The more books you read, the better your life will be. If you don’t believe me, please consider these five reasons to read more books.
You will make your brain power better.
This shouldn’t come as a shock, but studies suggest reading makes you smart. Unlike watching television, which requires no thought process, reading is an active learning experience that will keep your mind sharp.
You will increase your chances of success.
The more books you read, the more knowledge you will have, the more ways and resources your brain will store, the more likely you will succeed.
You will have things to talk about at parties.
Reading more books will enable you to say the sentence, “Did you know …?” more often, making it easier to start conversations with strangers.
You will enlarge your vocabulary.
The more words you’re able to use, the better you will become at expressing your thoughts and feelings. I couldn’t imagine how I would write articles like this if I didn’t actively aim to enlarge my vocabulary, because using the same few words to express myself would get boring.
You will enjoy a good night’s sleep.
Your mobile phone or TV can make it difficult for you to get a good night’s sleep, if you do so late at night. You would be wise to cut off all electronics at least an hour before bed, and replace that with a good book, which is a much better choice.
The books can change your life. I firmly believe that if it wasn’t for books, I wouldn’t have achieved in my life; nor would I have the knowledge, imagination or creativity. I hope these reasons to read more books encourage you to unlock your power of reading.

It’s the end of class.When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their telephones.They want to log on to their micro blogs (登录到他们的微博) to check the interesting things.They want to see what have happened in the last hour.
Since several years ago, more and more people have used micro blogs in our country.Recent surveys (调查) shows that most students in middle schools have a micro blog and some even update (更新) their blogs over five times per day.
“We learn many fresh and interesting things on micro blogs and they have become popular topics in class,” said Kitty Jiang, 14.“If you do not know about them, you are out of loop.” It is also a great place for students to say something about themselves.“My parents always ask me to study hard, and encourage me before exams, but it really gives me pressure (压力),” said Alan Wang, 15.“I share these feelings on my micro blog.My friends always give me answers in the same situation.This makes me feel better.”
But parents worry that micro blogging could be a waste of time.Some unhealthy information may even bring danger to kids, they said.
Mr Shen, a professor (教授) asks parents not to worry too much as long as kids are not crazy about micro blogging.Maybe it can become a window for parents to understand their children.“If parents can read their children’s micro blogs, they’ll know what they think, they can know more about their children and help them solve their problems,” he said.He also gives some advice for kids.
-Don’t micro blog for more than one hour a day.
-Never micro blog in class.
-Try to talk face to face with people from time to time.
-Don’t believe all the information on a micro blog

1. 1.

   According to the passage, what do students log on to their micro blogs to do?

   1. A.
      check the things
   2. B.
      write articles
   3. C.
      listen to music
   4. D.
      call their parents
2. 2.

   What’s the meaning of the underlined part “out of loop” in the passage?

   1. A.
      not excited
   2. B.
      unhealthy
   3. C.
      unlucky
   4. D.
      not popular
3. 3.

   From Mr Shen’s words, what do micro blogging do?

   1. A.
      It makes kids crazy while logging on to it
   2. B.
      It will bring a lot of unhealthy information
   3. C.
      It becomes a window to understand young kids
   4. D.
      It will not solve problems for kids
4. 4.

   Which of the following sentence is true according to the passage?

   1. A.
      It’s good for kids to micro blog for more than one hour a day
   2. B.
      Kids should believe all the messages on a micro blog because they are useful
   3. C.
      Many young people have written something on micro blogs since two years ago
   4. D.
      Kids should try to talk face to face with people, not just micro blogging

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　　“Cool” can be used 3 feelings of interest 4 almost anything. 5 you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say,“ It's cool. ” You may think, “ He's so cool,” when you see your favorite football player. We all maximize the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising . Here's an interesting story we can use to 6 the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall they had visited. On one student's paper was just the one sentence, “It's cool. ” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

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　　“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express(表示) a temperature that is a little bit 1 . As the world has changed, the word has had marry 2 meanings.

　　“Cool”can be used 3 feelings of interest 4 almost anything. 5 you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It's cool.” You may think, “He's so cool.” when you see your favorite football player. We all maximize the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”. Here's an interesting story we can use to 6 the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall they had visited. On one student's paper was just the one sentence, “It's cool.” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

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