1 . 某英文报社举办以 “I Like Reading”为主题的征文活动， 你打算投稿。 请根据以下要点些一篇短文：
　　1．你为什么喜欢读书；
　　2．你喜欢读哪一类的书（例如：历史、科学、文学等）？请给出至少两个理由。
　　注意：词数120左右；

2 . Everyone can benefit a lot from reading books. The following is about the various benefits of reading books.

    1     Whenever you read something, you learn information that you otherwise wouldn’t have known. It can be a fact about history or a theory you didn’t know existed. If you want to learn new words, reading books is a great way to enlarge your vocabulary.

Reading keeps your mind in good condition. Similar to solving puzzles, reading books allows your mind to practice its processing skills.    2    .

One of the primary benefits of reading books is its ability to develop your critical thinking skill.     3     Wherever you are faced with a similar problem in real life, your mind is able to put its mystery-solving skills to a test.

One of the real benefits of reading books is that the information in it can be accessed over and over again. For example, reading a cookbook allows you the luxury of reviewing the procedures whenever you need to.    4     Don’t even think about writing the information down because you may lose the paper you wrote down on sooner or later.

These are just some of the wonderful benefits of reading books.     5       If you can’t even go outside, you can download free e-books on line and read them on your computer. That way, you can set how advantageous reading can be for yourself.

A．Reading books keeps your mind absent.

B．You can improve your memory by reading.

C．Reading books provides you with new knowledge.

D．Following a recipe from a cooking show will be difficult.

E．Reading mystery novels, for example, sharpens your mind.

F．Going without books for too long will turn your mind into a whirl (混乱).

G．Why don’t you drop by the bookstore or library and pick a book up?