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Bookroo—Best Book Subscription (订阅) for Ages 0 to 3
Key Information	Delivery: Monthly.
	Number: 12.
	Price: Price starts at about $20 per month, but there’s a discount (折扣) available; A three-month subscription is $19 per month, a six-month subscription is $18 per month, and a year-long plan is$17 per month
Its Advantages	Books designed for small hands
	Content to upgrade as kids grow up.
	Extra materials included in books.
Its Disadvantages	No choices to return books you don’t like.
	No way to prevent copies.
	Shipping (运费) not included in price.
More Information	With a book plan designed specially for young kids, Bookroo specializes in picking the best books for early childhood. Bookroo is a wonderful choice for your child’s first book subscription plan. Each month comes with three carefully selected books suitable for reading with babies. If you find yourself with a book that you have already had, you can donate it to a local library, and then send Bookroo the proof (证明). You’ll get a $5 discount for your next order.

1. How much can be saved in all for a yearly plan?

A．$ 17.

B．$ 20.

C．$ 24.

D．$ 36.

2. What is one of Bookroo’s disadvantages?

A．Its books are too large for kids.

B．Its shipping costs extra money.

C．Its content is only suitable for kids.

D．Its books include no other materials.

3. What are readers advised to do when they find a book they have had?

A．Donate it and get a discount from Bookroo.

B．Sell it to the local library at a lower price.

C．Return it to Bookroo and get a free order.

D．Send it to Bookroo and ask for a new one.

2 . As technology makes communication easier and quicker, handwritten letters are nearly a thing of the past.

But it is making a comeback on Feng Shengji’s desk. The 34-year-old from Chengdu started an online letter-writing business in February last year, writing and mailing hundreds of letters on behalf of others. She has written letters of appreciation, apologies for wrongdoings, love letters and breakup letters. Her story has spread on social media, triggering wide discussion on the lost art of letter writing. It has been viewed more than 14 million times on Sina Weibo.

The idea of writing letters for others came when Feng tried to draw and write on her iPad to beat boredom during COVID-19. Then, she opened an online store for letter writing. Up till last month, she worked for a local design company in the day, and worked on her online business as a letter writer at night.

In mid-March last year, a doctor from Sichuan became her first client. He was assigned to help fight COVID-19 in Wuhan during the 76-day lockdown. The doctor contacted Feng to help him write thank-you letters to the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital and the hotel he stayed in for their care and support during his time in Wuhan. As mailing services were stopped during the lockdown, Feng wrote the letters on her iPad and emailed the letters. “I told him that I wanted to write the letters free of charge, but he insisted on paying.” Feng recounts.

Since then, her business has taken off. As of January, she has written more than 700 letters , with each letter ranging from dozens of words to thousands. Depending on the length of the letters, each letter can cost from dozens of yuan to less than 100 yuan.

“Letter writing is a meaningful thing, and I want to make it into a lifetime career.” says Feng, smiling. She resigned from her design job and became a full-time letter writer from June.

1. What does the underlined word “triggering” mean in the second paragraph?

A．holding	B．arousing
C．witnessing	D．expecting

2. What was Feng’s original idea to take up writing letters for others?

A．To kill time during the pandemic.

B．To revive the lost art of letter writing.

C．To help the doctors to keep in touch.

D．To earn extra money in her spare time.

3. What do we know about Feng’s business?

A．Her first customer got the service for free.

B．Her business suffered a lot from COVID-19.

C．Her business is well received and successful.

D．Her letter writing store was started in Chengdu.

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Fighting COVID-19 with handwritten letters

B．A creative and successful woman writer

C．A written art revived by an online business

D．Letter writing — an art calling for preservation