IknowWorldBookDayfallsonApril23everyyear.ItwassetupbyUNESCO(联合国教科文组织)in1955toencouragepeopleespeciallyteenagerstodiscoverthepleasureof 1 .

ManycountriescelebrateWorldBookDay.OnthatdayintheUKmillionsofstudentscanbuybooksofspecialpricesmuchlowerthanusualinanybookstore.Ithasbeendoneeveryyear 2 1998.WorldBookDayisalsocelebratedinChina.PremierWenJiabaodoeslotsofreading 3 he’sverybusy.OnWorldBookDay2009.Hecalledonpeopletodomorereading.Hesuggestedthatyoungpeopleshouldspendmoretimereading.“Bookscan’tchangetheworldbut peoplecanchangetheworldbychanging 4 throughreading”hesaid.

Readingcanbenefit(有益于)people 5 .Readinghelpsusbecomemoreknowledgeableandmoreintelligent.Readinghelpsustofollowthe 6 developmentsofscienceandtechnology.Readingprovidesuswithinformationaboutothercultureandplacesoftheworld.Whenwereadwemayfindmanythings 7 areunfamiliartous.Wewouldhavetouseourbraintothinkaboutthemordomorereadingtofindouttheanswers.ThemorewereadthemoreweknowThemoreweknowthesmarterwe 8 .Readingisalsooneofthemostimportantwaystolearnaforeignlanguage 9 English.Weallknowthatwe10 learneverythingatschoolforexamplethewaysEnglishpeoplearespeakingandwritingtoday.

“Readingmakesafullman.”Booksmagazinesnewspapersandotherkindsofreadingmaterialscanhelptoknowmoreabouttheoutsideworldandperfectus.Thereforeitisnecessaryforustofromthehabitofreadingeveryday.

1A.singing B.writing C.listening D.reading

2A.of B.from C.since D.by

3A.though B.because C.when D.through

4A.itself B.yourself C.ourselves D.themselves

5A.intheway B.bytheway C.inanyway D.inmanyways

6A.last B.later C.latest D.earlier

7A.where B.that C.how D.those

8A.come B.go C.become D.start

9A.like B.about