1 . FREE BOOKS BY CHINA ON THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
Ten Tips to Fight Monsters
Author: Dong Ruihan
Description: Dad leaves 10 tips to help us fight the virus. Who will win the battle? The story will gently teach kids how to prevent the disease in a language that they can easily understand. It will help them remain calm in this stage of the epidemic(疫情), and encourage them to help family members to prevent the disease.
Agan Will Win
Author: A Jiao
Description: Told by Chun Ni, Agan Will Win is a story about how Agan, the character of Wuhan’s well-known street food hot dry noodles, fights against the virus and finally wins. Unfortunately infected(感染) with the virus, Agan remains positive and optimistic to the doctors, and at last he defeats the virus. This is a warm and caring picture book that comforts people who are having a difficult time during the epidemic.
Waiting for Dad to Come Home
Author: Chen Ying
Description: The book speaks highly of the front line medical workers for their fighting spirit in battle against COVID-19. The book touches readers with storylines and characters having strong sense of social responsibility, trying to plant that responsible seed in their mind.
A Special Spring Festival
Author: Gao Jing
Description: This book pictures a special Spring Festival during the outbreak of COVID-19. It tells a story of an ordinary family in China, centering around the little boy’s confusion(困惑): why he is not allowed to play outside home. Through reading, both children and grown-ups may cherish more the simplest pleasure in life, be appreciative and try to do all they can do to help.
1. Who is the book Ten Tips to Fight Monsters mainly for?| A．Parents. | B．Children. | C．Teachers. | D．Doctors. |
| A．Dong Ruihan. | B．Gao Jing | C．A Jiao. | D．Chen Ying |
| A．Agan Will Win. | B．Ten Tips to Fight Monsters. |
| C．A Special Spring Festival. | D．Waiting for Dad to Come Home. |
2 . An Indonesian librarian 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 Roro Hendarti, a librarian in Indonesia’s Java Island rides her three-wheeler with books piled up at the back for children in Muntang village to exchange for plastic cups, bags and other waste that she carries back. As soon as she shows up, little children, many accompanied by their mothers, surround her “Trash Library” and ask loudly 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 less time on online games as a result.
“Let us get kids to read more and build a culture of literacy from a young age,” Raden said. “We should also take care of our waste in order to fight against climate change and to save the earth from trash,” she said.
She collects about 100 kg of waste each week, which is then sorted out by her colleagues and sent for recycling or sold. She has a stock of 6,000 books to lend and wants to take the mobile service to neighboring areas as well.
Kevin Alamsyah, an eager 11-year-old reader, looks for waste lying in the village. “When there is too much trash, our environment will become dirty and it’s not healthy. That’s why I look for trash to borrow a book,” he says.
The literacy rate for above-15-year-olds in Indonesia is around 96 percent, but a September report by the World Bank warned that the pandemic will leave more than 80% of 15-year-olds below the minimum reading level identified by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
1. What is “Trash Library” like?| A．Well-decorated. | B．Noisy and dirty. | C．Relaxing. | D．Popular. |
| A．To fight against climate change. |
| B．To collect trash for money. |
| C．To help kids get away from online games. |
| D．To get kids to read more and care for the environment. |
| A．Indonesia’s environmental situation is worrying. |
| B．People in Indonesia has a very low literacy rate. |
| C．The trash library has been introduced to many other cities. |
| D．The pandemic has a negative effect on teenagers’ reading. |
| A．A Novel Way to Improve Library | B．The Indonesian System for Reading |
| C．Your Trash Benefiting the Environment | D．Your Collected Trash for Our Books |
3 . Being able to read is an important skill in today’s society. It is important because it develops the mind and imagination. A person who knows how to read can educate themselves in any area of life they are interested in.
Reading is an active mental process that improves your concentration and focus. Since you must concentrate in order to read, this requires you to focus and think about what you are reading.
Studies show if you don’t use your memory, it becomes more and more difficult to remember things.
The more you read, the more knowledgeable you become and with more knowledge comes more confidence. Reading about the diversity of life and exposing yourself to new ideas and more information help to develop the creative side of the brain and bring innovations (创新) into your thinking process.
When you are reading books, especially challenging ones, you will probably find yourself exposed to many new words. Do you remember when you learned to read, how you learned to figure out the meaning of one word by reading the other words in the sentence?
