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文章大意：本文是夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述作者因周围太多的电子设备而感到烦恼，因此他要求自己回归到专心读书的状态，让生活慢下来，做自己。
1 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
So, at the start of this year I committed to 2 (restore) books to the place that they held in my life before the Internet broke my brain.
My goal was 52 books: It seemed like an impossible task. A 400-page book will take the average person around eight hours to read. Finding the time to read was a challenge but here's how I did it. Firstly, I decided to treat my mind like a child behaving badly and lay down some ground rules. Then I decided that I 3 (read) for an hour or two at a time 4 distraction each day. It was something I hadn't done in years and it was scary how difficult it was.
In his book, The Distracted Mind, Larry Rosen says that the more we practise spending time away from our electronic devices, the 5 (calm) and more focused we become. And this is 6 I found. Again and again, I would gently bring myself back to the page, resisting the temptation 7 (reach) for that screen. I took inspiration from Nikki Gemmell, who describes in On Quiet, how investing in a safe to lock away her family's devices for long periods had opened up a space for deep reflection.
For me, finding that quiet time meant finding time in my day just to read. It was a date between me and my book. And it meant actively choosing to read at times 8 I ordinarily would reach for my phone. I read on the train, at the park, in bed at night and on lunch breaks.
My head was so full of digital noise
So, at the start of this year I committed to
My goal was 52 books: It seemed like an impossible task. A 400-page book will take the average person around eight hours to read. Finding the time to read was a challenge but here's how I did it. Firstly, I decided to treat my mind like a child behaving badly and lay down some ground rules. Then I decided that I
In his book, The Distracted Mind, Larry Rosen says that the more we practise spending time away from our electronic devices, the
For me, finding that quiet time meant finding time in my day just to read. It was a date between me and my book. And it meant actively choosing to read at times
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2 . When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very ____. Some stories are told as if they were true. Real people who live in a ____ world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not ____. They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be impossible for us.
But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only ____. How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter, we do seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than ____. Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of thinking. When we read or write something, we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our ____, which is real, and our imagination, which is real in a different way, to make the words come to life in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy(幻想) use the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read something realistic, we have to ____ that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we ____ that we are real and they are not. It sounds ____, but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and ____ the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by ____ that what we read is like real life. ____, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our ____ when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose ourselves in a good story, eager to find out what will ____ next. Knowing how we feel when we read can help us become better ____, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.1.
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But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only ____. How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter, we do seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than ____. Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of thinking. When we read or write something, we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our ____, which is real, and our imagination, which is real in a different way, to make the words come to life in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy(幻想) use the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read something realistic, we have to ____ that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we ____ that we are real and they are not. It sounds ____, but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and ____ the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by ____ that what we read is like real life. ____, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our ____ when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose ourselves in a good story, eager to find out what will ____ next. Knowing how we feel when we read can help us become better ____, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.1.
| A．different | B．possible | C．important | D．necessary |
| A．common | B．usual | C．normal | D．certain |
| A．instructive | B．realistic | C．reasonable | D．moral |
| A．planned | B．thinkable | C．designed | D．imagined |
| A．magic | B．lessons | C．dreams | D．experience |
| A．grammar | B．knowledge | C．skill | D．words |
| A．recall | B．ensure | C．imagine | D．understand |
| A．hope | B．find | C．learn | D．know |
| A．terrible | B．dangerous | C．serious | D．strange |
| A．think about | B．talk of | C．learn from | D．forget about |
| A．guessing | B．telling | C．pretending | D．promising |
| A．In a way | B．As usual | C．On the contrary | D．By the way |
| A．society | B．minds | C．life | D．world |
| A．appear | B．argue | C．happen | D．develop |
| A．writers | B．fans | C．professionals | D．readers |
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