| A．In the library. | B．In the bookstore. |
| C．In the museum. | D．In the gallery. |
| A．He cannot finish his assignment before the deadline. |
| B．He has proved to be a better reader than the woman. |
| C．He has difficulty in understanding the book. |
| D．He cannot get access to the assigned book. |
| A．She has learned a lot from the novel. |
| B．She also found the plot difficult to follow. |
| C．She has difficulty remembering names. |
| D．She recalled the names of characters in the novel. |
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions below in Chinese.
假设你在某英文报上看到一则征稿通知，要求写一篇短文，具体涵盖以下要点：
1.简要介绍你最近读过的一篇文章内容；
2.这篇文章优点与不足是什么？
3.你会推荐给谁？理由是什么？__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5 . It doesn’t matter if books are delivered in print or by smart phone; the main thing is to get lost in reading them. Reading books is vital for human development.
Why should we bother reading a book? All children say this occasionally. Many of the 12 million adults in Britain with reading difficulties repeat it to themselves daily. In a world of advanced technology, increasing time poverty and decreasing attention should they invest precious time sinking into a good book?
The discovery that our brains are physically changed by the experience of reading is something many of us will understand instinctively, as we think back to the way an extraordinary book had a transformative effect on the way we viewed the world. This transformation only takes place when we lose ourselves in a book, abandoning the emotional and mental chatter of the real world. That’s why studies have found this kind of deep reading makes us more sensitive to the inner lives of others.
Reasoningly, we know that reading is the foundation stone of all education, and therefore an essential basis of the knowledge economy. So reading is - or should be - an aspect of public policy. But perhaps even more significant is its emotional role as the starting point for individual voyages of personal development and pleasure. Books can open up emotional, imaginative and historical landscapes that equal and extend the corridors of the web. They can help create and strengthen our sense of self. If reading were to decline significantly, it would change the very nature of our species. However, technology throws up as many solutions as it does challenges: for every door it closes, another opens. So the ability, offered by devices like e-readers, smart phones and tables, to carry an entire library in your hand is an amazing opportunity. Publishers need to use every new piece of technology to embed (嵌入) long-form reading within our culture
1. According to the author, what attitude do the British hold towards reading?| A．No child in Britain likes reading nowadays. |
| B．Many people in Britain are at a loss as to the function of reading. |
| C．British people are more interested in others’ lives. |
| D．British people consider reading a waste of time. |
| A．Reading can promote the development of human species. |
| B．Without reading, education does not happen. |
| C．Reading can physically change our brain. |
| D．Reading can lead to personal pleasure. |
| A．When we forget ourselves. |
| B．When the real world doesn’t matter to us. |
| C．When books open up a new landscape to us. |
| D．When we are buried in deep reading. |
| A．Because otherwise no one bothers to read. |
| B．Because reading can bring economic benefit indirectly. |
| C．Because reading is the starting point of individual voyage. |
| D．Because books are the extension of the web. |
