In our daily life we always read a lot of reading materials. You can’t read carefully all of them. You should choose some of them. You should know which to read fast and which to read slowly. Here are some important things to remember about reading rate, which helps you become a good reader:

  ● Knowing why you are reading or what you are reading to find out will often help you to know whether to read quickly or slowly.

  ● Some things should be read slowly throughout(貫穿). Examples are directions for making or doing something, math problems, science and history books, which are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important step and understand each important idea.

  ● Some things should be read quickly throughout. Examples are simple, stories meant for enjoyment, news letters from friends, pieces of news from local, or home-town, papers, telling what is happening to friends and neighbors.

  ● In some of your reading, you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast, as you go along. You will need to read certain pages quickly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas.

56. The underlined word “rate” in the first sentence means _______.

  A. 速度                     B. 快速                     C. 慢速                 D. 技巧

57. How many important things to remember while reading according to the passage?

   A. One.                B. Two.                 C. Three.              D. Four.

58.Which should be read slowly according to the passage?

 A. Stories for enjoyment.                              B. Math problems.

 C. Letters from friends.                                    D. News from hometown newspapers.

59. How fast should we read?

 A. The faster, the better.                               B. The more slowly, the better.

 C. Neither too fast nor too slow.                     D. It depends on what we are reading.

60. According to the passage which of the following is TRUE?

A. Read the materials that you are interested in fast.

B. Read the materials that you are interested in slowly.

C. Read fast when you are reading something important to you.

D. Read slowly when you are reading something unimportant to you.

If you want to be a better reader，what should you know about the speed(速度)of reading? Some people read very quickly，when others read very slowly. But which one is better? The quick reader may be a good reader when he reads a story-book for fun. But he may not be able to slow down to read instructions(說明書) carefully. The slow reader may be a good reader. But he may spend too much time reading a story for fun. So the reader who reads everything quickly or the one who reads everything slowly isn’t really a good reader. Here are four things to remember about the speed of reading.
Knowing why you are reading will help you to know whether(是否) to read quickly or slowly.
Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples(例子)are instructions for making or doing something. Math books，science and story-books are full of important information. You must read these things slowly to understand and remember every important idea.
Some things should be read quickly throughout. Examples are stories for enjoyment，letters from friends，and some news from newspapers.
In some of your reading，you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast. You will need to read some pages quickly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas.
【小題1】Which following is true?

A．Reading everything quickly is a good reader.

B．A slow reader isn’t a good reader.

C．Reading instructions must be carefully.

D．You must change your speed from fast to slow.

【小題2】What does the underlined word “throughout” mean in the sentence?

A．開始

B．結束

C．始終

D．穿過

【小題3】What should you read slowly when you read?

A．Letters from friends.	B．News from newspapers.
C．Picture-books for fun.	D．Important information from story-books.

【小題4】Which one is the best title(標題)?

A．How to be a good reader.	B．How to read quickly.
C．Reading slowly is better.	D．Reading is a good hobby.