Why is reading so important? Joseph Addison once said, “Reading is to the mind what exercise is 1. the body.” I am sure you 2. have heard this quote. Reading is a great hobby, 3. makes you discover yourself. Reading good stories can help you solve some problems in your own life. Besides, reading 4. sets a good example to younger generations.
Sadly, people nowadays seem to have totally lost interest in this activity. Children are busy with computer games, 5. adults use their cell phones or computers to search for information. 6. seems that people have forgotten 7. importance of reading. Anybody can use the Internet to look for information, but the sources are 8. as reliable as a book.
To open a book is always beneficial! Don’t spend all your spare time on the computer screen or cell phones.
I’d been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tyre. So I had to and get the tools to fix the problem. It certainly wasn’t doing this with a white shirt and suit on.
Nightfall was approaching. Suddenly a car pulled up beside me. A man got out and offered to me. Seeing tattoos (纹身) on his arm, I became as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mind. But I could say anything, he had already begun to take the tools to change the . While watching him, I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seat. This me.
Then, without warning, it began to rain. He suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafe. As the rain increased, I unwillingly agreed. When I settled into the back seat, a woman’s voice came from the front seat. I replied with much when seeing an old woman there. It must be his mother, I thought. To my surprise, the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping me. “Jeff insisted on stopping when he saw you the tyre.” “I am grateful for his help,” I said. “Me too!” she said with a smile. He helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing home. She also said that he at the church and taught disadvantaged students for free.
Finally, Jeff helped me change the tyre. I tried to offer him money and of course he refused it. As we shook hands to say goodbye I apologized for my stupid at the first sight of him, and this incident warned us that we shouldn’t judge people by the way they .
1.A. stop B. move C. see D. look
2.A. difficult B. easy C. bad D. polite
3.A. lift B. carry C. drive D. help
4.A. discouraged B. disappointed C. frightened D. astonished
5.A. as B. before C. until D. when
6.A. tyre B. suit C. shirt D. tools
7.A. puzzled B. embarrassed C. calmed D. concerned
8.A. fear B. relief C. satisfaction D. delight
9.A. taking on B. fighting for C. picking out D. struggling with
10.A. volunteered B. studied C. grew D. performed
11.A. ignorance B. words C. reaction D. comment
12.A. drove B. walked C. behaved D. looked
Never to him that he could be admitted to the famous university.
A. occurred it B. it did occur C. did it occur D. it occurred
I first met Lily five years ago. She ___ as a nurse in a hospital at the time.
A. was working B. has worked C. had been working D. had worked
A recent survey shows that the number of children who from the countryside with their parents ________nearly 320,000 in Beijing.
A. comes; are B. come; is C. come; are D. comes; is
You get two tickets of Despicable Me Ⅱ, as I have promised .
A. may B. can C. need D. shall
