Ifyouarehungrywhatwillyoudo?Grabapieceofyourfavoritemealandstayquietafterthat?Justlikestomachevenyourmindwillbehungry.Butitneverletsyouknowbecauseyoukeepitbusythinkingaboutyourdreamloverfavoritestarandmanysuchabsurdthings.Soitsilentlybeginstohideyourneedsandneverletsitselfgrow.Whenmindlosesitsfreedomtogrowcreativitygetsitsfullstop.Thismightbethereasonwhyweallsometimesthink“Whathappensnext?”“Whycan’tIthink?”“WhyamIalwaysgiventhedifficultproblems?”Wellthisistheafter-effectofusingourbrainforthinkingofnot-so-worthythings.

Hungerofthemindcanbeactuallysatisfiedthroughextensivereading.ButwhyisitreadingbutnotwatchingTV?Becausereadinghasbeenthemosteducationaltoolusedbyusrightfromthechildhood.Justlikethattodevelopotheraspectsofourlifewehavetoturntoreadingforhelp.Youhaveanumberofbooksintheworldwhichwillanswerallyour“how-to”questions.Onceyoureadabookyoujustdon’trunyoureyesthroughthelinesbutyourminddecodes(译解)itandexplainsittoyou.Theinterestingpartofthebookisstoredinyourmindasaseed.Nowthisseedisunknowinglyusedbyyouinyourfuturetodevelopnewideas.Thesameseedifusedmanytimescanhelpyoulinkandrelatealotofthingswhichyouwouldneverthoughtofinyourwildestdreams!Thisisnothingbutcreativity.Themorebooksyoureadthewideryourmindwillbecome.Alsothisimprovesyouroratorical(speech-making)skillstoalargeextentandalsomakesasignificantcontributiontoyourvocabulary.WhenyoustartspeakingEnglishoranyotherlanguagefluentlywithyourfriendsorotherpeopleyouneverseemtorunoutoftherightwordsattherighttime.

ActuallyIhadaprobleminspeakingEnglishfluentlybutasIreadIcouldimprovesignificantly.Soguysdojoinmeandgivefoodforyourthoughtsbyreadingreadingandmorereading.Nowwhatareyouwaitingfor?Gogrababookandletmeknow!

1.What’sthebesttitleofthepassage?

A.Hungerofthemind

B.StomachandMind

C.FeedyourMindbyreading

D.ReadingorWatchingTV

2.Youdon’tknowyourmindisinhungerbecause_____.

A.youarenothungry

B.youkeepitthinkingofsillythings

C.yo