Question

World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of .

Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy of special price, much lower than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Premier Wen Jiabao does lots of reading he’s very busy. On World Book Day 2009, he called on people to do more reading. He suggested that young people should spend more time reading. “Books can’t change the world, but people can change the world by changing through reading,” he said.

Reading can benefit (有益于) people . Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Reading helps us to follow the developments of science and technology. Reading us with information about other culture and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. The more we know, the smarter we become. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English. We all know that we_____ learn everything at school, for example, the ways English people are speaking and writing today.

“Reading makes a full man.” Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help to know more about the outside world and perfect us.Therefore, it is necessary for us to form the habit of reading every day.

1.A. listening B. speaking C. reading D. writing

2.A. clothes B. dictionaries C. computers D. books

3.A. since B. in C. from D. by

4.A. because B. though C. through D. when

5.A. ourselves B. yourselves C. themselves D. itself

6.A. in many ways B. by the way C. in any way D. in the way

7.A. earlier B. later C. latest D. last

8.A. shares B. offers C. opens D. provides

9.A. think B. to think C. talk D. to talk

10.A.can B. can’t C.might D. have to

Answer 1