【正文】 as the TV programs. A teacher once told me that I could learn anything well if I did three things: pay attention, pay attention and pay attention. There are some simple things that you can do to pay better attention and get more from reading. Many researchers say that you will improve your reading ability if you preview the passage before you actually read every word of it. Previewing is a good way to improve your ability to pay attention. To do a preview you should: ● spend 3060 seconds。t want to be troubled while he was writing novels. D. Mr. Baker wasn39。t know Mr. Baker so she didn39。t believe your friend now! 65. According to the passage, Mr. Read was . A. a waiter B. a writer C. a worker D. a servant 66. What does the underlined word apologize mean in Chinese? A. 道歉 B. 挑戰(zhàn) C. 回答 D. 邀請(qǐng) 67. From the story we can guess Mr. Baker felt because his old friend didn39。m not in. I have heard it39。t see him. He got mad and left. That afternoon Mr. Read finished his novel. He felt sorry for Mr. Baker and wanted to apologize to his old friend. He got there and shouted, Is Mr. Baker at home? Mr. Baker heard it was his friend. He remembered what happened that morning. He didn39。t know. When will he e back? Sorry, he didn39。s old friends. Is Mr. Read at home, Mabel? asked Mr. Baker. She wanted to let him in but suddenly(突然 ) remembered what she was told. Sorry, Mr. Baker, said the servant. He39。s health C Mr. Read lived in a city. He wrote a lot of novels and the young men liked to read them. And he was often visited. It took him much time to meet them. Some visitors talked much with him and at last he didn39。s parents believed in the old man C. everyone laughed at the old man39。t we? Yes, the boy said, Can I offer you a beer on the Terrace? Why not? the old man said, Between fishermen. 61. In the story the old man was the boy39。re with a lucky boat. Stay with them. But remember how you went eightyseven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks. I remember, the old man said. It was papa who made me leave. I am a boy and I must follow him. I know, the old man said, It is quite normal. He hasn39。s parents had told him that the old man was now salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone with another boat which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boy sad to see the old man e in each day with his boat empty. The sail looked like the flag of failure forever. The old man was thin with deep wrinkles(皺紋 ) in the back of his neck. His face was terribly brown because of the strong sunlight on the sea every day and his hands had the deep scars(傷疤 ) from dealing with heavy fish on the lines. But none of these scars were fresh. Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful. Santiago, the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from the sea, I could go with you again. We39。s studying in England now? A. Li Mei. B. Tony. C. Mary. D. Mo Xiaotian. 58. The book A Friend Like Herry made Li Mei bee . A. strong B. depressed C. heartbroken D. sad 59. Which book can you choose if you want to learn about Chinese history? A. A Friend Like Henry. B. The Romance of the Three Kingdom C. The little Prince D. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 60. What39。m studying in England now. In my opinion, The Little Prince is the best one. In this book, a young prince falls to Earth from a small pla and experiences a lot. lt39。t wait to introduce The Romance of the Three Kingdoms to you. It taught me a lot about the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu. If you are interested in history, don39。s travel under the sea. The story is very interesting and the pictures are fantastic. This book can make you relaxed. Mary I like re