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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 schoolchildren 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. 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 reading 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.

25. 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

26. 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.

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

A. Two.    B. Three.

C. Four.    D. Five.

28. 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

【回答】

BCCA

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