Question

根据短文内容，将方框中的句子还原到文中正确的位置。

A. It is necessary for us to spend time reading every day.

B. The ways English people are living and working today can be learnt by reading.

C. World Book Day is also celebrated in China.

D. Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and smarter.

E. Reading is very important.

1. World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up to encourage people to discover the pleasure of reading. It is also the day to honor (纪念) great writers.

Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day, millions of school children can buy books at a much lower price than usual in any bookstore in England. It has been done every year since 1998. 2. Wen Jiabao, Premier of China, is an avid reader (酷爱阅读的人). He does lots of reading every day though he is very busy. On World Book Day 2009, he called on people to do more reading. He suggested that young people should spend more time reading. “Books can not change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading,” he said. 3. Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Reading gives us information about other cultures and places in the world. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English. We all know that it is difficult to learn everything in the classroom, for example, 4..

Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials (材料) can help us to know more about the outside world. Therefore, 5..

Answer

1.E

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

每年的四月二十三日是世界的读书日。联合国教科文组织，为了鼓励人们去发现读书的快乐，设立了读书日。现在许多国家庆祝世界读书日，阅读使人充实。书籍、杂志、报纸和其他类型的阅读材料可以帮助我们更多的了解外面的世界和完美的自己。

1.第一段主要是总领全文，引出主题。根据“World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up to encourage people to discover the pleasure of reading.”可知本文主要内容与阅读有关。E选项意为“读书是非常重要的”。故选E。

2.根据“Many countries celebrate World Book Day.”可知本段主要介绍很多国家都在庆祝世界读书日，此空之前介绍英国是怎样庆祝的，空后根据“Wen Jiabao, Premier of China…”可知是介绍中国如何庆祝。C选项意为“中国也庆祝世界读书日”，引出下文。故选C。

3.根据空后两句“Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Reading gives us information about other cultures and places in the world.”可知主要是介绍阅读的好处，D选项意为“读书能够帮助我们变得越来越有知识，越来越聪明”，也是介绍读书的好处。故选D。

4.根据“Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English.”以及for example可知此空应该是对阅读是学习外国语言的重要方法的解释。B选项意为“今天英国人的生活和工作方式可以通过阅读来学习” ，符合语境。故选B。

5.此空为文章的最后一句，根据Therefore可知，此句应该起总结全文的作用。A选项意为“对我们来说每天花些时间阅读是非常有必要的”。故选A。