World Book Day falls on April 23every year．It was set up by UNESCO （联合国教科文组织） in 1955to encourage people，especially teenagers，to discover the pleasure of （16）
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Many countries celebrate World Book Day．On that day in the UK，millions of students can buy （17）
of special price，much lower than usual in any bookstore．It has been done every year（18）
1998．World Book Day is also celebrated in China．Premier Wen Jiabao does lots of reading （19）
he's very busy．On World Book Day 2009，he（20）
people to do more reading．He suggested that young people should spend more time reading．"Books can't change the world，but people can change the world by changing （21）
through reading，"he said．
Reading can benefit （有益于） people（22）
．Reading helps us become more knowledgable and more intelligent．Reading helps us to follow the （23）
developments of science and technology．Reading （24）
us with information about other culture and places of the world．When we read，we may find many things that are （25）
to us．We would have to use our（26）
to think about them or do more reading to find out the answers．The more we read，the more we know．The more we know，the （27）
we become．Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language （28）
English．We all know that we （29）
learn everything at school，for example，the ways English people are speaking and writing today．
"Reading makes a full man．"Books，magazines，newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the outside world and perfect us．（30）
，it is necessary for us to form the habit of reading every day．
| 16．A．reading | B．speaking | C．listening | D．writing |
| 17．A．clothes | B．dictionaries | C．computers | D．books |
| 18．A．from | B．in | C．since | D．by |
| 19．A．because | B．though | C．through | D．when |
| 20．A．allowed | B．ordered | C．called on | D．introduced |
| 21．A．ourselves | B．yourselves | C．themselves | D．itself |
| 22．A．in many ways | B．in any way | C．by the way | D．in the way |
| 23．A．earlier | B．later | C．latest | D．last |
| 24．A．shares | B．gets | C．provides | D．opens |
| 25．A．unknown | B．unfair | C．unnecessary | D．unimportant |
| 26．A．work | B．brain | C．blood | D．strength |
| 27．A．smarter | B．stricter | C．prettier | D．kinder |
| 28．A．about | B．like | C．instead of | D．because of |
| 29．A．mustn't | B．can't | C．should | D．have to |
| 30．A．So far | B．However | C．Therefore | D．As usual． |