World Reading Day was set up by the UNESCO in 1995 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading. It is also the day to honor great writers, for example, William Shakespeare, born or dead on that day.

Many countries celebrated World Reading Day. Take the UK as an example, on that day, millions of schoolchildren can buy books of special price, a much lower price than usual, in any bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998. World Reading Day 2010 in the UK will take place on Thursday 4th March. Please note that this date applies to the UK and Ireland only. The initiative is so well established in schools there that they want to make sure that the Day happens in term time to really make the most of this opportunity to celebrate books and reading. Most other countries hold World Reading Day on 23 rd April every year.

World Reading Day is also celebrated in China. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, an avid reader, does lots of reading every day though he is very busy. On World Reading Day 2009 he encouraged citizens to do more reading. Wen suggested that young people should spend more time reading. “Books cannot change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading.”

         Reading can benefit people in many ways. Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Reading gives us information about other cultures and places of the world. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English.

         “Reading makes a full man” (Bacon, 1597). Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the out side world and perfect us. Therefore, it is necessary for us to spend time on reading every day.

1.Which of the following statements about World Reading Day is TURE?

         A．It was set up to encourage people to learn English.

         B．China also celebrates it on 4th March every year.

         C．It is also the same day as some great writers was born or died.

         D．Only since 1998 has the UK begun to celebrate it.

2.An avid reader is a person who              .

         A．loves reading     B．never reads        C．does little reading     D．hates reading

3.According to the passage, reading can help people EXCEPT        .

         A．learn a foreign language better         B．know more about culture

         C．improve your memory greatly  D．know more about the outside world

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

         A．World Reading Day in the UK    B．Reading makes a full man

         C．World Reading Day in China      D．World Reading Day and Reading

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【小题1】To our surprise , he made no ____________（解释）of his absence.
【小题2】Tibet is a  ____________（多山的） province .
【小题3】U______________, my computer system broke down again .
【小题4】The learner of a second language has many difficulties to ___________(克服)
【小题5】His experiment ended in _______(失败).
【小题6】He returned from Paris and found his office was under someone else’s________(占领)．
【小题7】At that time, hunger was a ______ problem in many countries.（令人不安的）。
【小题8】He has made a________(总结)of the main points in the professor’s speech.
【小题9】He made some ________(评论)about my dress，and then carried on reading his book.
【小题10】Though he is young, he is s_________ to support a large family. (努力)

Here I must put in a few words about my experience here in China. If I have ___36__ with a Chinese host, he always presses(硬塞给)___37__ food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied the previous helping(份额). That often makes me ___38___awkward(尴尬). I have to eat the food even if I don’t ___39___ it, because it is ___40___ manners in the  West to _41__ one’s food on the plate. I have also ___42__ that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he  often ___43___ the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or  ___44___.  This might be good manners in China,  but it is
certainly__45___ in the West. In the United States,  it is___46___ to keep asking someone again and again or press something on him. Americans are very ___47___.  If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “__48__” Here’s an example:  When an American is offered ___49_ by the host, and he doesn’t feel like beer, he will probably say, “No, thanks. I just don’t feel like it. I’ll  ___50___  some Pepsi-Cola （百事可乐）if you have it.” That is ___51__ an American will do. ___52___are taught that  “Honesty is the best policy”. But in some countries, courtesy(谦虚) might be more important than ___53___. So when I am here in China, I have to observe（遵循） the __54__ here. But when you go to ___55___, you had better “Do as the Romans do.”

Though he is still a child, he has already read _____ 1,000 books.

Though he is ______ orphan, he is leading ______ happy life.