请阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容从下面方框中的七个选项中选出五个还原到短文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。（每小题2分）

Newspapers are not nearly as popular today as they were in the past. ? 1.?? Most people read only the sports pages, the advice or the gossip（闲话，绯闻）columns, the comics, and perhaps the classified advertisements.

Most people don't take the time to read the real news. ??? 2.?? These techniques（技术，手段）are used on the front page because it is the first thing you see when you pick up the paper. The first page attracts attention and encourages the reader to look through the rest of the paper. ??? 3.??? If the headline is horrible（恐惧的）enough or frightening enough or wild enough, perhaps they will go on to read the front page anymore. They may read the headlines, but that is all, then they turn to the sports page, or comics, or advertisements. It seems that people do not want the news from a newspaper anymore.? ? 4.?

More people watch television news because it is easier and more interesting than reading a newspaper. What about you? Do you read news from a newspaper??? 5. Or do you care about news at all? Would you mind if there were no news?

A. They say they get the news on the television now.

B. There are not very many people who seriously read a newspaper every day.

C. More and more people read newspapers every day.

D. They attempt（试图）to catch the reader's interest with pictures and exciting headlines（大字标题，新闻提要）

E. Do you think it is easier to get the news from television?

F. They like reading stories.

G. This is why editors always look for a good first page story and headline to make them stop and look.

—Why do you like _______stories?

       —Because I want to become a writer.

      A. write             B. writes            C. writing           D. read

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 it 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 a book, they make fixations（注视）. It is important that you see several words at a fixation. It is also important that your eyes leave a group of words quickly and move onto another group. The number of letters or words that you see at a fixation are called your eye span（视幅）. With practice you can learn to read faster than you usually read.

The way in which you read always has something to do with what you are reading and why you are reading. You should know the different ways of reading so that you can use the fight and necessary way. Here are four ways of reading, but not all, they may help you read faster.

1. Skimming （浏览）is an important kind of reading. It can be used when you wish to go over something that you have forgotten. You may skim to find a lost place of a sentence that you have read and can't remember. You may skim to get an idea of a story.

2. Fast first reading and then rereading certain parts carefully is important. You may use this kind of reading to study a science lesson or a history lesson.

3. You need to do careful reading and rereading sometimes. This kind of reading is necessary for making a careful study of the main school subjects, working out math problems, studying rules for playing a game, or reading directions.

4. Fast reading is used when you read stories for pleasure. You may also do fast reading when going over the lessons you have already known well.

1．Which is a better way of reading, seeing a group of words or a word at a fixation?

2．If you forget an important date in your history lesson and want to find it in the book, what way of reading should you use?

3．What's the good point of reading fast?

4．Why does the writer talk about different ways of reading?

5．What's the main idea of the passage?

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 it 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 a book, they make fixations (注视).It is important that you see several words at a fixation. It is also important that your eyes leave a group of words quickly and move on to another group. The number of letters or words that you see at a fixation are called your eye span(视福).With practice you can learn to read faster than you usually read.

The way in which you read always has something to do with what you are reading and why you are reading. You should know the different ways of reading so that you can use the right and necessary way. Here are four ways of reading. but not  all; they may help you read faster.

1.Skimming (浏览)is an important kind of reading. It  can be used when you wish to go over something that you have forgotten. You may skim to find a lost place of a sentence that you have read and can’t remember. You may skim to get an idea of a story.

2. Fast first reading and then rereading certain parts carefully is important .You may use this kind of reading to study a science lesson or a history lesson.

3. You need to do careful reading and rereading some times. This kind of reading is necessary for making a careful study of the main school subjects, working out math problems, studying rules for playing a game, or reading directions.

4. Fast reading is used when you read stories for pleasure. You may also do fast reading when going over the lessons you have already known well.

根据短文内容填写下列表格。

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 it 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 a book, they make f'txations (注视). It is important that you see several words at a fixation. It is also important that your eyes leave a group of words quickly and move on to another group. The number of letters or words that you see at a fixation are called your eye span(视幅). With practice you can learn to read faster than you usually read.

     The way in which you read always has something to do with what you are reading and why you are reading. You should know the different ways of reading so that you can use the fight and necessary way. Here are four ways of reading, but not all; they may help you read faster.

1. Skimming(浏览) is an important kind of reading. It can be used when you wish to go over something that you have forgotten. You may skim to find a lost place of a sentence that you have read and can’t remember. You may skim to get an idea of a story.

     2. Fast first reading and then rereading certain parts carefully is important. You may use this kind of reading to study a science lesson or a history lesson.

     3. You need to do careful reading and rereading sometimes. This kind of reading is necessary for making a careful study of the main school subjects, working out math problems, studying rules for playing a game, or reading directions.

     4. Fast reading is used when you read stories for pleasure. You may also do fast reading when going over the lessons you have already known well.

1. Which is a better way of reading, seeing a group of words or a word at a fixation?

2. If you forget an important date in your history lesson and want to find it in the book, what way of reading should you use?

3. What's the good point of reading fast?

4. Why does the writer talk about different ways of reading?

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?