完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
The winter skies are grey and it’s cold
outside. The nights come early and we spend a lot more time
16 and alone. Many people 17 winter: so
cold, so dark, so boring. But I like winter because I have more time to read.
For many students reading means school; it
means 18 . Reading is something your teacher assigns and it’s
something you’re 19 . Reading is something you have to do,
not something you want to do. But for me and many other people, reading is the
most 20 thing we can imagine. Getting lost in a good
book can 21 a cold winter evening disappear. Dull grey
skies are no 22 for the fantastic adventures of Frodo in
The Lord of the Rings《指環(huán)王》，or for romantic trouble-making of Jane Austen’s Emma《愛瑪》, or for the youthful
problems of Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye《麥田守望者》.
All of those books are studied in North
American high schools. They are interesting and well written books
that 23 young people. 24 , even
there, many high school students don’t enjoy reading the books because they
are 25 their school work: “Oh, my God! Two hundred
pages! I’ll never be able to read 26 much.” But
sometimes a funny thing happens. They begin to read and they begin to follow
the 27 . Suddenly, the world inside the book becomes more
exciting and more wonderful than the world they 28 . At the
moment the thought 29 reading is work disappears and
reading becomes 30 .
Reading anything is
31 but reading good books is a terrific way to improve your
English. Good writers write English very well and 32
you with good examples to follow. And good books will tell you more about
English 33 : what people think, how they talk, how they
interact with each other. But don’t let me 34 it by telling
you that reading is good for you. Just think of it as a good way to
35 on a cold winter evening.
16. A. indoors
B. indoor
C. outdoors
D.
outside
17. A. like
B. prefer
C. hate
D. love
18. A. job
B. worry
C. try
D. work
19. A. tested
B. tested on
C. examined
D. examined on
20. A. enjoyable
B. reasonable
C. comfortable D. considerable
21. A. want
B. cause
C. make
D. force
22. A. contest
B. challenge
C. competition D. match
23. A. appeal to
B. respond to
C. react to
D. reply to
24. A. Fortunately B. Luckily
C. Unfortunately D. Accidentally
25. A. free from
B. part of
C. in place of D.
far from
26. A. not
B. very
C. those
D. that
27. A. story
B. subject
C.
instruction
D. theme
28. A. leave for
B. care about
C. flee from
D.
live in
29. A. what
B. that
C. this
D. which
30. A. a comfort
B. a failure
C. a success
D. a pleasure
31. A. bad
B. mean
C. great
D. grand
32. A. provide
B. offer
C. give
D. award
33 A. custom
B. language
C. culture
D. art
34. A. break
B. spoil
C. make
D. develop
35. A. keep warm
B. stand still
C. stay calm
D. stay cool
