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Readingisveryimportant.WorldBookDayfallsonApril23everyyear.Itencouragespeopleespecially
teenagerstodiscoverthepleasureofreading.Itisalsothedaytohonor(尊敬)greatwriters.
Manycountriescelebrate(庆祝)WorldBookDay.Onthatdaymillionsofschoolchildrencanbuybooks
atamuchlowerpricethanusualinanybookstoreinEngland.Ithasbeendoneeveryyearsince1998.World
BookDayisalsocelebratedinChina.WenJiabaoPremierofChinaisanavidreader.Hedoeslotsofreading
everydaythoughheisverybusy.OnWorldBookDay2009hecalledon(号召)peopletodomorereading.
Wensuggestedthatyoungpeopleshouldspendmoretimereading."Bookscannotchangetheworldbut
peoplecanchangetheworldbychangingthemselvesthroughreading"hesaid.
Readinghelpsusbecomemoreknowledgeableandsmarter.Readinghelpsustofollowthelatest
developmentsofscienceandtechnology(技术).Readinggivesusinformationaboutotherculturesandplaces
intheworld.ReadingisalsooneofthemostimportantwaystolearnaforeignlanguagelikeEnglish.Weall
knowthatitisdifficulttolearneverythingintheclassroomforexamplethewaysEnglishpeopleareliving
andworkingtodaycanbelearntbyreading.
Booksmagazinesnewspapersandotherkindsofreadingmaterialscanhelpustoknowmoreaboutthe
outsideworld.Thereforeitisnecessaryforustospendtimereadingeveryday.
1.WhenisWorldBookDay?
A.August8everyyear.
B.March12everyyear.
C.April23everyyear.
D.June6everyyear.
2.Anavidreaderisapersonwho________.
A.lovesreading
B.neverreads
C.doessomereading
D.hatesreading
3.WorldBookDaywassetupinordertoencouragepeopleto________.
A.learnforeignlanguages
B.domorereading
C.buymorebooks
D.knowmoreaboutscience
4.AccordingtothepassagereadingcanhelppeopleinmanywaysEXCEPT________.
A.learningEnglishbetter
B.knowingmoreaboutcultures
C.improvingyourhealth