Reading is very important to help you learn English. To learn as much as you can from reading, you need to read different kinds of English. This book provides not only different kinds of English but also a good way to check your reading ability.

There are four parts in the book:

Part 1 is Messages: In this part somebody wants to wad information in writing to somebody else. There is a test on timetables and a test on text messages.

Part 2 is People: In this part all the tests are about people. For example, there is an informal letter between friends. There is formal ( 正式的) English in biography ( 传记). There is a job application as a model to help with your writing, as well as testing your reading.

Part 3 is Places: In this part, too many different kinds of English are shown, some informal and some formal. There is the informal English of a holiday postcard. There is also the formal English in a letter of complaint.

Part 4 is Things: You will find some descriptive writing in this part. There are descriptions of clothes and of a computer.

    You can do these tests in any order you like, or you can do all the tests with a formal or informal text. I enjoyed writing this book and I hope you enjoy using it,

1. We can find the introduction to a product in ______,

A. Part 1                   B. Part 2           C. Part 3           D.Part 4

2. Which of the following is most probably written in informal English?

A. A letter of complaint.                      B. A computer handbook.

C. A letter to a friend.                       D. A story of a president.

3. The passage is most probably written for _____.

A. test designers            B. students      C. test-takers      D. teachers

4. What is the best title of the book?

A. Test Your Reading                     B. Help with Your Writing

C. Learn Different Kinds of English      D. Practise English in Different Ways

    Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test was given in the United States. Those tested included people of different ages, from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect than if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person works with his brains. If a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with more attention to class.

    Opposite to what many people believe, if you don't eat breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch, and end up gaining weight instead of losing. You will probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.

5. During the test, those who were tested were given ________.

A. no breakfast at all            B. very rich breakfast

C. little food for breakfast      D. different breakfast or none

6. The results of the test show that ________.

A. breakfast has great effect on work and studies

B. breakfast has little to do with a  person's work

C. a person will work better if he has a simple breakfast

D. those working with brains should have much for breakfast

7. The passage mentions that many people believe that if you don't eat breakfast, you will _________.

A. lose weight                   B. not lose weight

C. be healthier                  D. gain a lot of weight

8. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A. Poor breakfasts affect those who work with brains.

B. Morning diet may cause one to get fatter.

C. Reducing lunch and supper is of less value in weight losing.

D. Eating less in lunch and supper may help to lose weight.

A young woman carrying a three-year-old child got on a bus. The conductor hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make more room for the woman and her child. On seeing this, people began to talk. “You know this conductor used to be very rude. Now suddenly he has changed his bad behavior , "said a middle-aged man.

   “Yes, he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company," said a second passenger. “That's right," another lady said, “I wish a newspaper reporter were here so that more people could learn from this conductor. "

      Just then a gentleman who looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said , “Excuse me, but can I know your name, please? Your excellent service must be praised..."

      Before he could open his mouth, the three-year-old child sitting on the young woman's lap interrupted, “I know his name. I call him Dad."

9. The passengers were ________ to see the conductor's kindness to the woman and the child.

A. excited      B. Pleased     C. interested     D. surprised

10. One passenger suggested writing a letter to the company to ______    .

A. make a demand for more buses

B. thank the conductor for his good service

C. criticize the conductor for his rude behavior

D. invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor

11. What was the gentleman?

A. A teacher.                  B. A newspaper reporter.

C. Not known from the story.   D. The conductor's friend from his company.

12. The word “he” in the last paragraph refers to _______.

A. the gentleman              B. the conductor

C. the middle-aged man        D. the three-year-old child

   One day，when 12-year-old Sean Redden went to a popular chat room on the Internet, he saw the name of someone he’d never seen there before, Susan Hicks. Her message was “ Would someone help me? I can’t breathe. Help me! I can’t feel my left side.”

    At first, Sean thought it was a bad joke and he told his mother Sharon Redden. But she asked, “ It’s not just some game, is it?

The message was not a joke. “ Susan Hicks” was actually 20-year-old Taija Laitinen, a student working late at night at a college library near Helsinki, Finland---almost 7,000 miles away from Sean’s home in Texas. While searching the Internet, she began to feel terrible pain all through her body. The library was empty and the nearest phone was outside in the hallway. She couldn’t move that far because any movement caused the pain to get worse. Then as the pain became worse, she began typing her message for help in the chat room.

“I don’t think it’s a joke, mom,” Sean said. He typed, “ Where are you? The letters appeared, “Finland.” Sean and Sharon couldn’ t believe it. Not knowing what else to do, Sharon called the local police and explained the situation to officer Amy Schmidt. Schmidt told Sharon to try to get the sick girl’s phone number and address.

Meanwhile, the Texas police called the international telephone operator and asked to be connected to the proper agency(机构) in Finland. The Texas police explained the situation and gave Susan’s address to the Finnish operator. When Sean heard that, he typed, “Help is on the way.”

In the few minutes, the library door opened. Doctors and three policemen ran in. Taija turned once more to the computer, “ They are here. Thanks. Bye-bye.”

13. At first when receiving the message for help, Sean__________.

   A. didn’t believe it                B. took no notice of it

   C. called the police at once         D. had a joke with the person14. What was the problem with the person who asked for help?

   A. She lost her phone.               B. She couldn’t finish her work

   C. She was locked in the library.    D. She felt pain and couldn’t move.

15. What can we learn from the text?

A. The policeman Sean’s mother called was in Finland.

B. Susan Hicks was a friend of Taija Laitinen.

C. Sean and his mother offered help in time.

D. Sean had seen Taija Laitinen before.

  16. What does the underlined phrase “ on the way.” refer to?

     A. There is a way                    B. to be arriving soon

     C. have a long way to arrive         D. to have almost finished

How to Become Cleverer
   Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him “foolish boy”.
   “That’s easy,” answered the fisherman. “I know one way to make you become cleverer.”
   “Really?”
   “Of course. It is said a fish head is good for brain. If you eat one, you’ll become cleverer indeed. Pay only three pounds for one fish head.” The boy paid him three pounds and the fisherman cut off a fish head and handed it to him.
   A raw fish head is not good—not even for a hungry boy to eat but the boy ate it up in two gulps.
   “Do you feel anything?” asked the fisherman.
   “Not in my head,” said the boy.
   The boy lay on the ground and thought. “One whole fish costs only two pounds. I had paid him three pounds for the fish head. Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain and one pound left over?” He jumped up and shouted at the fisherman. “You thief! You are fooling me!” The fisherman laughed, saying, “The fish head works now, you see.”
17. The boy ate up the raw fish head only in two gulps, because he __________.
   A. enjoy it                 B. wanted to taste it
   C. took it as a good medicine      D. was a foolish boy
18. The boy came to the fisherman in order to __________.
   A. buy a fish head           B. ask the fisherman a question
   C. buy a whole fish           D. A and C
19. The boy paid three pounds. He should have had __________.
   A. a whole fish             B. a fish head and one pound back
   C. a whole fish and one pound back    D. a whole fish, a fish head and one pound back
20. __________ helped the boy become cleverer.
  A. A good meal              B. The raw fish head
  C. Nothing               D. What had happened