The holiday’s upon us．After months of study, you have some time to yourself．So, 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 programs．Books are history!”
But don’t be fooled．There’s still a lot to be said for reading-and reading as widely as possible．
(1) One clear reason is that a well-chosen ______ is a wonderful collection of ______ and expressions, so long as you have a good dictionary, of course．Believe 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．
(2) But an even more important point is that books give you something that modern media simply cannot. The webpage（网页）is always full of pictures and the text is often designed 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 level．For 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 yourself．You can choose what you want to read．It’s hard work, but while you are reading, you’ll find that what once seemed like a duty is now a pleasure．Reading can bring us pleasure.
【小题1】在(1)句空白处填入适当的词：___________  ___________
【小题2】把(2) 划线句子翻译成中文：_______________________________________
【小题3】回答问题: How many reasons for reading books does the text mention?
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【小题4】在文中找出与下面句子意思相近的句子：It’s nearly useless.
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【小题5】在文中找出最能表达文章主题的句子：
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从下面的方框中选择一个适当词填空，并将其正确形式写在句中横线上，每空一词，只用一次。

beautiful  lend  smoke  much  kindness  energy  protect  luck  invent twenty-one

【小题1】This year is 2012. We are living in the ____­­­­______Century. 
【小题2】 ---“Honey, I need to refresh myself. Do you mind my ____ in the living room？
---No way!”
【小题3】Computer is one of greatest _____，I can’t imagine what our life would be without it.
【小题4】---Mr. Sun, could you give me some advice on how to improve my spoken English?
-----The____ practice you make, the better your spoken English will be.
【小题5】It’s _____ of you to help the people in need.
【小题6】A low-carbon lifestyle has an effect on our daily life. People should pay more attention to saving _____.
【小题7】There was a big fire in the office yesterday. _______，all the people were saved.
【小题8】Our goal is ______ our environment from being destroyed.
【小题9】On April 14th, an earthquake hit Yushu and destroyed its _______completely.
—It’s a great pity.
【小题10】Tomorrow Tom will return the book I _____ to him. .

--- What is your favourite sport?  --- Swimming, I think. It’s _____ of all.

A. earsier          B. more difficult       C. the most interesting     D. the most boring

 

______ important information he left for me! It’s of much ______ to me.

A. What, value  B. What an, value   

C. How, valuable        D.How an, valuable