单选题
Reading is a way of enjoyment, relaxation, rest or freedom from worry. These can be felt by the readers from the actual reading (36) and from the impact provided. Reading provides the knowledge we are unable to gain from personal (37) . If we cannot travel around the (38) , we can read books (39) travel and gain information of (40) countries, people (41) their ways of life. We can also read about the (42) customs of different countries. Surely we cannot go (43) to the past, yet, by reading (44) , we can obtain knowledge of the past, something about the lives of great and famous (45) , and (46) the world it- serf. From reading, we can (47) of new things, new methods of inventions, different methods of (48) things, different techniques of making things, etc. For example, we can learn (49) an electric cooker is invented. In cooking, we can learn how to (50) an apple pie by reading instructions from books. (51) our daily lives, we (52) make a complicated device. (53) , by reading more books on science, we can (54) with the advances of modern (55) .
【答案解析】countries，people，their ways of life是并列关系，所以答案是 and。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】根据句子意思，different countries应该有“不同的”风俗。所以选B。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】go back to the past，回到过去。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】根据全文的中心意思，这里显然要填主题词：books。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】由前面的the lives of great and famous的提示，所以要填[D]people。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】选[C]about。观察句子：something about the lives of great and famous______，historically and______the world itself。结构应该是something about．．．and(something)about．．，and连接的结构应该互相呼应，所以选about。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】可以和后面的of搭配的只有learn。learn of，得知。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】显然与different techniques of making things构成并列关系，所以选making最佳。