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How Television Has Changed

　　You really have to get very old before you realize you’re old．I’m in my middle fifties and I don’t feel old yet．However, sometimes I look back at my childhood and 　　1　　 things to the way of life of 　　2　　 kids．Some things have certainly changed．

　　One area of change is television．Some changes have been improvements．Some changes, on the other hand, have been 　　3　　．

　　When I started school, most people didn’t have a television; TV was just beginning to get 　　4　　．My father decided to go all out and buy a 16 inch black and white Motorola set．I still remember watching the Lone Ranger save people from the 　　5　　 guys on that awesome electronic machine．That was exciting!

　　Now, 　　6　　 have larger pictures in full color．The pictures are clearer and the sound is much more realistic．The new high definition sets are made to rival 　　7　　 screens．

　　The variety and quantity of programming has 　　8　　 greatly．There are hundreds of channels and more shows than one person could ever watch．There are many fine entertainment and educational 　　9　　．There’s also a lot of garbage, stuff that most parents don’t want their kids exposed to．Overall, we have more choices, and that is good．

　　I wonder what 　　10　　 will be like when today’s kids are my age．

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阅读理解

　　You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．

　　Perhaps you have been told about some habits(习惯)which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．

　　Do you still have any of these bad habits? Check yourself by answering “yes” or “no” to these questions．

　　(1)Do you move your lips(嘴唇)when reading silently?

　　(2)Do you point to words with your finger as you read?

　　(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?

　　(4)Do you read one word at a time?

　　If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, start at once to break the habit．If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move, your will know it and can stop them．

　　If you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand．Then you won’t have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head, place your chin(下巴)in one hand and hold your head still(静止不动的)．

　　If you read no more than one or two three words at a time, you need to work very hard in learning to take in(吸收)more words at each glance(一瞥)as your eyes travel across the lines of words．

　　Even if you do rather fast now, you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told, the se of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words at each glance．Read in thought groups and force(迫使)your eyes along the lines of words at fast as you can make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will be able to read faster．

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阅读理解

　　You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．

　　Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．

　　Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．

　　(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?

　　(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?

　　(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?

　　(4)Do you read one word at a time?

　　If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．

　　If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．

　　If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．

　　Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．

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阅读理解

　　Michael McCarthy climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago．The Tower stands 1451 feet(442 meters)tall, the highest building in the US．

　　As he got to the last step, McCarthy almost fell down, but that didn't stop him．The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he enjoyed the cheers from the crowd．

　　“I just want to show people that if a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it, ”McCarthy said．

　　McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢)and use a set of crutches(拐杖)to walk．But McCarthy has a strong heart．He believes nothing can stop him from achieving his success．

　　He has been in a karate(空手道)school since he was four years old．When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his karate teacher, Jeff Kohn, was moved and offered to help train him．They spent more than 10 hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prostheses and crutches on the steps every day．“It seems that he never knows what tiredness is．Sometimes, I was so tired that I asked him to call it a day, ”said Kohn．“But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more exercise．”

　　Kohn was with McCarthy for the climb．“I saw the last 10 floors-he went faster, ” said Kohn．“He's the most hard-working athlete I've ever trained．”

　　McCarthy said he was proud of himself and that the Tower now holds special meaning．“When I'm older, I'll point to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’．”he said．

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