When you are reading, you are required to:1. Grasp the main idea of the reading and the corresponding facts and details.2. Understand both the specific details and the abstract concepts.3. Understand not only the meaning of the words and expressions, but also the deep meaning including the writers purpose and feeling.4. Reason and judge by understanding the whole passage as well as each paragraph, even each sentence.5. Guess the meaning of new words and expressions according to the context, the background knowledge and your experienceWhile you are doing reading comprehension, dont fail to remember the following rules: Keep the questions on your mind, mark where necessary.（针对性原则） Before you read a passage, you should look through the questions first of all. Keep the questions in your mind. Make sure what you are wanted to find, and then read it. Its important to mark where you find it useful and necessary, so that you can find the answers to the questions quickly and easily.Get better understanding of the whole passage, not some certain parts of it. (整体性阅读原则) Sometimes you cannot find out the main idea of the passage in the first several sentences or paragraphs. But dont worry about it, just go on with it until you finish reading the whole. Then you can get the right information to the questions. Try to find out the key (most important ) sentences. (把握主题句原则)Usually, there is a key sentence in each paragraph, thats the most important one. Sometimes it lies at the beginning, it also can go to the end of the paragraph. It is one of the most important ways to improve your reading skill. If you are able to find out thekey sentences, you will get a better understanding of the whole passage. Guess the meaning of the new words in a right way. （词义猜测的原则）Its very common that you will meet with some new words and expressions while reading. But dont be afraid of them, try to guess the meaning of them according to the context, the background knowledge and with the help of word building. Especially, you must pay attention to the words which have quite different meanings. Such as “fire”. It has two meanings. AS we know, we cant learn all the Chinese words, but we still can read the story in Chinese. Try to read fast on the basis of well understanding. (在理解的前提下，快速阅读的原则)Its right to try to read fast. But if you cant understand what you are reading, Its no use to read fast. The most important thing about reading fast is to remember the most important information. When you are reading youd better use your eyes instead of your hands. Its good for you to read at a right speed you think possible. Step VI. Discuss while doing comprehension, what kinds of questions they often meet and what they usually do with them.What kinds of questions you often meet with while you are reading. And what do you usually do with them? There are 6 kinds of questions the students often meet. They are questions about the main idea, the details, the messages and the numbers. They are also questions about reasoning and guessing the meaning of the words and expressions.Step VII. Reading skills for different kinds of questions. How can we do well in the reading? What should we do with each kind of the questions?1. Questions about the main idea. （主旨大意题）When you meet with this kind of question, you should find out the main idea of a paragraph or the whole passage. We can do with it in different ways. You can find out the main idea at the beginning or you can go to the end of a paragraph or a passage and find it. Make sure what the writer most likely to tell you., trying to find out the corresponding facts and details.【Model 1】(2000 Anhui)Most people have flown a kite or have seen one ride and dip (下降) in a strong spring wind . Not so many people know that kites were first made in China thousands of years ago. The ancient（古代） Chinese were making and flying kites even before they were writing.A long time ago, the Chinese made kites to use in wars（战争）. They would fly these war kites in the dark. The kites were fixed(固定) so that they made strange sounds. Men who were at war with them would hear these sounds and run away. They thought those strange sounds were made by gods (神) in the sky.The ancient Chinese also flew kites to bring good luck and to make their crops grow rich and tall. Sometimes they tied long strings （细绳）and hooks (钩子) to their kites. Then they would fly the kites over water, letting the hooks hang down to catch fish.The Chinese use sticks, strings and paper for their kites. Some of these kites look like animals or trees. Others look like birds or houses.1.The main idea of the first paragraph(段落) is that .A. kites were first made in China B. most of us have flown or seen a kiteC. the ancient Chinese were making kites before they were writing D. the ancient Chinese were good at making kites2.What is the best title （标题）of the passage?A. Luc