- 1 -15Reading Smart: Advanced Techniques for Improved Reading (US $ 12)by Nicholas Reid SchaffzinThe Princeton Review98RH 116Have you ever spent 10 minutes on one page of Crime (犯罪) and Punishment? Or hired The Great Gatsby just to avoid reading the book? Reading doesnt have to be a diffi-cult task. Once you learn a few methods of reading, it can even be fun.Many people have reading difficulties. Thats why this book is written. This book helps people who have a hard time keeping up with assignments (作业), understanding novels, or just reading something freely. Reading Smart will help you increase your reading speed and comprehension with techniques like pre-reading, pen-marking, and much more.1. The passage is _.A. a story B. a textC. a report D. an advertisement2. The name of the book is _.A. Reading Smart B. The Princeton ReviewC. The Great Gatsby D. Crime and Punishment3. The writer of this book is _.A. The Princeton Review B. Nicholas Reid SehaffzinC. Smart D. Gataby4. How much is the book?A. US $ 10. B. US $ 116. C. US $ 12. D. US $ 98.5. “keeping up with” means _.A. not falling behind B. doing well inC. working hard at D. doing forward答：1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D16Kleptomania is an illness of the mind that gives a person the desire to steal. Such a person is not really a thief. They are sick and cannot help themselves. All small children act naturally and as they grow up, they normally learn to control their actions. People with kleptomania for certain medical reasons have fafied to develop control over their desire to take things that do not belong to them. With medical help they may become normal citi-zens again. The things that a kleptomaniac steals are seldom of great value. They often give away what they have stolen or colleet object without using them.1. What is the topic of the text?A. Young thieves. B. An unusual illness.C. Reasons for stealing. D. A normal childs actions.2. From the text we learn that small children _.A. have little control of themselves- 2 -B. usually steal things but grow up honestC. are usually kleptomaniacsD. like to give things away3. Kleptomaniacs usually steal things that _.A. are valuable B. are unimportantC. their friends like D. they themselves need4. Which of the following words can best replace the word “desire” in the first sen-tenee?A. chance B. power C. right D. wish答：1. B 2. A 3. B 4. D解析：1本文主要介绍一种病(盗窃癣)，故选 B 项。2文中可知有盗窃癣的孩子不能控制自己。3通常偷的都不是重要的东西。4此题考查猜测词义。desire 从文中可猜出，患有盗窃癣的孩子有偷东西的欲望。故选 D 项。17In a mountainous area of Brazil, there is a kind of beautiful butterfly which can kill men. If people meet them, they will come down in great quantities to bite and kill, suck-ing blood and flesh through the wounds they cause.In June, 1966, a boy named Marl Andre who went into the mountains in search of butterfly specimens (标本) was killed by these butterflies. A eountry boy saw him as he was just about to raise his net to catch a butterfly. Suddenly thousands of butterflies eame down upon him, covering him all over. The boy struggled and cried as he tried to free himself from their attack. Finally he fell senseless to the ground. Police examined his body and proved that he had died of bites by butterflies.In New Guinea, there is a kind of needlefish which also kills men. Needlefish likes light. At night, it will swim near the lights of fishing boats, then suddenly shoot out of water like an arrow to its target, and force its 3-inch sharp mouth into a human body. Of-ten people are thrust in the eye, or through the chest or stomach, resulting in death. Sometimes it will even attack the people in a fishing boat in broad daylight.About 10 persons in the world are killed by sharks every year, yet more than 20 are killed by needlefish every month.1. From the passage, we know that _.A. butterflies are living in the mountainsB. all butterflies like sucking blood and eating fishC. the more beautiful a butterfly is, the more dangerous it is to menD. the butterflies in a certain part of Brazil can kill men2. Mari Andre was killed when he _.A. went to Brazil B. entered the mountainsC. tried to catch a butterfly D. raised a net3. Needlefish comes out _.A. sometimes at night B. usually in the daytimeC. only when boats appear D. both at night and in the daytime4. According to the story, each year needlefish kills _.A. twice more than sharks doB. about 10 more persons than sharks do- 3 -C. fewer persons than sharks doD. 24 times more persons than sharks do5. The best title for the passage is _.A. Brazil Home of Dangerous ButterfliesB. New GuineaNo Fit to Live inC. Killer Butterflies and NeedlefishD. Deaths Caused by Butterflies and Needlefish答：1. D 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. C解析：1文章开篇第一段可知。此题属事实理解的题。2文中第二旦可知。3从第三段对这种鱼的描述可知 D 项。4从文章结尾一段可知 D 项。5文章主要讲蝴蝶和针鱼，故选 c 项。18WASHINGTONConsidering the serious warnings late