Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea. These objects have often changed the way we  46 . Some help us to do a job more   47 . Others fill a need or solve a problem.

In 1858, Lipman had such an  48 . He took out a pencil, a piece of paper,   49 an eraser. Then he began to write. Sometimes he needed to  50  a word. Each time he had to search under his books and papers to   51  the eraser. “ I wish my eraser would stay in one 52 !” he said.

Then Lipman had his simple idea. He   53  a groove(凹槽) in one end of the pencil. He glued(粘牢) the eraser into the groove. Lipman had solved his problem. Later he thought that others might like to have such a pencil. So he sold his  54 .Some pencils with erasers were 55 . His design earned $ 100000.

　　Perhaps you have been told about some habits（習(xí)慣）which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have.

　　Do you still have any of these bad habits? Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions.

　　(1) Do you move your lips（嘴唇）when reading silently?

　　If you answer“yes”to any of these questions, start at once to break the habit. If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. Then if your lips move, your will know it and can stop them.

　　If you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand. Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading. If you move your head, place your chin（下巴）in one hand and hold your head still（靜止不動的）.

　　If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time, you need to work very hard in learning to take in（吸收）more words at each glance（一瞥）as your eyes travel across the lines of words.

　　Even if you do rather fast now, you can learn to read even faster. As you probably have been told, the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance. Read in through groups and force（迫使）your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go. Anyone who practices doing these things will be able to read faster.

A．to tell others to be silent

B．to feel whether your lips move or not

C．to hold a piece of paper between them

D．to keep yourself from talking to others

A．don't keep your head still

B．don't hold your books with your hands

C．don't stand up near a desk

D．don't use your finger to point to words

A．you can read more in less time

B．you can write faster

C．you can understand better

D．you can read less in more time

A．the way of reading fast

B．the importance of fast reading

C．the bad habits in reading

D．how to speak quickly

   Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea．These objects have often changed the way we   1   .Some help us to do a job more   2  .Others fill a need or solve a problem.

   In 1858 H.L.Lipman had such an  3  .He took out a pencil, a piece of paper ,  4 an eraser. Then he began to write .Sometimes he needed to  5   a word . Each time the had to search under his books and papers to  6   the eraser .“I wish my eraser would stay in one  7 !”he said.

Then Lipman had his simple idea .He  8  a groove (凹槽)in one end of the pencil .He glied(粘牢)the eraser into this groove .Lipman had solved his problem .Later he thought that others might like to have such a pencil . So he sold his  9 . Soon pencils with erasers were    _10_ . His design earned him $100,000.

1． A．study        B．live         C．sleep        D．walk 

2． A．easily        B．correctly    C．carefully     D．normally

3． A．a(chǎn)rticle        B．a(chǎn)im        C．idea         D．a(chǎn)ction

4． A．so           B．a(chǎn)nd        C．but          D．a(chǎn)s

5． A．spell         B．read        C．write        D．change

6． A．look         B．see         C．watch        D．find

7． A．place        B．desk        C．book         D．hand

8． A．marked      B．prepared    C．cut          D．invented

9． A．books       B．pencil       C．design       D．eraser

10． A．wonderful   B．expensive   C．colourful     D．common