A lot of people wish to be writers some day. They mean that they hope to write stories or books, even novels which many persons will read. But they should know it's impossible that everyone can be a writer. They should understand that they will need to be good readers and to read much in order to be good writers.

Nearly all the great writers read a lot before they started to go to school. And they have kept reading for hours every day since they became good readers. Instead of watching TV in the evening, they spend much of their spare(空闲) time in reading books.

If you are a good reader, you don't need to spend so long doing the reading homework after school. Then you can read other books for fun. As you read so well, you keep looking for more books.

While making up your mind to become a good writer, you had better say to yourself, "I must read more and more if I really want to become a good writer. "

1. A lot of people hope to________according to this passage.

A. borrow a lot of interesting books

B. spend much time in the libraries

C. tell others many interesting stories

D. write some interesting books

2. Nearly all the great writers read a lot

A. after they started to go to school

B. when they are at school

C.  before they started to go to school

D. with the help of their teachers

3. If someone wants to be a good writer, he should

A. spend much time reading books                B. write much

C. watch TV                                 D. do much reading homework

4. Reading the book for fun                .

A. can make your life pleasant                B. is of no use

C. can make a person work hard               D. can help everyone be a writer

5. Which of the following is true?

A. A person who wants to be a writer must be successful.

B. Not all the people will become writers in the future.

C. No people will become writers in the future.

D. A person needn't do well in his lesson first.

A recent survey shows that fewer people are reading books while far more have started to read online , especially young people . For many young people , there is only one kind of books ,schoolbooks .

● Books are not dead !

I am 63 and I use the Internet every day . Magazines and newspapers are not as important in my life as they used to be but I can imagine a world without books . Just as books did not replace (代替)writing and computers will not replace books . 

● Rich books！

There are so many books that it is impossible to put them all online . The Library of Congress in Washington , D.C. has over 110million items , while the British Library in London has about 150 million items .

● Danger !

Reading in poor light is very damaging to eyes . Technology has improved recently , but it is still bad for your eyes to look at a computer screen for too long .

● Books are easy to get !

I f you want to read a book , you don’t have to turn the computer and look all over the Internet for it . You can go to libraries or bookshops to get it .

So think twice before you throw your books away !

(    )36. The survey shows that more ______like to read online than any other group .

A. old people        B. young people         C. workers          D. teachers  

(    )37. According to the “Rich books” section , we are told ________ .

A. a good way to read books online

B. that there are a small number of books in libraries

C. that it is wrong to put all books online

D. that not every book is online

 (    )38. What does the writer mainly try to tell us ?

A. Reading online is cheaper than reading real books . 

B. Reading online is not good for your eyes .

C. Reading real books is still important .  

D. You can throw away your books now .

Madison Stump is a 13-year-old entrepreneur (企业家) in the USA. To save our planet, she has  1  a green business, PaperAgain.
Madison lives in a “green” family. She is   2  trying to be 100% earth friendly. One day, Mandison was thinking over what else she could do to help the environment.  3 , she thought, “Why not  4  those used boxes and paper to create beautiful notebooks? And I can sell them to help people in need.” That night, Mandison made her first notebook with scrap paper (废纸), and she used an empty gum box for a 5 . It was the  6  of her green business.
Mandison’s first customer was her sister. She, of course, never   7  it! However, Mandison didn’t mind because she got to see her use it. Before you know it, all Mandison’s school friends were asking to buy the amazing notebooks. Then, Mandison’s dad came up with the   8  idea of starting a website, PaperAgain.com, so that these notebooks could be bought online.
Now Mandison is the   9  of a real business! Her notebooks are selling at the store in her hometown. And she is often  10  on the local television news!

Reading is an activity people enjoy a lot in their free time. Some like reading newspapers, and others enjoy novels or comic books. I like reading about the lives of great poeple. This always gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my own life better.
Great people are remembered not because they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up when their lives were difficult. They used every opportunity to change their lives and make the world better.
One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers who invented the airplane. The plane has made the world into a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the reason why the Wright Brothers could invent this convenient machine and become remarkable people. Today we wtil remember them when we see planes in the sky.
When I feel sad, stories of great people always help me feel better. This is why I enjoy reading about great people’s lives.
【小题1】What does“This”mean in the first paragraph?