Nora, a 17-year-old American, notices that when she has to do a paper for school and researches it on the Internet, she rarely reads a whole page and does deep reading. “I’ll read the beginning of a paragraph and then I'll skip(跳过) the rest,” she says.
While Nora's mother, Martha, loves sitting down with a good book and reading carefully, her daughter may be the wave of the future.
“Deep reading”, or slow reading, is a process in which people think carefully while they read. With most, that means slowing down --- even stopping and rereading a page or paragraph to really understand what the author is trying to say.
Last summer, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said he was concerned about what he sees as a decline（衰退）in slow reading. Instant messages and 140-character tweets（微博）appear to be reducing out ability to concentrate on a single idea or theme of a book, he told Foreign Policy Magazine.
It's easy to forget the benefits of deep reading in an age when anything worth doing is done fast. Experts warn that without deep reading, it is impossible to be an educated person of the world, a knowledgeable voter or even an imaginative thinker.
“If you want to have a deep relationship with a text and understand a complex idea, then slow reading is a preferred style. It is good for pleasure, too. It is not a rushed experience and you can lose yourself in a text,” said Canadian writer John Miedema, the author of the book Slow Reading.
US' Ohlone College English professor Cynthia Lee Katona says reading is a highly social activity that builds the mind and social connections. If you read, she says, you simply know more and have more to talk about with friends, partners and people you know.
Deep reading can also take a reader on a trip around the world even if they are sitting in a living room armchair, Katona says. Also, deep reading helps people develop thinking, writing and conversation skills.
“If you like beautiful things, authors put words together that are really beautiful and expressive,” she says. “If you want to write well--- and there are lots of reasons to express yourself clearly --- you should read.”
【小题1】The comparison（对比）between Nora and her mother's reading habits _______.

A．introduces the wave of future

B．adds a lot of fun for readers

C．explains what deep reading is

D．calls attention to deep reading

【小题2】What leads to the decline of deep reading, according to Eric Schemidt?

A．The fast pace of modern society.

B．The lack of desire for knowledge

C．The weakening ability to concentrate.

D．The wide use of instant messages and tweets.

【小题3】What does the underlined word “it ” refer to in paragraph 6?

A．A deep relationship.	B．A complex idea.
C．Slow reading.	D．A preferred style.

【小题4】According to the article, Cynthia Lee Katona's opinion of deep reading is that _______.

A．it makes sure you a better paid job

B．it makes you a better writer

C．it is better than travelling

D．it helps build better family relationship

【小题5】What is the main point of the article?

A．The importance of deep reading.

B．How to improve reading skills.

C．The benefits of different reading styles.

D．The secrets of a knowledgeable person

The reporter didn’t go to bed until he finished ______ the article.

A．writing

B．write

C．to write

D．wrote

 

Can you imagine a world without the Internet? It’s surprising to think about it.
Now, China has more than 162 million Internet users, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre. This is the second highest number of user in the world after the United States. Today, 66%of Chinese “netizens （网民）” are teenagers. “They spend about thirteen hours every week online,” said Qian Hulin, an Internet expert(专家). Doctor Song in Beijing Xuanwu Hospital said about 14% of Chinese netizens who are teens often lasted over ten hours to play online games.
The main reasons why teenagers surf the Web are to search for information, to communicate with others and to have fun. On the Internet, teenagers can find out almost anything. And surfing the Web can help students with their homework and widen their knowledge.
Li Dong, a teacher at No. 41 Middle School in Shijiazhuang, likes her students to use the Internet. “When we talk in class, students who surf the Net usually know more background information than the others,” she said.
In addition, people can use the Internet to write letters or stories and send e-mails. Many teens keep in touch with their friends online. It is cheaper than phoning somebody far away and also much quicker.
【小题1】_______ has the most Internet users in the world according to the article.

A．China

B．America

C．Canada

D．Russia

【小题2】There are about _______ Chinese netizens to surf about 13 hours every week.

A．107 million old	B．22.7 million old
C．107 million young	D．22.7 million young

【小题3】Song said some teenagers continued _______ more than ten hours.

