閱讀表達(dá)。
     As De Witt Wallace lay in bed recovering from injuries that he unfortunately came by in World War I, he
found there was a wealth of interesting information to read. Realizing few people would have the time to get
through all this information, he knew exactly ____. In 1920, this young American presented a sample magazine
containing condensed (濃縮的) articles to publishers across America. All turned him down.
     De Witt was not discouraged. He and his wife Lila Bell Acheson published the first issue of Reader's Digest
in February 1922. Working from home, the Wallaces printed 5,000 copies, which were sold by mail to 1,500
people and priced at 25 cents. From these small beginnings grew the world's most widely read magazine.
     The magazine became popular and, by 1935, sales had topped one million. In 1938, the first international
edition was published in the United Kingdom. During World WarⅡ, editions were published for the first time
in Latin America and Sweden After the war Reader's Dig Test moved into Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, South Africa and Switzerland. In 1950, Reader's Digest published its
condensed books (now known as Select Editions in Australia). In 1959, music, the first non-print product line,
was introduced. In 1962, Reader's Digest revolutionized direct mail by introducing easy-to-enter Sweepstakes
and a year later the first Reader's Digest general book was published. In 1986, video was added to the Reader's
Digest product.
     In 1973, the Wallaces gave up active management of Reader's Digest. De Witt died in 1981, aged 91; Lila in,
1984, aged 94. With no heirs to the Wallace empire to take over, Reader's Digest became a public company in
the early 1990s and is now headed by a Chief Executive Office and Chairman of the Board. Reader's Digest is
one of the most successful publishing stories in the history of global magazines.
1. What's the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)
    _______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Which sentence in the passage is closest in meaning to the following one? Everyone refused to publish his
    magazine. 
    _______________________________________________________________________________________
3. Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please
    answer within 10 words.) 
    _______________________________________________________________________________________
4. What do you think of the Reader's Digest? (Please answer within 30 words.) 
    _______________________________________________________________________________________
5. Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese. 
    _______________________________________________________________________________________
1. The birth of Reader's Digest
2. All turned him down.
3. what to do
4. I think it is an excellent and popular magazine because we can get lots of information from it.
5. 這本世界上最受讀者喜愛的雜志就是從這樣微小的起開始的。
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