A young man was getting ready to finish schoolFor a long time he had looked forward to getting a beautiful sports carHe knew his father could well afford it, so he told him that was all he wanted

    Then on the morning of his graduation(毕业), his father called him into his private studyHis father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved himHe handed his son a beautiful gift boxSurprised, the young man opened the box and found a lovely Bible(圣经) with his name on itAngrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then rushed out of the house, leaving the Bible

    Many years passed and the young man was very successful in businessHe had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see himHe had not seen him since that graduation dayBefore he could make arrangements(安排), he received a phone telling him his father had passed away He had to come home immediately and take care of the things that his father left his father left him

    When he began to search through his father’s important papers, he saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years agoHe opened the Bible and began to turn the pagesAs he was reading , a car key with a tag(标牌) dropped from the back of the BibleOn the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words…”PAID IN FULL”Sadness and regret filled his heart

1 The underlined word “that” in Paragraph Ⅰ, means_______

   A a car                B a box                 C a Bible              D a phone

2 The young man was angry on the morning of his graduation because ________

   A his father couldn’t afford a car       B he had to stay in his study

C he thought he only got a Bible         D his father spent all the money

3 Which of the following isn’t mentioned in the third paragraph?

   A The young man succeeded in his business

B The young man lived with his father all the time

C The young man decided to see his father

D The young man set up his own family

4 It can be seen from the passage that the young man ________

   A came to know the truth at last           B had to pay for the car himself

C became interested in the Bible             D got angry with his father again

The holiday’s upon usAfter months of study, you have some time to yourselfSo, why not read a book? Well, some people will say, “Why trouble with books? We have the Internet and other media(媒体)that offer a lot more colorful programsBooks are history!”

    But don’t be fooledThere’s still a lot to be said for reading-and reading as widely as possible

    One clear reason is that a well-chosen book is a wonderful collection of words and expressions, so long as you have a good dictionary, of courseBelieve me, it’s far easier to get new English words and expressions from a book or article than it is from the TV or the Internet

    But an even more important point is that books give you something that modern media simply can not: The webpage(网页)is always full of pictures and the text is often designed(设计) to make it as easy to read as possible

Though “easy” may be welcome, unluckily it’s of little use for any long-time development of reading skills and the general language levelFor that, there’s still no substitute(替代品)for a book

But perhaps the best single reason is that simply choosing what you read and doing it by yourself means that it’s something you do by and for yourselfYou can choose what you want to readIt’s hard work, but while you are reading, you’ll find that what once seemed like a duty is now a pleasure

1 Compared with the Internet, a well-chosen book can help us________

     A spend our holiday as quickly as possible

B develop our speaking skills in a short time

C get new words and expressions more easily

D make our life a lot more colorful than ever

2 The last paragraph mainly tells us that_______

     A we should buy books by ourselves         B it’s easy to choose books

C to read books must be our duty              D reading can bring us pleasure

3 The passage mentions ________ reasons why we should read books

     A one                 B two                C three               D four

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