Brian likes jogging (慢跑). He jogs in the park every morning. He always brings five dollars with him. He always buys breakfast for

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} in the shop.
One day he jogged into the park and another jogger knocked into him. A few minutes{#blank#}2{#/blank#}, he found his five-dollar bill wasn't in his pocket. “The man might be a thief!” He thought, “It must be him that took my money. I must fight against the crime (犯罪)! ”
The man was only 30 meters ahead. Brian ran after him, hit him on the shoulder, and said “Give me the money!”The man was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} , but at last he gave Brian a five-dollar bill. Then he ran away as fast as he could!
Brian felt really good and ran to the shop. He had got his money back. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#} himself a cup of coffee and two hamburgers.
Then he ran back home. His wife was waiting for him. She was shaking her head. “Oh, dear!”she said, "You've had

a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  morning, haven't you ?”
   “No! Why? I've had a very good morning!”he said. “Really?" she said. “But you left your five-dollar bill on the table!”

People live in different kinds of houses in the world. Usually, each house has i{#blank#}1{#/blank#} own living rooms, bedrooms, kitchen and b{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Different houses have different n{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. What are they? Now, let's take a look.

       A flat is usually in a building. There are usually many f{#blank#}4{#/blank#} living in the same flat building. People in a flat building s{#blank#}5{#/blank#} the same stairs（楼梯） and lift to go up and down.

       A townhouse has two floors. In a townhouse, the kitchen, the living room and dining room are usually on the ground floor, and the bedrooms are usually on the f {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  floor.

       A farmhouse is a house on a farm. There are many farmers living there. There is a large yard （院子） in f{#blank#}7{#/blank#} of it. There are also some “houses” for cows and hens near the farmhouse. The field is not f{#blank#}8{#/blank#} from the farmhouse, so farmers always go to the field on f{#blank#}9{#/blank#}.

       A dormitory is a large bedroom in a s{#blank#}10{#/blank#}, and every 4—8 students share one dormitory. They share the same bathroom, but each student has his or her own bed. Students can learn how to get along well（相处）with each other in a dormitory.

    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．

    An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old, it could not run quickly, and it could not bite(咬), because it was so old. One day，the old cat saw a mouse; it jumped and c{#blank#}1{#/blank#}the mouse. But it could not bite the mouse, so the mouse got out of the cat's mouth and r{#blank#}2{#/blank#} away. Then the old woman became very a{#blank#}3{#/blank#}because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat.,The cat said, "Do not hit your old s{#blank#}4{#/blank#} I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but you should r{#blank#}5{#/blank#} what good work the old did when they were young."