Do you know Fu Niu Lele? It is the mascot (吉祥物) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (残奥会). {#blank#}2{#/blank#} can it be the mascot? Because in Chinese culture，cattle (牛) are hardworking, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} and brave(勇敢的). The mascot of cattle is a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of Chinese people. It also {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for the harmony (和谐) between people and the environment. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the mascot shows disabled (残疾的) players are very strong. It also sends Chinese people's best {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to all disabled people around the world.

    Beijing successfully (成功地) held the Paralympics {#blank#}8{#/blank#} September 6th to 17^th in 2008. Many players from all over the world {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the games. There were 20 different kinds of sports for them. Our country tried its best {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the Paralympics best.

    How can you get the most information from a book? Here are some{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (suggest)that can help you read effectively（有效地)．

  Read the whole thing．

    When you're learning something by reading，it's{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (important)to have a general idea than to understand every detail．In fact，no matter how{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(careful)you read，you won't remember or understand all of the details．So {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(remember)the main points will be OK．

Decide how much time you will spend．

    If you know that you have only six hours{#blank#}5{#/blank#}a book，it'll be wise of you to adjust(调整) yourself．The more clearly you know your limits(限制)，the more effective your reading will be．So never start to read without planning when{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(stop)．

Have{#blank#}7{#/blank#}purpose．

    Before you begin，find out{#blank#}8{#/blank#}you want to read this book．If you don't have reasons of your own， you can't learn much．After you start to read，try to think of four{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(question)：Who is the writer? What are the book's opinions? What are the reasons? What are the conclusions?

Read it three times．

    You'll get the most out of the book {#blank#}10{#/blank#}you read it three times—fast-reading for general ideas，reading for understanding，and then reading for note-taking and remembering．

    It was a long day. David felt {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (happy) as he walked home slowly. He couldn't help thinking about his stupid mistake on the school soccer field. He missed scoring that goal. It made the school team {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (lose) in the game.

    As soon as he arrived home, his mother found his sadness, for it {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (show) on his face. After {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (hear) the whole story, she told {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (he) that it was not necessary to be too hard on himself and winning or losing was only half the game. She asked David {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (communicate) with his teammates. She added that the most important thing was to support each other in a team. What his mother said made him think a lot.

    The next day, David went to soccer practice {#blank#}7{#/blank#} courage instead of fear in his heart. He apologized to his teammates for his mistake. He said they should continue to work together as {#blank#}8{#/blank#} whole team. It was a relief that his {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (teammate) all agreed with him. They promised to encourage each other and work much {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hard) the next time.

    The Taliban(塔利班组织) controlled an area in Pakistan. They neither allowed people to listen to music nor watch television, and they also stopped girls from {#blank#}1{#/blank#}to school. Eleven﹣year﹣old Malala made the brave choice to blog(发微博)about life under the Taliban. She kept an opinion that girls had the right to an education. Malala′s blog made the Taliban very angry. While riding a bus in 2012, Malala {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the head by a Taliban gunman. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, she didn't die from that attack. The following year, she gave a historic speech to the United Nations. Speaking about the importance of education, Malala said, "I'm here to speak up for the right of education for{#blank#}4{#/blank#}."In 2014, she became the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.