Everyone can benefit a lot from reading books. The following is about the various benefits of reading books.
Reading keeps your mind in good condition. Similar to solving puzzles, reading books allows your mind to practice its processing skills.
One of the primary benefits of reading books is its ability to develop your critical thinking skill.
One of the real benefits of reading books is that the information in it can be accessed over and over again. For example, reading a cookbook allows you the luxury of reviewing the procedures whenever you need to.
These are just some of the wonderful benefits of reading books.
| A．Reading books keeps your mind absent. |
| B．You can improve your memory by reading. |
| C．Reading books provides you with new knowledge. |
| D．Following a recipe from a cooking show will be difficult. |
| E．Reading mystery novels, for example, sharpens your mind. |
| F．Going without books for too long will turn your mind into a whirl (混乱). |
| G．Why don’t you drop by the bookstore or library and pick a book up? |
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The book’s main character is a boy named Max who gets into trouble with his mother and is sent to bed without any supper. Before long, Max’s room magically becomes a forest, and he sails away to a land where monsters(怪物，怪兽) live. Max isn’t scared, though, and becomes king of the wild things, but after a while, he begins feeling homesick. Max sails back home and his supper is still hot when he arrives in his bedroom.
Many teachers and professors like this story and use it to help children develop creativity and imagination. Melina Davis, an education professor, said she likes how the book contains a couple of pages that have only pictures on them. “This allows children to shape the story themselves,” she said.
The book contains a few of larger words that some parents worry may confuse children, but experts say those words help improve children’s reading skills and challenge them.
Davis said the book is well written which helps kids get involved in the story. “The book talks about what all children go through, like ‘I was naughty but my mommy still loves me’,” Davis said.
The book also encourages children to face their fears. “I think it’s really good to show that Max makes friends with the monsters,” Davis said. “Kids can find out monsters aren’t always the thing under the bed that’s going to scare them. I think this is good because it shows that the children can go to scary places but still have a positive experience.”
Since the book has been successful throughout the years, a movie was recently made and many people are excited to see it. Davis said she thinks the movie will be wonderful but it might be a little scary for younger children. “You don’t want bad dreams over a book that’s extremely wonderful,” Davis said.
1. Teachers and professors like the book because it helps children ______.
| A．understand pictures | B．improve reading skills |
| C．face their fear bravely | D．become more imaginative |
| A．To make the story more formal. |
| B．To help challenge the children’s reading skills |
| C．To encourage children to learn more new words. |
| D．To help children better understand the story. |
| A．The character Max is brave enough in the story. |
| B．Max was sent to the forest as punishment. |
| C．People of all ages are in favor of the book. |
| D．The movie based on the book proves to be a great success. |
| A．She thinks children of all ages will love it. |
| B．She encourages children to see it to fight against their fear. |
| C．She worries that it might be too frightening for some children. |
| D．She believes it will be a better choice for children than the book. |
| A．To advise parents to help children to improve their reading skills. |
| B．To comment on a famous children’s book. |
| C．To encourage children to face their fear and become more imaginative. |
| D．To introduce a movie based on a children’s book. |
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How to Be a Space Explorer is a practical book for all aspiring astronauts, packed with jaw-dropping stories from real-life space exploration. Learn how to navigate (导航) black holes and slingshot around Jupiter and survive the freezing depths of space. Suitable for children aged 8—12.
Adventures in Cold Places
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Brrr, come and explore some of the coldest places in the world! Explore reindeer in Russia, penguins in the Antarctic! Decorate real-life locations, like the winter scene in Montreal, chilly ice sculpture (雕塑) in China, polar bears in the North Pole and more cold places with over 250 reusable stickers. Suitable for children aged 3—5.
My Travel Journal
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Never forget an adventure with this bright and bold journal from Lonely Planet Kids. Packed with writing topic suggestions, lists to complete, ideas for getting the creative juices flowing and lots more fill-in fun, this is the perfect way for young travelers to record their memories from a trip. Suitable for children aged 5—7.
Adventures around the Globe
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Come and explore the ruins of Machu Picchu, the canals of Venice and the bright light of New York. Decorate real-life locations, like the sacred river Ganges in India or the mosaics of the Park Güell in Spain. With over 250 stickers, your globe-trotting adventure is about to begin! Enjoy hours of fun games, maps and puzzles. Suitable for children aged 3—5.
1. Who would like to read How to Be a Space Explorer?| A．Astronauts who are young. | B．Students who like traveling around. |
| C．People who love reading very much. | D．Children who are interested in space. |
| A．My Travel Journal. | B．Adventures in Cold Places. |
| C．How to Be a Space Explorer. | D．Adventures around the Globe. |
| A．It has space to write, draw and color. | B．It offers a lot of cold destinations. |
| C．It shows several great places of interest. | D．It is packed with many records to listen to. |
【推荐3】Everyone loves astronauts. Whether actual or fictional, astronauts are seen as the best and bravest humankind. So you have to admire the courage of authors Donald Goldsmith and Martin Rees who argue that, in almost all cases, space exploration is too important to leave to imperfect human beings. They write, “Robots can go bravely where humans rightly fear to set foot.”
In The End of Astronauts: Why Robots Are the Future of Exploration, they challenge the three most common rationales(根本原因) for putting humans in space.
First is the belief that “humans in space can do more, and more efficiently, than robots can.” The authors focus much of their book on proving it wrong. The second and third rationales have less to do with efficiency than with “ambition and inspiration”. That is, humans must satisfy their urge(强烈的欲望) to explore the unknown, and “Humans in space add to our understanding of the space and ourselves.”
As scientists, the authors don’t have much patience for arguments based on unclear urges. They are cool to the idea that colonizing(移民于) space has much value to humans. They are more open to the idea that spaceflight might aid in deepening our understanding of the human species.
While we might be excited at the thought of human footprints on a distant planet, astronomers(天文学家) care more about getting data they can work with. So, at its heart, The End of Astronauts is an argument about return on investment(投资):For the cost of a single human journey to Mars, the authors point out, we could launch dozens of unmanned missions.
To support their point, the authors remind us of the remarkable discoveries made by robotic missions to explore the solar system over the past six decades, and they emphasize the risks which future human space explorers will face. In all, their book is a readable and useful contribution to this long-standing debate.
1. Who do Donald and Martin think is the fittest to explore space?| A．Astronauts. | B．Humans. |
| C．Astronomers. | D．Robots. |
| A．Encourage humans to be ambitious. |
| B．Deepen humans’s understanding of space. |
| C．Show how the two authors question the rationales. |
| D．Prove humans can explore space more efficiently. |
| A．It tracks human footprints on distant planets. |
| B．It mainly focuses on the return on investment. |
| C．It shows the worry about unmanned missions. |
| D．It appeals to space explorers to brave challenges. |
| A．The End of Astronauts is well worth reading. |
| B．Human explorers will face greater risks in the future. |
| C．All the remarkable space discoveries were made by robots. |
| D．The End of Astronauts is a contribution to space exploration. |
