “I you must be having a hard time.” I just smiled and said, “I’m okay. I have eight dollars and I have food at home, so I’ll be .”
About ten later she came up to me and said, “Can I take a look at the book that you’ve ? It seems very interesting!” I said all right and gave it to her.
Just then called me and I immediately went out. I returned she thanked me and my book.
On my way home my friend who was driving said, “You told me you didn’t had much ?” I replied, “I don’t.”
She said, “Oh yes, you do!” I assured (向……保证) her I had two dollars left, but still she insisted I plenty of money.
“Look at your book in your bag,” she . “There’s a hundred dollar bill in it.” I turned over the page and got so ! There actually was a hundred dollar that seemed to have fallen out of my book!
I her, very surprised, and said, “I don’t know that came from. I have no idea because I certainly did not have a hundred !”
I thought and thought about the money for days after that. Then I realized it must have come from who asked to borrow my book in the bookstore. How of her! And what a wonderful gift to when I am down to my last two dollars!
A.storybook B.toy bear C.birthday cake D.concert ticket
A.suggest B.wish C.hear D.think
A.sad B.upset C.fine D.honest
A.hours B.minutes C.days D.weeks
A.written B.chosen C.hidden D.finished
A.someone B.nobody C.everyone D.anybody
A.Since B.When C.Before D.Because
A.threw away B.asked for C.looked into D.gave back
A.wisdom B.money C.water D.patience
A.never B.always C.only D.once
A.had B.spent C.lost D.won
A.said B.cried C.ordered D.shouted
A.worried B.satisfied C.surprised D.relaxed
A.letter B.card C.picture D.bill
A.looked at B.quarreled with C.believed in D.laughed at
A.why B.how C.what D.where
A.bags B.books C.stores D.dollars
A.the lady B.the writer C.my friend D.my daughter
A.foolish B.kind C.energetic D.proud
A.make B.refuse C.invent D.receive
BIG things were happening in my life the summer after I turned 13. In the middle of that summer, my parents my entire world when they told me they were getting divorced. I couldn’t believe that our family was going to . Though I always knew my parents weren’t very happy and they often fought, I still wanted my family to stay .
My life changed completely after the divorce. My mother and I moved into a small apartment town, while my father and brother, Bill, stayed in our house. I now became a visitor I went to see my Dad and Bill on the weekends. And immediately I had my stepfather, Dan, I showed no interest in. I was clearly sad, especially after Dan and my mother married I realized that there was no way that things could change the way they were.
Even though I refuse all Dan’s trying to get to know me and wasn’t very nice to him, he never gave on me. Gradually, I began to trust him. I realized that we actually had some things in common, especially when came to movies and TV shows. We spent a lot of time together out to watch movies. That gave us a chance to talk and get to know each other .
Better still, Dan showed an interest in me that I had experienced from my own father. Dan was always around when I needed on school or friends. Once I began to Dan, the three of us began spending a lot of time together. We often went out to eat and short trips. Eventually, I discovered that I finally had the happy family that I had always .
I now realize my parents were about getting the divorce. Their breakup was the best thing to happen for all of us. My father also found happiness—he and had another child, my half-sister, Michelle.
At 13, I an important truth –change is not always the worst thing that can happen. Sometimes, it is just what we need most.
A.shook B.broke C.hurt D.changed
A.break down B.break up C.break in D.break out
A.a same B.same C.the same D.at same
A.at B.from C.across D.over
A.when B.while C.that D.whenever
A.whoever B.which C.whom D.that
A.but B.and C.however D.also
A.back B.back to C.into D.for
A.up B.in C.out D.off
A.that B.it C.he D.we
A.go B.went C.to go D.going
A.more deeply B.much deeply C.more deeper D.very deeper
A.either B.too C.before D.never
A.suggestion B.advices C.advice D.tip
A.receive B.accept C.recognize D.know
A.went B.began C.took D.go for
A.wished B.hoped C.dreamed D.wanted
A.right B.wrong C.necessary D.good
A.divorced B.united C.married D.remarried
A.found B.discover C.learned D.Understand
You and I have principles(原则). And we also have opinions. I have _____ about what I think is right or wrong or good or ______. But they are only opinions---I could be wrong! I _____ try to build my life around my opinions, but I will try to _____ my principles.
A 15-year-old boy learned a(n) ______ lesson about life principles. On his way home he found a woman’s ______ that contained $127 as well as her ID card. _______ hesitation, he hopped(快速跳) onto his bike and went over to her _______---about a mile away. He told her he _____ her wallet and she gave him a big hug and twenty dollars.
That evening the boy told his parents about the event and his father said, “I don’t think you should have ______ $20 for doing what you should have done. A person shouldn’t be ______ for being honest.”
He thought about his father’s _____ and decided he would return the money. He biked to the lady’s home and ______ her back the twenty dollars. She didn’t want to take it, but he told her she _____ to---that his father pointed out ______ to him that he had never ______ before.
When principles ______ our every action and decision, we actually change. These great principles _____ our lives and make us into persons of character. That boy is _____ to be raised by a wise father who had the ______ to say, “Those are my principles.”
A.opinions B.wishes C.decisions D.suggestions
A.well B.mistaken C.right D.bad
A.shan’t B.won’t C.can’t D.don’t
A.change B.advise C.follow D.make
A.valuable B.easy C.difficult D.funny
A.bag B.wallet C.suitcase D.box
A.About B.For C.Without D.In
A.factory B.school C.office D.house
A.checked B.searched C.threw D.found
A.accepted B.supplied C.received D.borrowed
A.rewarded B.praised C.forgotten D.blamed
A.actions B.worries C.words D.excuses
A.took B.gave C.put D.set
A.attempted B.preferred C.planned D.had
A.anything B.everything C.something D.nothing
A.guessed B.taught C.met D.realized
A.guide B.do C.interrupt D.allow
A.limit B.shape C.prevent D.keep
A.unlucky B.careful C.brave D.lucky
A.right B.courage C.wisdom D.chance
A man died and was on his way to another world,either the Heaven or the hell. He saw an extremely magnificent palace half way and the of the palace asked him to stay and in the palace.
The man said,“I have been working hard during my life and now I just want to eat and sleep without any .”
The owner of the palace said,“If so,there is else better than here for you. There are a wealth of seafood and delicacies. In my palace and you can eat whatever you want without anyone you. Moreover,you can rest I that nothing needs to be done by you.” Then,the man settled down in the palace.
At the beginning,the man felt very at the rotation of eating and sleeping. But gradually,he felt a bit lonely and void. So he went to the owner and ,“It is to live by just eating and sleeping every day. Now I show no interest in this kind of life any more. Could you help me find a job?”
The owner replied,“Sorry, there is no job here at all.”
After another several months,the man could not bear the present life and went to the owner again,“I really could not this sort of life any more. If you do not offer me a job,I would prefer to go to the instead of living here.”
The owner of the palace smiled contemptuously, “Do you think it is Heaven here? It is the hell!”
A.god B.foreigner C.owner D.guard
A.sleep B.eat C.drink D.live
A.movement B.hesitation C.performance D.work
A.anywhere B.nowhere C.everywhere D.somewhere
A.visiting B.stopping C.keeping D.avoiding
A.assured B.convinced C.reminded D.informed
A.bored B.initial C.happy D.scared
A.appreciated B.motivated C.complained D.cried
A.unbearable B.precious C.vivid D.temporary
A.come up with B.put up with C.catch up with D.end up with
A.palace B.heaven C.hell D.sky
A.actually B.immediately C.directly D.hardly