英语阅读理解

grewupinahousewheretheTVwasseldomturnedonandwithonewallinmybedroomentirelylinedwithbookshelves,mostofmychildhoodwasspentonbooksIcouldgetholdof.Infact,Igrewupthinkingofreadingasnaturalasbreathingandbooksunbelievablypowerfulinshapingperspectives（观点）bycreatingworldswecouldstepinto,takepart.in.andlivein.

Withthisunshakablebelief,I,at.fourteen,decidedtobecomeawriter.Heretoo,readingbecameuseful.Everywriterstartsoffknowingthathehassomethingtosay,butbeingunabletofindtherightwaystosayit.Hehastofindhisownvoicebyreadingwidelyanddiscoveringwhichpartsofthewritersheagreesordisagreeswith,oragreeswithsostronglythatitreshapeshisownworld.Hecannotwritewithoutlovingtoread,becauseonlythroughreadingotherpeople’swritingcanonediscoverwhatworks,whatdoesn’tand,intheend,togetherwithlotsofpractice,whatvoicehehas.

NowIamincollege,andhavecometorealizehowimportantitistoreadfiction（文学作品）.Asalawstudent,myreadingisinfactlimitedtosubjectmatter—thevolume（量）ofwhatIhavetoreadforclasseseveryweekmeansthereislittletimetoreadanythingelse.SuchreadingmadeitalltheclearertomethatIliveinaverysmallpartinthisgreatplacecalledlife.Readingfictionremindsmethatthereislifebeyondmyown.ItallowsmetotravelacrossthehighseasandalongtheSilkRoad,allfromthecomfortofmyownarmchair,toexperience,thoughsecondhand,excitingexperiencesthatIwouldn'tnecessarilybeabletohaveinmylifetime.

1.Whatcanbeinferredabouttheauthorasachild?

A．HeneverwatchedTV.B．Hereadwhathehadto.

C．Hefoundreadingunbelievable.D．Heconsideredreadingpartofhislife.

2．Theunderlinedword"voice"inthesecondparagraphmostprobablymeans“____________”.

A．anideaB．asoundquality

C．awayofwritingD．aworldtowriteabout

3．Whateffectdoesreadinghaveontheauthor?

A．Ithelpshimtorealizehisdream.

B．Itopensupawiderworldforhim.

C．Itmakeshiscollegelifemoreinteresting.

D．Itincreaseshisinterestinworldwidetravel.

4．Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleofthistex