Column a columnb

a) modernized; made smoother and thus faster

b) go extremely fast

c) rush or fly violently

d) make faster; go or move faster

e) out of breath

f) speed

g) when it comes to

h) achieve; do; finish

i) very interesting and attractive

j) leisure activities

EXERCISE 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage.

1. Technological advance

A) made people's lives easier, but caused many of them to feel anxious because of its speed

B) made speed the characteristic of our age, reflecting it onto our everyday life as well

C) left people no time to read, and as a result television viewing became so commonplace

D) decreased interest in reading though reading materials increased in number enormously

E) is greatest in the area of telecommunications

2. At work, as well as in their personal lives, people

A) have to acquire different skills to use the new machinery

B) should set aside more time for reading than they do for recreation

C) have to learn as much about the new technology as possible

D) have to act hurriedly so as to succeed in as many things as possible

E) should cut down on their activities so as to have more time for reading

3. The writer suggests that

A) people should find a way to increase the amount of their reading in the limited time they are left

B) whatever the person's job is, he has to read to keep pace with the speed of our age

C) the time spent on social functions and recreation can be reduced in order to spare more time for reading

D) people should learn to make a good selection of what to read in the little time they have

E) more time for reading can only be achieved with a well-organized daily routine, without

hurrying to do everyting

EXERCISE 3: Complete the sentences by selecting words from Column B in EXERCISE 1.

1. As I haven't had any exercise for many years, even running for the bus leaves me _____these days.

2. I have been working non-stop all day, but I don't seem to have ___________very much.

3. I found the lecture absolutely______ despite my previous reservations about the speaker.

4. She ____________________to reach her destination as it was gradually getting dark.

5. Everybody in the family seems to have forgotten about that tragic event, but______ me, I've never stopped thinking about it.

READING 2

READING TO THE CHILD

It is advisable for parents to read to their children at preschool and early primary levels. When they read to a child from story books, comic strips of the better type, and children's magazines, he becomes aware that books, magazines, and newspapers hold something of interest and amusement for him. He also comes to realize that this "something" which he enjoys is tightly locked within black and white symbols, and that these symbols can be unlocked only when one knows how to read. This awareness and interest form a springboard from which he can leap into learning to read in school, and into the voluntary reading of self-selected books. Parents, however, should not continue reading to their child year after year as he passes through the elementary grades. If the child can only get his reading pleasure through his parents' efforts, he may not have much incentive for doing the reading himself. Parents should decrease their reading to the child as he learns to read and put him on his own as soon as possible.

(From Reading Instructions for Today's Children by Nila Banton Smith)

EXERCISE 1: Find words or phrases in the passage which mean the same as:

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