Reading aloud     1     (be) a good habit for children. Some parents may ask their children to read aloud at an early age, but reading aloud to kids may help them focus better, according to a new study     2     (publish) in the journal Pediatrics (《儿科学》杂志).   These children are not only better able     3     (sit) still but also better able to get along     4     (good) with their friends and teachers.

The research     5     (do) by a team led by Dr. Alan Mendelsohn of NYU Langone Medical Center. The researchers studied how children’s     6     (program) promote positive parenting activities, such as reading out loud and playing pretence affect children’s development.

Researchers performed a test after some children took part     7     their Video Interaction Project from birth to age 3. At every visit, the families in the program were filmed reading or     8     (play) with their children. The film was then reviewed by a coach     9     helped parents learn more about their own powerful role in their children’s     10     (grow). Results showed that these children could do things more carefully and had fewer attention problems by the time they started school.

These days, more and more Chinese people enjoy sending and receiving messages on the phone, which can help them to get the latest news and communicate with friends. But I think I should read more books besides the texts. The more,     1     better. It can improve my language skills and also can help me to get good grades.

Before you start reading, ask     2     (you) why you are reading this book. Most people read for two main     3     (reason), pleasure or knowledge. Clearing about your reading purpose can not only help you choose the books you really need to read, but also remind you why reading the book is of great     4     (important) to you, so you will decide     5     (read) and finish the book faster.No matter what you are reading, it is important to enjoy     6     you read. Your friends may tell you the books they are interested     7    ， but those books might not be the ones you enjoy. Whenever you realize that you aren’t enjoying the book you are reading, give it up.

It is true to read the books that     8     (borrow) from libraries     9     (fast) than those I buy. The reason is that I don’t need to return those books I buy.     10    (set) a reading goal helps you work out how much reading you need to do in a week or even a day. Before you read each book, you should know what time you need to complete this book by.

A       1     (library) in Indonesia’s Java island is lending books to children in exchange for trash they collect in a novel way to clean up the environment and get the kids to read more. Each weekday Raden rides her three wheeler with books       2     (pack) up at the back for children in Muntang village in exchange   for   plastic cups, bags and other waste.

She told Reuters she is helping cultivate reading in the kids as well make them aware     3    the environment. As soon as she shows up, little children, many of whom     4     (accompany) by their mothers, surround her “Trash Library” and clamour for the books.

They are all carrying trash bags and Raden’s three-wheeler quickly fills up with them as the books fly out. She’s happy the kids are going to spend     5     (little) time on online games as a result. “Let us build a culture of literacy from young age to mitigate the harm of the online world,” Raden said. “We should also take care of our waste in order to fight climate change and     6    (save) the earth from trash,” Raden said.

She collects about 100 kg of waste     7     week, which is then sorted out by her       8     (colleague) and sent for recycling or sold. She has a stock of 6,000 books to lend and wants to take the mobile service to     9    (neighbour) areas as well.

The literacy rate (识字率) for above-15-year-olds in Indonesia is around 96 percent,     10    a September report by the World Bank warned that the pandemic will leave more than 80% of 15-year-olds below the minimum reading proficiency level(熟练程度).