The 2022 Shanghai Book Fair took place at the Shanghai Exhibition Center from Nov. 18 to 22, when about 120 publishers presented more than 20,000 books    1    about 100 reading activities were held.

The book fair has taken place annually since    2    (it) launch in 2004, except for 2021, when the event    3    (cancel) because of COVID-19.

“People tell me that every year when the Shanghai Book Fair opens, they feel as if they are hearing alarm clocks ringing, reminding them about the    4    (important) and benefits of reading,” says Xu Jiong, head of the municipal bureau for press and publication.

The annual celebration of reading has become the most    5    (excite) event for publishers and readers. As a result    6    COVID-19, many events have been held online, but face-to-face communication has been irreplaceable, Xu adds.

Kan Ninghui, president of the Shanghai Century Publishing Group, says although this year’s book fair was smaller,    7    ( compare)with the one held in 2020, the event, the core value of    8    is promoting good books and quality publication, attracted many relevant people at home and abroad,

Kan says he was happy    9    (see) publishers and video bloggers live-streaming(网络直播) almost all the events during the 2022 fair. “Such interaction between online events and on-site participation has    10    (large) expanded the space of the Shanghai Book Fair,” he says.

Reading as a teen leads to success. When teens read more than just their classroom assignments, research clearly shows that they generally do     1     (good) in school. First of all, the extra reading     2     (enlarge) their vocabularies. And teens     3       read more serious literary works gain skills in handling complex ideas. Besides, teens can educate     4     (they) in any area of life they are interested in if they are good at reading. Plus, reading also helps them expand their horizons as they learn more about people and the world.

Spending time in a bookshop can be quite     1     (enjoy), whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buy a book as a gift. You may even have entered the shop just     2    (find) shelter from a sudden shower of rain. Whatever the reason, you can soon become     3    (total) unaware of your surroundings.

You soon become absorbed in one book or another, just out of     4    (curious) and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and have to hurry away to keep a     5    (forget) appointment without buying a book eventually, of course.

This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places     6     it is possible to do this. An assistant always approaches you, greeting “Can I help you?     7     assistant might look as if she were not interested in selling a single book.

You should be careful not to     8    (attract) by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy in enter the shop looking for a book about ancient coins and to come out     9    (carry) a copy of the latest best-selling novel. This sort of thing can be not worthy. Apart from spending a huge sum of money, you can waste a great deal     10     time wandering from section to section.