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
Billy，a hard-working student，is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade．He has a part-time job that 16 him up every morning at five o’clock，when most people are still 17 asleep．He is a newspaper boy.
Each morning，Billy leaves the house at 5：15 to go to the 18 where the newspapers always are．The newspapers were 19 to the corner by truck at midnight．He always takes a wagon to 20 them．
In the winter it is still dark 21 he gets up every day，but during the rest of the year it is 22 ．Billy must send the newspapers to the houses of people on his 23 in all kinds of weather．He tries to put each paper on the porch(门廊)where it will be 24 from wind and rain or snow．Sometimes his customers give him tips， 25 him very excited．
Billy earns about$70 per month through hard 2 6 ，and he is saving some of the money to go to 27 ，where he has always been longing to go．Besides that，he 28 the rest of the earnings on records and clothes．Once a month，he has to collect the 29 at night since many of them work during the day．That is when he is 30 so that he is full of excitement．Luckily，he gets 31 supported by his family．Sometimes，when Billy is sick，his brother offers to deliver the newspapers for him．Once，his father was too 32 to help him,
Billy has seventy customers now，but he doesn’t feel 33 about the number．
He dreams that he will get 34 customers as possible some day． 35 ，he might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy．He wants to win a trip to Europe，but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.
1.A．were B．take C．gets D．pick
2.A．sound B．falling C．fall D．soundly
3.A．corner B．street C．room D．department
4.A．given B．addressed C．handed D．delivered
5.A．carry B．bring C．send D．load
6.A．at which B．while C．that D．when
7.A．short B．black C．1ight D．long
8.A．mad B．way C．route D．path
9.A．protected B．stopped C．kept D．prevented
10.A．making B．1etting C．1eading D．causing
11.A．attempt B．job C．work D．struggle
12.A．abroad B．school C．college D．hospital-
13.A．costs B．spends C．pays D．uses
14.A．paper B．money C．newspapers D．records
15.A．depressed B．energetic C．fulfilled D．moved
16.A．very B．great C．greatly D．a lot of
17.A．1ikely B．reluctant C．tired D．willing
18.A．satisfying B．pleasant C．contented D．happy
19.A．many more B．as much C．as many D．much more
20.A．If that B．If so C．Besides D．What’s more
Niagara Falls is a great tourist drawing millions of visitors from all parts of the world every year．
A．interest B．attraction C．view D．scene
These examples show that all individuals， they are rich or poor，should be responsible they are involved in law．
A．if；when B．if；as long as ．
C．whether；as long as D．whether；since
，his suggestion is not helpful，though it sounds very interesting．
A．Generally speaking B．On the contrary
C．In particular D．To be honest
It was not until she collected enough material to create her new novel．
A．did she beg4n B．when she began
C．that she began D．that did she begin
