1 . Reading is of great importance. That's why World Book Day came into being. World Book Day ___________on April 23rd every year, which____________to encourage people, particularly teenagers, to discover the ___________of reading so that they can fall in love with books. It's also the day to____________honor to those great writers who produced remarkable works of literature and made great _________to human civilization.

Many countries celebrate World Book Day and the___________is yearly held in different ways. On that day, millions of school children can buy books at a much_______price than usual in any bookstore in England, ___________attracts a number of students to flood into bookstores for they can pay less money to buy the_________books. World Book Day is also_____________in China. More and more people_______into the libraries and bookstores to read______________books. Most of them do more reading on that day, _______________they can change the world by changing themselves______________reading.

Reading makes us_______________and learned. Reading helps us to follow the___________development of science and technology. Reading enables us to have a good___________of and have a better understanding of foreign cultures and______. Reading also is one of the most important ways to learn foreign languages. We all know it's difficult and almost____________to learn everything in the classroom, yet the ways English people are living and working today can be__________by reading.

1.

A．appears

B．approaches

C．falls

D．forms

2.

A．aims

B．fails

C．remains

D．prepares

3.

A．laughter

B．pleasure

C．secrets

D．skills

4.

A．receive

B．enjoy

C．feel

D．express

5.

A．contributions

B．progress

C．trouble

D．benefits

6.

A．performance

B．celebration

C．activity

D．design

7.

A．higher

B．cheaper

C．lower

D．dearer

8.

A．that

B．which

C．where

D．when

9.

A．different

B．same

C．colorful

D．interesting

10.

A．shared

B．expressed

C．carried

D．celebrated

11.

A．crowd

B．gather

C．accompany

D．return

12.

A．simple

B．rare

C．various

D．expensive

13.

A．demanding

B．pretending

C．believing

D．doubting

14.

A．through

B．with

C．in

D．on

15.

A．hard-working

B．skilled

C．serious

D．wise

16.

A．fullest

B．greatest

C．latest

D．slightest

17.

A．collection

B．introduction

C．sense

D．knowledge

18.

A．exhibitions

B．experiences

C．habits

D．customs

19.

A．unfit

B．impossible

C．complicated

D．forgetful

20.

A．learned

B．suggested

C．accepted

D．informed

2 . Mother's Day Surprise: Baby born in car on way to hospital

A Kentucky woman received a Mother's Day surprise on Sunday when she gave birth to her son while on the way to the hospital.Christy High said her son was ready to come as she was____in the back seat of the family car.

"I tried____with the baby arid asked for a few more minutes,but he wasn't____,"High joked."He____when he came out,and that was the first time my husband knew what was____."He said,"What was that?"and I said,"It's our new baby Oliver.It's____."

"I wouldn't have it any other way than how it went____,"she added."He will always be the best Mother's Day ____I ever got."High,who is now a mom of two,told ABC News that she went into____in the early morning hours of May 14.____her husband,Jon High,was driving her to the hospital,her____broke,she said.Oliver Joseph High was born two weeks____at 6:10 a,m,____6 pounds,10 ounces.High,a brave mother,____her son herself and placed him on her chest____she immediately began nursing it.

Staff Clark Memorial in Jeffersonville,Indiana,____the family upon their arrival.High said her husband is extremely____about the coming of the baby."He was very____being the driver,I'm sure,but he was my rock star,"she added."He got us here____and he is a(n)____father."

Oliver joins big sister Rowan,3,who was horn on St.Patrick's Day in 2014.

1.

A．carrying

B．riding

C．comforting

D．attending

2.

A．arguing

B．debating

C．reasoning

D．discussing

3.

A．acting

B．answering

C．working

D．cooperating

4.

A．cried

B．yelled

C．shouted

D．called

5.

A．going on

B．moving on

C．keeping on

D．insisting on

6.

A．right

B．awful

C．OK

D．thankful

7.

A．up

B．down

C．away

D．off

8.

A．gift

B．greeting

C．ceremony

D．party

9.

A．action

B．effect

C．business

D．labor

10.

A．If

B．Although

C．The moment

D．As

11.

A．car

B．water

C．leg

D．seat

12.

A．early

B．late

C．sharp

D．exactly

13.

A．feeling

B．tasting

C．weighing

D．smelling

14.

A．patted

B．kissed

C．observed

D．delivered

15.

A．which

B．where

C．what

D．that

16.

A．questioned

B．encouraged

C．greeted

D．shocked

17.

A．happy

B．upset

C．worried

D．mad

18.

A．eager

B．serious

C．patient

D．nervous

19.

A．hurriedly

B．skillfully

C．safely

D．gently

20.

A．amusing

B．amazing

C．warm-hearted

D．strong-willed

3 . When my kids were small, I started a tradition in our house of giving eight gifts over the course of the eight days of Hanukkah(光明节). I liked the idea of_________a candle every night and giving my children a gift to unwrap to _______. It was easy to go into a toy store and pick up something _______less than $10 each, or even $1 each (at the Dollar Store). My children didn't ask for anything much in particular and they _______whatever they got.
As the years progressed, I _______the tradition of eight gifts for each night of Hanukkah.
But this year, Hanukkah _______something else. My special-needs son decided that he wanted to _______a computer, and it was up to me to buy all the parts of it. When I wouldn't _______that, he decided he wanted a PlayStation. Then Amazon gift cards. Then money. And it became clear that it wasn't going to happen, he got _______.
I keep________him that Hanukkah isn't about greed or materialism. It's about the miracle of an oil lamp that ________for eight days. It's about being________of our heritage. It's about freedom.
But he ________. I know deep down that his obsessions(迷恋) are out of his ________, and definitely out of mine. Having a special-needs child is as________as it gets. Some days are better than others and not all holidays________the way I hope. But despite his unrealistic requests, he's a(n) ________child who is showing me the true meaning of life.
And as we enter a new year and light the ________approaching the time, I welcome his differences ________I learn how to turn negative requests into________ones.1.

A．buying

B．donating

C．lighting

D．drawing

2.

A．celebrate

B．present

C．send

D．play

3.

A．with

B．for

C．of

D．from

4.

A．ate

B．threw

C．liked

D．drank

5.

A．held up

B．gave in

C．handed in

D．kept up

6.

A．made

B．became

C．found

D．designed

7.

A．build

B．buy

C．use

D．watch

8.

A．rely on

B．learn from

C．agree to

D．dream about

9.

A．calm

B．happy

C．selfish

D．upset

10.

A．telling

B．warning

C．promising

D．accusing

11.

A．lays

B．hangs

C．waits

D．burns

12.

A．tired

B．proud

C．afraid

D．lack

13.

A．nodded

B．slept

C．insisted

D．failed

14.

A．mind

B．sight

C．control

D．place

15.

A．wonderful

B．dangerous

C．interesting

D．challenging

16.

A．run out

B．break down

C．work out

D．put down

17.

A．strange

B．amazing

C．bad

D．energetic

18.

A．candles

B．lamps

C．torches

D．lanterns

19.

A．when

B．as

C．unless

D．until

20.

A．relative

B．possible

C．reasonable

D．positive