A．playing online games

B．searching for information

C．chatting with their friends

D．sending e-mails to others

【小题4】Li Dong in No. 41 Middle School likes her students to use the Internet because she
______.

A．thinks surfing the net can help students spend less time on homework

B．thinks her students can get more background information than the others

C．wants her students to talk to her about their hobbies and interests

D．wants to know what her students do and think about at home

【小题5】Which way is the cheapest and quickest to learn something about friends far away?

A．Giving them a call.

B．Going to see them.

C．Writing a letter to them.

D．Sending e-mails to them.

Mr. Read was born in a small village with high mountains all around it．He has few fields and he can’t get enough food for his family．He’s often worried about it．So he works harder and harder and tries his best to get more money．

One afternoon，Mr. Read went out to look for some grass for his cows．It was very hot and he had to have a swim．Suddenly he saw a big tortoise(乌龟) in the water．He swam there and caught it．The next morning he went to the town to sell it in the market．When he was walking in the street．a car hit him down and he was hurt．He was sent to hospital at once．The doctors looked him over and had an operation off him．Two weeks later he felt much better．The doctors were satisfied with the operation and said．“You’ll be fully recovered in a week．We’re sure you can write when you leave hospital．”

“It’s really a miracle(奇迹)!”  shouted Mr. Read，“I could neither read nor write before!”

1.Mr. Read’s ___________ was hurt in the traffic accident

A．head             B．1eg              C．right hand         D．foot

2.Which is true according to the article?

A．Mr. Read has a few fields．

B．One afternoon，he went out for some rice

C．That day he caught a rabbit

D．Mr. Read can’t read or write at all．

3.How was the operation?

A．Very successful．                       B．Not very good．

C．Rather bad．                          D．Terrible．

4.In Chinese the  phrase “be fully recovered ” means _______．

A．完全覆盖         B．全部找回          C．恢复疲劳         D．恢复健康

5.What the doctor said meant that __________．

A．he did a very successful operation

B．the farmer was lucky enough to write after the operation

C．the accident helped the farmer to write

D．he taught the farmer to write while he was staying in hospital

 

Can you imagine a world without the Internet ?  It’s surprising to think about it.
Now, China has more than 162 million Internet users, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre. This is the second highest number of user in the world after the United States. Today, 66%of Chinese “netizens （网民）” are teenagers. “They spend about thirteen hours every week online,” said Qian Hulin, an Internet expert(专家). Doctor Song in Beijing Xuanwu Hospital said about 14% of Chinese netizens who are teens often lasted over ten hours to play online games.
The main reasons why teenagers surf the Web are to search for information, to communicate with others and to have fun. On the Internet, teenagers can find out almost anything. And surfing the Web can help students with their homework and widen their knowledge.
Li Dong, a teacher at No. 41 Middle School in Shijiazhuang, likes her students to use the Internet. “When we talk in class, students who surf the Net usually know more background information than the others,” she said. In addition, people can use the Internet to write letters or stories and send emails. Many teens keep in touch with their friends online. It is cheaper than phoning somebody far away and also much quicker.
【小题1】 _______ has the most Internet users in the world according to the article.

A．China

B．America

C．Canada

D．Russia

【小题2】.There are about ______Chinese netizens to surf about 13 hours every week.

A．107 million old	B．22.7 million old
C．107 million young	D．22.7 million young

【小题3】. Song said some teenagers continued _______ more than ten hours.

A．playing online games

B．searching for information

C．chatting with their friends

D．sending emails to others

【小题4】 Li Dong in No. 41 Middle School likes her students to use the Internet because she ______.

A．thinks surfing the net can help students spend less time on homework

B．thinks her students can get more background information than the others

C．wants her students to talk to her about their hobbies and interests

D．wants to know what her students do and think about at home

【小题5】Which way is the cheapest and quickest to learn something about friends far away?

A．Giving them a call.

B．Going to see them.

C．Writing a letter to them.

D．Sending emails to them.