Allthewisdomoftheages,allthestoriesthathavedelightedmankindforcenturies,areeasilyandcheaplyavailabletoallofuswithinthecoversofbooks—butwemustknowhowtoavailourselvesofthistreasureandhowtogetthemostfromit.Themostunfortunatepeopleintheworldarethosewhohaveneverdiscoveredhowsatisfyingitistoreadgoodbooks.Iammostinterestedinpeople,inmeetingthemandfindingoutaboutthem.SomeofthemostremarkablepeopleI’’vemetexistedonlyinawriter’’simagination,thenonthepagesofhisbook,andthen,again,inmyimagination.I’’vefoundinbooksnewfriends,newsocieties,newworlds.IfIaminterestedinpeople,othersareinterestednotsomuchinwhoasinhow.Whointhebookincludeseverybodyfromscience-fictionsupermantwohundredcenturiesinthefutureallthewaybacktothefirstfiguresinhistory;HowcoverseverythingfromtheingeniousexplanationsofSherlockHolmestothediscoveriesofscienceandwaysofteachingmannerstochildren.Readingisapleasureofthemind,whichmeansthatitisalittlelikeasport:youreagernessandknowledgeandquicknessmakeyouagoodreader.Readingisfun,notbecausethewriteristellingyousomething,butbecauseitmakesyourmindwork.Yourownimaginationworksalongwiththeauthor’’sorevengoesbeyondhis.Yourexperience,comparedwithhis,bringsyoutothesameordifferentconclusions,andyourideasdevelopasyouunderstandhis.Everybookstandsbyitself,likeaone-familyhouse,butbooksinalibraryarelikehousesinacity.Althoughtheyareseparate,togethertheyalladduptosomething;theyareconnectedwitheachotherandwithothercities.Thesameideas,orrelatedones,turnupindifferentplaces;thehumanproblemsthatrepeatthemselvesinliferepeatthemselvesinliterature,butwithdifferentsolutionsaccordingtodifferentwritingsatdifferenttimes.Booksinfluenceeachother;theylinkthepast,thepresentandthefutureandhavetheirowngenerations,likefamilies.Whereveryoustartreadingyouconnectyourselfwithoneofthefamiliesofideas,and,inthelongrun,younotonlyfindoutabouttheworldandthepeopleinit,youfindoutaboutyourself,too.Readingcanonlybefunifyouexpectittobe.Ifyouconcentrateonbookssomebodytellsyou,you"ought"toread,youprobablywon’’thavefun.Butifyouputdownabookyoudon’’tlikeandtryanothertillyoufindonethatmeanssomethingtoyou,andthenrelaxwithit,youwillalmostcertainlyhaveagoodtime—andifyoubecome,asaresultofreading,better,wiser,kinder,ormoregentle,youwon’’thavesufferedduringtheprocess.Intheauthor’’sopinion,whoarethemostunfortunatepeopleintheworld
A: Thosewhoarenotinterestedinpeople.
B: Thoseremarkablepeopletheauthorhavemet.
C: Thosewhohaveneverfoundthepleasuresofreading.
D: Thosewhohavedelightedmankindforcenturies.
A: Thosewhoarenotinterestedinpeople.
B: Thoseremarkablepeopletheauthorhavemet.
C: Thosewhohaveneverfoundthepleasuresofreading.
D: Thosewhohavedelightedmankindforcenturies.
C
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- I think you'd better not eat sweets. A: too many B: too much C: so many D: so much
- A: Are you feeling better nowB: ______ A: Well, not too better yet, thank you. B: Well, not too well yet. Better than I was though. C: Well, it doesn't matter, I'm all right now. D: Well, never mind, I'm much better now.
- You () her at the beginning, but now it is too late. A: ought to refuse B: have ought to refuse C: ought to have refused D: ought have refused
- I’m too fat. I want to lose weight. What should I do ? A: You should doing more exercise. B: You'd better eating halthy food. C: You should go to the gym regularly. D: You'd better to eat less junk food.
- I’m very sorry I’m late. I ______ and told you I was coming. A: ought to phone you B: must phone you C: ought to have phoned you D: must have phoned you
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You’d better not eat ______ food everyday. A: much too B: too much C: too many
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— You ought to have given them some advice — _____, but who cared what I asked? A: So ought you B: So 1 ought C: So it was D: So I did
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—— Mike, I’m afraid it’s too late. I’d better be going now. —— （） I’ll call you later. A: Quite well B: Help yourself C: Good job D: See you
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A: I ought to eat before I head to the meeting. B: ______. A: Why bother They'll have food there. B: But it's still early. C: You shouldn't eat too much. D: But you already had afternoon te
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—I often have hamburgers for lunch.—You’d better not. It’s bad for you ________ too much junk food. A: eat B: to eat C: eating D: ate