【推荐1】Reading is a good habit (习惯), but the problem is there’s too much to read these days, and too little ________ to read every word of it. There are hundreds of ways to help you read ________ in less time. Here are two ways.

Slimming (跳读)

Get your ________ to move fast. Look through (浏览) the passage (段落) in a short time. ________ this way, you can find main (主要的) idea of ________ the passage is all about. Skimming is very useful in ________ newspaper.

Reading the important parts

When you find the most important part, you must ________ down. And read it ________. It is very useful in class and tests.

Reading is like ________ a car. You must know where you are going. You must know when you need to speed (加速) or slow down. Reading is fun. Please find your ________ in reading.

Ronny looked like every other kid in the 1st grade classroom where I volunteered as the Reading Mum. However, Ronny was different from his classmates in other ___________. He had a speech problem so he couldn’t ___________ like other kids in his grade. I worked with all the students in Ronny’s class one by one to improve their reading.

On the days when it was Ronny’s ___________, I gave him a silent smile, and he flew out of his chair. He sat close to me and opened the book carefully. His fingers move slowly under each letter as he tried to read out. Every time he managed to read a word, the biggest smile would spread across his face and his eyes would shine with ___________.

Before the year ended, I gave Ronny a book—one of those Little Golden Books that only cost $5. A few days later, I noticed Ronny on a chair near the playground, the book open in his lap (大腿). His teacher said, “He hasn’t put that book down since you gave it to him. Actually, that’s his first book he’s ever owned. “Keeping back my tears, I walked towards Ronny and asked,”Will you read me your book?” To my surprise, he read to me more ___________ than I’d ever thought. The pages were already dog-eared, like the book had been read thousands of times. When he finished reading, Ronny closed his book and said with great satisfaction, “Good book!”

What a big ___________ the writer of that Little Golden Book had made in the life of a disadvantaged child!

【推荐3】Although we have lots of social media (社交媒体) with newer information, many people are still feeling sorry for the lost art of reading. However, ________ have actually tried to do anything about it.

Whether or not you think people enjoy reading as much as they used to, they can probably get ________ about free reading chances. In Grenoble, France, a company called Short Edition has set eight free storyvending machines (自动售货机) in some of its ________ public places.

These machines look strange without any screens. Its inventors ________ that people will make good use of their waiting time to do some reading. Reading can help to open our ________ to the outside world. These days people are used to looking through Facebook most of the time. Without doubt, there are other possible ways. It’s time to ________this.

While using the reading machines, you may choose different reading time according to how ________ you love reading. The stories you’ve chosen are ________ out on pieces of paper.

“The ________ came to us when we were in front of a machine selling drinks.” the spokesman of the ccompany said.” We said to ourselves that we could do the same thing ________ popular reading materials. That will help us kill spare time.’’