Question

____ books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.

First, reading books is fun. You can always keep yourself ______ if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a ______ hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.

Next, you can read a book anywhere; in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane, in bed---even in the bath. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby ____ it is easy to stop and then start again.

Another good reason for ____ books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and will become better at ____ what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your school work becomes much ___ . Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.

Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You have to be able to read to use a computer and, the better you read, the better your computer skills will be. Reading is ___ out of date!

Book readers are most likely to be good writers, too. They are usually good at ____ as well, and have more things ____ about. Reading books is a wonderful hobby, one of the best. What other hobby could be more useful, or more enjoyable!

1.A. Read B. Reading C. To read D. Reads

2.A. amusing B. amuse C. amused D. to amuse

3.A. relaxing B. relaxed C. relax D. relaxes

4.A. when B. since C. although D. as

5.A. reading B. to read C. having read D. reads

6.A. understands B. to understand C. understanding D. understood

7.A. easy B. easily C. more easy D. easier

8.A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. hardest

9.A. spelling B. spell C. spelled D. spells

10.A. write B. writing C. writes D. to write

 

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1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这段短文主要讲述读书对各种理由而言是一种好的爱好。首先读书是一种乐趣；你可以在任何地方读书；读书有用；读书没有过时，总之，读书有许多种好处。

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考点：教育类短文。