Reading is a way of enjoyment,
relaxation, rest or freedom from worry. These can be felt by the readers from
the actual reading{{U}} (36) {{/U}}and from the impact
provided. Reading provides the knowledge we are unable to gain
from personal{{U}} (37) {{/U}}. If we cannot travel around the{{U}} (38)
{{/U}}, we can read books{{U}} (39) {{/U}}travel and gain
information of{{U}} (40) {{/U}}countries, people{{U}} (41)
{{/U}}their ways of life. We can also read about the{{U}} (42)
{{/U}}customs of different countries. Surely we cannot go{{U}} (43)
{{/U}}to the past, yet, by reading{{U}} (44) {{/U}}, we can obtain
knowledge of the past, something about the lives of great and famous{{U}}
(45) {{/U}}, and{{U}} (46) {{/U}}the world it- serf.
From reading, we can{{U}} (47) {{/U}}of new things, new methods of
inventions, different methods of{{U}} (48) {{/U}}things, different
techniques of making things, etc. For example, we can learn{{U}} (49)
{{/U}}an electric cooker is invented. In cooking, we can learn how to{{U}}
(50) {{/U}}an apple pie by reading instructions from books.{{U}}
(51) {{/U}}our daily lives, we (52) make a complicated
device.{{U}} (53) {{/U}}, by reading more books on science, we can{{U}}
(54) {{/U}}with the advances of modern{{U}} (55)
{{/U}}.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】空格指代的是actual reading，选itself。
单选题
[A] goods [ B] things
[C] experience [D] belongings
【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。
单选题
[ A] countries [B] people
[C] things [D] places
【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。