【答案解析】[Student"s Sample]

Francis Bacon says, "Reading makes a full man." To this statement, many people cannot give their support, but to me, it is true. In fact, reading brings us unexpected feelings, experiences and gains.
First of all, through reading, we can get great pleasure and a strong sense of satisfaction. In many cases, a simple but meaningful sentence can be of the greatest fun to us and makes us excited for a long time. I remember in the fiction Jane Eyre, when young Jane is asked by Mr. Brocklehust what she must do to avoid going into hell, she, of course, is expected to say "To be a good kid", but, to everyone"s surprise, she says, "Keep well and not die, Sir." What a surprise and what fun!
Reading also contributes to our mental development. While reading, we identify ourselves with all characters in the books, and we cry as they cry and "laugh as they laugh. From them, we learn lessons about life and the world. What"s more important, we begin to reflect upon ourselves and our outlook on life and the world. We try to find out what blurs my eyes or even shadows our heart. "Science, art, literature, philosophy—all that man has thought, all that man has done—the experience that has been bought with the sufferings of a hundred generations, all are garnered up for us in the world of books." As long as we read, we learn and grow.
Besides, reading creates chances. Possibilities do not come from nothing, rather they very often come from reading. Many people do not know how they have benefited from reading, but they do know that books have changed their life and opened to them vast possibilities. One book that epitomizes such a benefit is The Art of War by Sunzi. A large number of people home and abroad throughout history have enjoyed the benefits of the book. With the help of this book, they have won great reputation and reached the acme of their life. In time of war, in particular, people who are quite familiar with the book would be in urgent need. Li Ka-shing, one of the most successful businessmen in Hongkong and China, once remarked "Reading cannot determine the increase of your wealth, it is a process to accumulate chances, and creating chances by your own is the best way to success." What we need to do is to be conscious of this accumulation, and to partake of some treasure from the repository when necessary.
In short, reading is to mankind what food is to our body. Like tree planting, what we plant decides what fruit we will harvest. What you read therefore decides what kind of man you will be. "Histories make men wise; poems, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend." In other words, reading contributes to our self-improvement and makes us a full man.