If you are reading a novel for school rather than just for fun, you need to get _______. Here are some pieces of advice.

First, make notes. Write notes_______pencil in the book, but also write separate notes on a small piece of paper. _______ characters. What do they do in the novel? What do they want? Everything that we are told about a character can help us to _______ them, from their appearance to the kind of food they eat.

It is also a great help to be able to tell yourself the story _________ you have read it. So, the _______ of the story and the plot (情节) are important. You'd better make a quick note of _______ happens in each part when you read. This will help you to bring the things you have noticed about characters, background, language and so on together.

_______, themes. These are ideas that the novel shows. Perhaps love is a major theme, or justice (公正), or redemption (救赎). _______ that you know the themes of the novel and what the author is saying about them.

What's more, novels are made up of language. ________ use language in a special way to make their novels work. They may use metaphors (比喻), invent symbols, or show a character's personality through their speech styles.

1.A. organized B. interested C. stressed D. fixed

2.A. with B. use C. in D. by

3.A. Have pity on B. Get along with C. Pay attention to D. Take care of

4.A. attract B. understand C. discuss D. examine

5.A. after B. before C. if D. unless

6.A. order B. time C. place D. influence

7.A. how B. what C. why D. where

8.A. Finally B. However C. Next D. For example

9.A. Show off B. Turn out C. Think of D. Make sure

10.A. Students B. Teachers C. Readers D. Writers

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 e1.people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of the reading.

Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy books of special price, much l2.than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Premier Wen Jiabao does lots of reading t3.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 t4.through reading,” he said.

Reading can benefit (有益于) people in many ways. Reading helps us become more knowledgable and more intelligent. Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and t5.. Reading p6.us with information about other culture and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that are u7. to us. We would have to use our brain to think 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 l8.English. We all know that we can’t learn everything at school, for example, the ways English people are speaking and

w9.today.

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

h10.of reading every day.

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