Question

World Book Day falls on April 23 every year．It was set up by the United Nations Educational,Scientific, and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) in 1995 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading．It is also the day to honor great writers，for example，William Shakespeare，born or dead on that day．

Many countries celebrate World Book Day．Take UK as an example．On that day，millions of school children can buy books of special price，a much lower price than usual，in any bookstore．It has been done every year since 1998．World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Our Former Premier Wen Jiabao, a bookworm, who does lots of reading every day, has called on people to do more reading. He suggested that young people should spend more time reading．"Books cannot change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading,” he said．

Why do people like reading? One big advantage is that reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Also, reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Besides, reading gives us information about other cultures and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain to think about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. What’s more, reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English．

"Reading makes a full man" (Bacon，1597). Books，magazines，newspapers and other kinds of materials can help us to know more about the outside world and perfect us. So it is necessary for us to spend time on reading every day．

1.World Book Day was set up in order to encourage people to         .

A. buy more books    B. do more reading

C. learn foreign languages    D. know more about science

2.In the UK，what will school children do on World Book Day?

A. They will give away some books to those poor families’ children.

B. They will go to the library in order to read as many books as possible.

C. They will buy books of much lower price than usual in any bookstore.

D. They will organize some activities in memory of William Shakespeare.

3.How many advantages of reading are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two.    B. Three.

C. Four.    D. Five.

4.The underlined words “ a bookworm” in Paragraph 2 probably mean           .

A. a person who loves reading    B. a person who likes reading

C. a person who loves collecting    D. a person who likes buying books

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】本文主要讲述了“世界读书日”，介绍了在英国以及在中国对读书节的庆祝，并向我们介绍了读书的益处。

1.细节理解题。由第一段的“...to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading.”我们可知世界读书日的设立就是为了鼓舞人们读更多的书；故选B。

2.细节考查。由第二段的“Take UK as an example. On that day, millions of schoolchildren can buy books of special price, a much lower price than usual, in any bookstore.”我们可知，在英国，在世界读书日那天学生们可以在书店以较低的价格买书；故选C。

3.细节考查。关于读书的好处，我们可以从第三段“为什么我们要读书”中找到，由第三段中“One”，“Also”，“Besides”和“What’s more”可知，在文中提到的读书的益处有4个；故选C。

4.细节推断题。由第二段我们可知，a bookworm“书虫”指温家宝总理，通过后面的介绍我们知道，温家宝总理很热爱读书，用“love reading”更能表现出温家宝总理对读书的热爱，更贴切；故选A。