----- How about the book you are reading now?

   ----- Excellent indeed. You can find many problems we have come across _____ in it.

A. covered         B. covering        C. are referred        D. referred

 

--- Is this the book you are looking for?

--- Yes. It’s the ________ one I am after.

A. much          B. very               C. just            D. so

 

From good reading we can derive pleasure, companionship, experience, and instruction. A good book may absorb our attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identity. Reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life. It increases our contentment when we are cheerful, and lessens our troubles when we are sad. Whatever may be our main purpose in reading, our contact with good books should never fail to give us enjoyment and satisfaction.
With a good book in our hands we need never be lonely. Whether the characters portrayed are taken from real life or are purely imaginary, they may become our companions and friends. In the pages of books we can walk with the wise and the good of all lands and all times. The people we meet in books may delight us either because they resemble human friends whom we hold dear or because they present unfamiliar types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances. Our human friends sometimes may bore us, but the friends we make in books need never weary us with their company. By turning the page we can dismiss them without any fear of hurting their feelings. When human friends desert us, good books are always ready to give us friendship, sympathy, and encouragement. One of the most valuable gifts bestowed by books is experience. Few of us can travel far from home or have a wide range of experiences, but all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books. Whether we wish to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life or whether we long to visit some far-off place, a book will help us when nothing else can. To travel by book we need no bank account to pay our way; no airship or ocean liner or stream-lined train to transport us; no passport to enter the land of our heart's desire. Through books we may get the thrill of hazardous adventure without danger. We can climb lofty mountains, brave the perils of an Antarctic winter, or cross the scorching sands of the desert, all without hardship. In books we may visit the studios of Hollywood; we may mingle with the gay throngs of the Paris boulevards; we may join the picturesque peasants in an Alpine village or the kindly natives on a South Sea island. Indeed, through books the whole world is ours for the asking. The possibilities of our literary experiences are almost unlimited. The beauties of nature, the enjoyment of music, the treasures of art, the triumphs of architecture, the marvels of engineering, are all open to the wonder and enjoyment of those who read.
【小题1】Why is it that we sometimes forget our surroundings and even our identity while reading?

A．No one has come to disturb you.

B．Everything is so quiet and calm around you.

C．The book you are reading is so interesting and attractive.

D．Your book is overdue; you are finishing it at a very fast speed.

【小题2】How would you account for the fact that people like their acquaintances in books even more?

A．They resemble human friends exactly.

B．They are unfamiliar types we like.

C．They never desert us.

D．They never hurt our feelings.

【小题3】Which of the following is true?

A．Your wish to visit some far-off place can be realized through the pages of the books.

B．To escape from the dull realities of everyday life you should take up reading.

C．Books can always help you to live a colorful life.

D．You may obtain valuable experience from reading good books.

【小题4】 The word “weary” means ______.

A．“to attract someone’s attention”

B．“to distract someone’s attention”

C．“to make someone very tired”

D．“to make someone interested”

【小题5】“... the whole world is ours for the asking” implies that ____________.

A．in books the world is more accessible to us

B．we can ask to go anywhere in the world

C．we can make a claim to everything in this world

D．we can make a round-the-world trip free of charge

--How about the book you are reading?

       --Good indeed. It ______many problems we have come across in our study.

             A. contains            B. covers               C. refers                D. concentrates

 

(D)

You can not see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes. Some of the things you see give off light of their own. The sun, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light. Such things are luminous. Most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own. They are simply reflecting light that falls on them from the sun or some other luminous bodies. The moon, for example, does not give off any light of its own. It is non-luminous. You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of it reflects in our direction. So moon light is only second hand sunlight.

When you look at a book, it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. If light could be kept out from where you are so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book even with your eyes wide open.

Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all. Light reaches us from the moon, which is about 380 000 kilometers away, in only a little more than a second.

1.You can see the book because_______.

A．your eyes are close to it                  B．it reflects some of the sunlight

C．it has light of its own                     D．your eyesight can get to it

2.The underlined word “luminous” means_______.

A．visible            B．all colors          C．giving off light      D．sunlight

3.________ have light of their own.

A．The sun and the moon                   B．The stars and the earth

C．The sun and the stars                    D．The moon and the earth

4.Which of the following is true?

A．All the things you can see give off light.

B．Light from the book is much shorter than that from the moon.

C．The moment you open your eyes the light from the book travels to your eyes.

D．Light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read.

5.This article is probably from _________ .

A．a science magazine                      B．a medical magazine

C．a biography                            D．a story book.