Reading can help you get access to the diversity of ethnicity (民族特点) of people, their customs and their lifestyles. You’ll become more aware of different places.
| A．So it’s a chain reaction. |
| B．Reading helps to strengthen your memory muscles. |
| C．If you are feeling bored, then pick up a book and start reading. |
| D．Reading is one of the most enjoyable hobbies a person can have. |
| E．You will get the same benefit for building your vocabulary from reading books. |
| F．It makes you use your brain, helping you to reason out things which are unfamiliar to you. |
| G．Ever found yourself in an embarrassing situation where you didn’t have anything to talk about? |
4 . A recent study suggests that when it comes to the benefits of reading, just doing it matters more than the content. Researchers have found that reading novels helps the brain development in understanding others and imagining the world. They also have found that people who spend a few hours per week reading books live longer than those who don’t read.
But how to build a habit of reading? Like any habit, the trick is in figuring out what suits you. The hardest part about reading is actually picking up a book. You have to sit down, pick up a book and start reading. “I always have a book next to wherever I put my phone,” My friend Jimmy once told me. “So if I want to check my phone,I physically can see the book there. Nine times out of ten. I end up reading the book instead of using my phone for nothing.”
Another challenge is time, and in that case, audio-books (有声书) can be a good choice. Audio-books are great for filling the mind while you’re on the way to work , washing dishes or working out at the gym.
If you’re still stuck on the way to developing a reading habit, the best way is to revisit your old favorite books to get your youthful reading pleasure. You should free yourself from the opinion that only important or educational books are worth reading. There’s no shame in rereading the books that made you fall in love with reading in the first place. Restarting the practice of reading is a little like picking up painting. It takes some work to get into the best state, but once you begin, the results are beautiful and satisfying.
1. What is the most difficult part in forming the reading habit?| A．Getting reading skills. | B．Finding a great book. |
| C．Having limited time. | D．Getting reading started. |
| A．They are time saving. | B．They provide more pleasure. |
| C．They help brain development. | D．They offer more book choices. |
| A．It helps restart reading. | B．It is of great convenience(方便). |
| C．It improves the taste for art. | D．It can increase your patience. |
| A．Method of killing free time | B．Advantages of using audio-books |
| C．Way to choose educational books | D．Advice on developing a reading habit |
5 . GET A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE WORLD’S MOST ATTRACTIVE FEATHERED ANIMALS WITH THESE BOOKS.
Flamingo
Biologist and photographer Claudio Contreras Koob spent 20 years travelling deep into the wet lands and forests of his native Mexico — and beyond — to feed his flamingo attraction. This book offers a unique window into the behavior and life of red-feathered birds, with more than 120 show-stopping shots displaying their beauty. teNeues, £35.
Around the World in 80 Birds
Inspiring secrets, national pride or scientific discoveries, every bird has a story to tell, from the weaver bird building multi-nest “apartment blocks” in Namibia to the bar-headed goose taking on a twice-yearly trans- Himalayan journey at an extreme altitude. Mike Unwin’s tour is accompanied by beautiful illustrations from Ryuto Miyake. Laurence King Publishing, £22.
A World on the Wing
Pulitzer-shortlisted Weidensaul, who’s at the forefront of research into bird migration, here tracks some of nature’s most remarkable journeys. He sails through the stormy Bering Sea, encounters trappers in the Mediterranean and visits former headhunters in northeast India, where a bird migration crisis has become a conservation success story. Pan Macmillan, £9.99.
Galapagos Crusoes: A Year Alone with the Birds
Explore this updated version of the 1968 title, Galapagos: Islands of Birds, by late bird expert Bryan Nelson, with previously unpublished material from his wife, June. The couple spent a year living on two Galapagos islands, studying birds, including the Galapagos albatross. This is their clever and amusing description. Bradt Guides, £11.99.
1. By whom is the second most expensive book illustrated?| A．Claudio Contreras Koob. | B．Ryuto Miyake. | C．Mike Unwin. | D．Weidensaul. |
| A．Flamingo. | B．Around the World in 80 Birds. |
| C．A World on the Wing. | D．Galapagos Crusoes: A Year Alone with the Birds. |
| A．Its moving plot. | B．Its vivid imagination. |
| C．Its romantic style. | D．Its humorous content. |
A book club can be an enriching, satisfying way
Davina Morgan-Witts, a book club expert at Book Browse, conducted
“It’s not that they say social time is unimportant but it’s secondary,” Morgan-Witts explains. “It’s because of the open discussion and the sharing of opinions
7 . Reading is to success what water is to fish. Apparently, every successful person develops a passion for reading. This is because reading is the key to get the information required to understand something. For example, lawyers have to study and learn every established law on their specific branches. Sometimes the law changes according to people’ s needs. A good lawyer has to be informed about the latest news in the court. A doctor has to be informed of the latest advances in medicine.
