When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful．When you read, you can not only learn some new words, but also you can learn how to use these English words．When you read, it gives you a good example for writing．

Good reading tips．

Try to read at the right level（水平）．Read something that you can （more or less） understand．If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting．

Try to increase the number of your new words．If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook．But you don’t have to write them while you read．Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read： mark them with a pen．Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book．Then try to remember them．

Try to read regularly．For example, read for a short time once a day．Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday．Fix（固定）a time to read and keep to it．You could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up or at lunchtime．

Read what interests you．Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like, because you are going to spend time and money reading it．So, choose an interesting book．You can also read newspapers．There are many English newspapers in China．For example, 21st Century Teens．It is easy enough for you to understand it．There is something interesting in it．

1． According to the passage, how many reading tips does the writer give us?

A． Three．            B． Four．              C． Five．              D． Six．

2． Which of the following sentences is right?

A． Reading a lot can help you write better．

B． When you read, you can only learn some new words．

C． It is interesting for you to stop every three words to use a dictionary．

D． Try to read something that you can’t understand to make your English better．

3． If you meet a few new words on a page while reading, ________．

      A． give up reading                             B． guess the meaning at first

C． write them down at once                 D． look them up in a dictionary at once

4． To make your reading better, _________．

A． it’s enough for you to read 21st Century Teens

B． only read a magazine about a subject that you like

C． you should read something that you like for a short time once a day at least

D． reading English for two hours every Sunday is much better than for a short time once a day

5． The passage is mainly about _________．

A． what to read                                        B． reading is very helpful

C． when to read                                        D． how to make reading better

    If you want to become a fluent(流利的)English speaker you should take some advice: There are four skills in learning English. They are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. The most important thing you must remember is that if you want to improve your speaking and writing skills you should first master the skills of reading and listening.

    Read as much as you can. But your reading must be active. It means that you must think about the meaning of the sentence, the meanings of the unfamiliar words, etc. There is no need for you to pay much attention to grammars or try to understand all the unfamiliar words you come across, but the fact that you see them for the first time and recognize them whenever you see them, for example in other passages or books, is enough. It would be better to prepare yourself a notebook so you can write down the important words or sentences in it_

    As for listening, there are two choices: besides reading, you can listen every day for about 30 minutes. You can only pay attention to your reading and become skillful at your reading, then you can catch up on your listening. Since you have lots of inputs in your mind, you can easily guess what the speaker is going to say. This never means that you should not practice listening.

    For listening you can listen to cartoons or some movies that are specially made for children.  Their languages are easy. Or if you are good at listening you can listen to VOA or BBC programs every day. Again the thing to remember is being active in listening and preferably taking some notes.

    If you follow these pieces of advice, your speaking and writing will improve automatically, and you can be sure that with a little effort they will become perfect.

46. According to the author, which should you improve first among the four skills?

    A. Reading and writing.                    B. Reading and listening.

    C. Writing and speaking.                         D. Speaking and listening.

47. The underlined phrase "come across" in Paragraph 2 can probably be replaced by "_______".

    A. meet by accident                                B. discover

    C. find on purpose                           D. look for

48. The author seems to agree with the view that_______.

    A. everyone should listen to VOA or BBC programs every day

    B. you needn't practice listening if you keep on reading every day

    C. being good at reading is helpful in improving your listening

    D. you should take notes of whatever you are hearing

49. The passage is mainly about how to_______.

    A. choose suitable listening materials

    B. deal with new words in reading

    C. read as many English books as possible

    D. become fluent in speaking and writing English