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Do you know that a fast reader can get the ideas better than a slow reader can? Of course, you save time by reading fast, but this is not the main reason for fast reading. The main reason is that you understand better what you are reading when you read fast. As your eyes move along the line of point, they make fixations or pauses . It is important that you see several words at a fixation. It is also important that your eyes leave a group. The numbers of letters or words that you see at a fixation are called your eye span . Pay more attention to improving your rate of reading. With practice you can learn to read faster than you usually read. The way in which you read always depends on what you are reading and for what purpose. You should know the different ways of reading so that you can apply whatever method is necessary. Here are four ways of reading: (1) Skimming is an important kind of reading. This method can be used when you wish to review something that you have forgotten. You can skim to get the main points. (2) Rapid first reading and then rereading certain parts carefully is important. You may use this type of reading to study a science lesson or a history lesson. (3) You need to do careful reading and rereading sometimes. This type of reading is necessary for making an intensive study of your school subjects, solving math problems or reading directions. (4) Rapid reading is used when reading stories for enjoyment. You may also do rapid reading when reviewing materials that you already know well. The way of reading always depends on _ . A) the method that you like B) your reading material C) your reading purpose D) both B and C
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D

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Li Ting, Zhang Lin and Wu Jun are students of Class 1, Grade 7 in Sunshine Middle School. Li Ting is a pretty girl. She has big eyes and a small nose. Her hair is long and black. She likes dancing and singing. We all like listening to her songs. She hopes to be a singer when she grows up. Zhang Lin is a tall and helpful girl. She is good at all her subjects. She always helps her classmates with their homework. She is very clever and almost knows about everything. Her classmates all call her encyclopedia . Wu Jun is a strong boy. He enjoys playing sports. He plays football and basketball very well. He is a member of the School Sports Club. His dream is to be a football player like Raul. Li Ting and Wu Jun are _ . A) in different classes B) in different schools C) classmates D) sister and brother
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C

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Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to preschool children. But a new study tells that calling attention to the words and letters on the book may lead to better readers. The two-year study compared children who were read to this way in class with children who were not. Those whose teachers most often discussed the words showed clearly higher skills in reading, spelling and understanding. Shayne Piasta, a professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University, says most preschool teachers would need only a small change in the way they teach. They already read storybooks in class. The only difference would be increased attention to the printed words. Ms. Piasta says if you get children to pay attention to letters and words, _ that they will do better at word spelling. But she says studies show that very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic way. They watched more than three hundred children aged four and five in classrooms in Ohio and Virginia. The children came from poor families and were poor in their language skills. They may become bad readers when they enter primary schools later. Professor Justice says children's language skills can be improved by discussing with him or her when you are reading a book to a child. There are different ways that adults can talk to children about the letters and words on the page. They can point to a word and discuss the shape of it with a finger. They can point out a word: "This is 'dog'." They can discuss the meaning of the word or how the words tell the story. And they can also show how words are written left to right in English. The writer wants to tell us that _ . A) preschool children should have higher discussing skills B) parents should make a plan to teach their children reading C) teachers should help children pay attention to printed words D) languages skills should be discussed with preschool children
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C