Food is very important. Everyone needs to well if he or she wants to be healthy. Our minds (头脑) a kind of food, too. This kind of food is knowledge (知识). We began to get when we were very young. Small children very interested in everything around them. They learn everything while they are watching listening. When they are getting older, they began to read books, science books, and anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and to find the answers.

What is the best to get knowledge? If we learn by , we’ll get the most knowledge. If we’re getting answers from others and do not ask why, we’ll never learn well.

1.A. eatB. drinkC. learnD. read

2.A. hope B. wish C. needD. can

3.A. talent B. gift C. questionD. knowledge

4.A. isB. are C. amD. be

5.A. butB. then C. soD. and

6.A. storiesB. story C. a storyD. an story

7.A. tryB. have C. waitD. work

8.A. place B. way C. roadD. school

9.A. yourselfB. themselves C. myselfD. ourselves

10.A. sometimesB. never C. alwaysD. usually

As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He's very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other   31   in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked   32 . He was an actor.

Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's  33  his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted  34  part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them   35  : Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful   36 __.Dickens' early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He   37   it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write   38 he died. When he died in 1870, he was  39   a story. But what a pity! We'll never know _40_ it ended.

1.A. cities           B. countries       C. towns          D. villages

2.A. reading         B. writing         C. acting          D. playing

3.A. what           B. how            C. when          D. why

4.A. the next        B. next            C. next to         D. next time

5.A. too            B. as well          C. as well as      D. also

6.A. book           B. story           C. play           D. film

7. A. hated          B. enjoyed         C. wanted         D. shamed

8.A. as             B. while           C. until          D. since

9.A. drawing       B. singing           C. writing        D. making

10.A. what          B. how             C. who          D. which