Reading is very important. World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It encourages people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading. It is also the day to honor (尊敬) great writers.
Many countries celebrate (慶祝) 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. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Wen Jiabao, Premier of China, is an avid reader. He does lots of reading every day though he is very busy. On World Book Day 2009, he called on (號召) people to do more reading. Wen 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.
Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and smarter. Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology (技術(shù)). 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, the ways English people are living and working today can be learnt by reading.
Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the outside world. Therefore, it is necessary for us to spend time reading every day.
【小題1】When is World Book Day?   

Reading newspaper has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspaper as the first thing to do in the morning;  66_ read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is _ 67 _in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news _ 68_, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other _ 69_we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few _ 70_to look at the headlines of the passage.
Newspaper can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different _ 71_of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountains _ 72_we can see few newspaper.
Some kinds of newspaper are published once a week, but most of them are published once a day with many pages, some even published _ 73_a day! You know different people enjoy reading different kinds of newspaper. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are _ 74_in.
Today newspaper in English has the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are _ 75_English newspaper such as China Daily or 21^st Century. Also they bring us more and more imformation with Internet.

Reading newspaper has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspaper as the first thing to do in the morning;  66_ read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is _ 67 _in the world.

Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news _ 68_, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other _ 69_we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few _ 70_to look at the headlines of the passage.

Newspaper can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different _ 71_of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountains _ 72_we can see few newspaper.

Some kinds of newspaper are published once a week, but most of them are published once a day with many pages, some even published _ 73_a day! You know different people enjoy reading different kinds of newspaper. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are _ 74_in.

Today newspaper in English has the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are _ 75_English newspaper such as China Daily or 21^st Century. Also they bring us more and more imformation with Internet.

Reading is very important.World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It’s set up to encourage people to discover the pleasure of reading.It is also the day to honor 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.World Book Day is also celebrated in China.Wen Jiabao,the former Premier of China,is an avid reader.He does lots of reading every day though he is very busy.On World Book Day of 2009,he called on people to do more reading.Wen 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.
Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and smarter.Reading helps us 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.
Books,magazines,newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us know more about the outside world.therefore,it is necessary for us to spend more time reading every day.
【小題1】When is World Book Day?
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【小題2】What can the students do on that day in England？
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【小題3】How many advantages of reading does the passage mention?
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【小題4】Is it difficult for us to learn everything at school?
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【小題5】Why is World Book Day set up ?
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