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World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by UNESCO (聯(lián)合國教科文組織) in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of____

Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy____of special price, much lower than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year______World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Premier Wen Jiabao does lots of reading_____he’s very busy. On World Book Day 2009, he_____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____through reading,” he said.

Reading can benefit (有益于) people______Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Reading helps us to follow the______developments of science and technology. Reading_____us with information about other culture and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things_____are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain____about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. The more we know, the____we become. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language_____English. We all know that we_____learn everything at school, for example, the ways English people are speaking and writing today.

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

1.A. listening B. speaking C. reading D. writing

2.A. clothes B. dictionaries C. computers D. books

3.A. since B. in C. from D. by

4.A. because B. though C. through D. when

5.A. allowed B. ordered C. called on D. introduced

6.A. ourselves B. yourselves C. themselves D. itself

7.A. in many ways B. by the way C. in any way D. in the way

8.A. earlier B. later C. latest D. last

9.A. shares B. gets C. opens D. provides

10.A. those B. that C. where D. how

11.A. think B. to think C. talk D. to talk

12.A. outstanding B. prettier C. smarter D. outgoing

13.A. like B. at C. about D. towards

14.A. can B. can’t C. might D. have to

15.A. So B. However C. Now that D. Therefore

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