Do you know how to study better and make you study more effectively（有效地）? We all know that Chinese students usually study hard for long hours. This is very good, but it doesn’t 　46 a lot. If you want to study effectively, you must have enough sleep, enough food, enough rest and 47 . Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It’s good for your 48 . When you return to your studies, your mind will be refreshed(清醒) and you’ll 　49 more and study better. Here take English learning as an example. First you make a lot of progress(进步) and you feel 　50 . Then your language study seems to stay the same and you may 　51 it. This can last for days or even weeks, 　52 don’t lose hope. At some point your language study will 　53 take another big jump. You’ll see that you really have been learning all the time. If you get enough sleep, food, rest and exercise, studying English can be very effective and 　54 . Don’t drop it(放弃) along the way, learn slowly and you’re sure to get 　55 result.

(　 ) 46. A. spend　　　　　　　 B. keep　　　　　　　　 C. help　　　　　　　　 D. look

(　 ) 47. A. homework　　　　 B. exercise　　　　　　 C. housework　　　 D. time

(　 ) 48. A. study　　　　　　　 B. health 　　　 C. sleep　　　　　　　　 D. life

(　 ) 49. A. hear　　　　　　　　 B. ask　　　　　　　　　 C. think　　　　　　　　 D. learn

(　 ) 50. A. surprised　　　　　 B. worried　　　　　　 C. happy　　　　　　　 D. strange

(　 ) 51. A. forget　　　　　　　 B. miss　　　　　　　　 C. leave　　　　 　　 D. drop

(　 ) 52. A. and　　　　　　　　　 B. but　　　　　　　　　 C. or　　　 　　　　 D. till

(　 ) 53. A. again　　　　　　　　 B. not　　　　　　　　　 C. never　　　　　　　 D. always

(　 ) 54. A. useful　　　　　　　 B. helpful　　　 　 C. interesting　　　　 D. important

(　 ) 55. A. a bad　　　　　　　 B. a good　　　　　　　 C. an unhappy　　　 D.an unknown

World Book Day falls on April 23 every year．It 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 celebrate World Book Day．Take 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 Book Day is also celebrated in China．Wen Jiabao，Premier of China，is an avid reader．He does lots of reading every day though he is very busy．On World Book Day 2009，he called on people to do more reading．Wen suggested that young people should spend more time reading．"Books can not change the world，but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading，" he said．

Reading can benefit people in many ways．Reading helps us become more knowledge- able and more intelligent．Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology．Reading gives us information about other cultures and places of the world．When we read，we may find many things that are unfamiliar* to us．We would have to use our brain to think about them or do more reading to find out the answers．The more we read，the more we know．The more we know，the smarter we become．Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English．We all know that it is difficult to learn everything in the classroom，for example，the ways English people are speaking and writing today．Reading helps us．

"Reading makes a full man" （Bacon，1597 ）：Books，magazines，newspapers and other" kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the outside world and perfect us．Therefore，it is necessary for us to spend time on reading every day．

1．Why was World Book Day set up?

A．To encourage people to learn English．

B．To encourage people to do more reading． 

C．To encourage people to buy more books． 

D．To encourage people to know more about science．

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 in many ways EXCEPT _______

A．learning English better                      B．knowing more about culture

C．improving your memory                   D．knowing more about the outside world

4．What's the best title for the passage?

A．World Book Day in UK

B．Suggestions on Reading

C．World Book Day in China

D．World Book Day and Benefits of Reading