Reading is very important for all mankind. Everything is relative in this world, especially reading. Reading can open many doors and it can lead you into a path of success. Studies have confirmed that reading to your unborn child is very good. This way your child will develop a passion for reading.
How do you develop a passion for reading? There is only one way you can boost your passion for reading. Let me explain this to you. If you want to learn how to ride a bike, you have to get on the bike as many times as possible until you have learned. It works the same way with reading. If you want to improve your reading, take a book and read it all the way through. When you finish reading your first book, take another book and do the same. Try to read as much as you can. If you are going out, take a magazine, a book, an article or something to read.
There is a very important factor behind the reading---reading comprehension. It’s what makes you understand the meaning behind the text. Let’s assume that you read a document and you are supposed to explain the meaning of the document. How would you explain the document if you couldn’t capture (捕捉) the message of the author?
1. The first paragraph mainly talk about________.| A．what reading comprehension is |
| B．how to find a book to read |
| C．we can get information from the Internet |
| D．the importance of reading |
| A．a very important factor behind reading |
| B．something that makes people understand what they read |
| C．a strong passion for reading |
| D．the latest information in reading |
| A．comparing the opinions of different people |
| B．presenting stories |
| C．presenting opinions and giving examples |
| D．following the natural time order |
| A．Take something to read when you are out. |
| B．Read at school. |
| C．Make friends with who love reading. |
| D．Visit some popular website. |
8 . Want to feel more satisfied with life? We picked out these 5 books that will promote your life in 2022.
Finding Your Element by Ken Robinson
Everyone has a passion. If you don’t know what yours is, it just means you haven’t discovered it yet. Or perhaps you have, but it was dismissed early in life. Find out how you can break daily routine and find your calling in life.
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Did you know if your pulse rate rises above 100 bpm, you’re likely too emotional to think calmly? You probably let feelings cloud your judgment more often than you know. Goleman explains how you can avoid letting your emotions rule you and make better decisions in life.
How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth and Karen Dillon
Are you making the right balance in life? While career achievements can be satisfying, neglecting your family and friends can be harmful in the long run—in ways you can’t even imagine.
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Ever wondered why you can’t stop worrying about something? No matter how hard you try, are you focused on the same issue? By defining the source of your stress, you can get over it once and for all. Carnegie came up with a timeless formula (公式) that helps you tackle any overthinking situation.
Thirteen Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do by Amy Morin
Do you struggle to get over your failures? Or concentrate on things out of your control? Getting over these obstacles can have a significant influence on your everyday life. Morin shares how her most successful therapy patients overcame these difficulties.
1. In which aspect do all the five books benefit their readers?| A．Offering them medical treatments. | B．Teaching them how to survive longer. |
| C．Giving them appropriate life guidance. | D．Helping them solve any life challenge. |
| A．When you ignore your friends. | B．When you break daily routine. |
| C．When you control your emotion. | D．When you overthink the same issue. |
| A．Finding Your Element. | B．How Will You Measure Your Life. |
| C．How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. | D．Thirteen Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do. |
9 . For many of us, nothing is better than burying our head in a good book. Whether it's a crime story or a biography of someone's amazing life, it's good to read a book to switch off from the distractions of everyday life.
Professor Philip Davis, author of a book called Reading for Life, studies people in reading groups and found that it's reading literature --- written work thought to have artistic value, that has the best effect. He told the BBC that when reading something for pleasure, "...the brain begins to work from different parts, and it gets excited, it gets pre — emotional.
Of course, it's easy in our smartphone generation to abandon a good book and play with our phones instead. But opening up a paperback could be a simple way to help maintain our mental health.
| A．You can see the brain coming to life. |
| B．And you could always use an e-reader. |
| C．You can lend it to friends and forget you did. |
| D．It may seem obvious that reading is good for us. |
| E．It's thought that they can help you set targets and find focus. |
| F．Reading books is actually being identified as a treatment to sickness. |
| G．If you're not a concerned reader, it can be hard to know where to begin. |
1.你校学生课外阅读的时间有限
2. 造成此种现象的原因
3. 你对课外阅读的看法
注意：
1. 根据所给提示，适当增加细节，要求内容充实，语意连贯。
2. 词数120左右，开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：课外阅读 extra-curricular reading
Dear Helen,
Thank you for your email. I am writing to tell you the extra-curricular reading in our school.
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Best wishes!
Yours
Li Hua
