题目内容：

Reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life. It _______ our happiness when we are cheerful, and lessens our _______ when we are sad. A good book may absorb our attention so _______ that for the time being we forget our _______.

Whatever may be our main purpose in reading, good books should never fail to give us _______. With a good book in our hands we will never be _______. Whether the characters in the book are taken from real life or are purely _______, they may become our companions and make us laugh. The people we meet in books may _______ us either because they are similar to our close friends or because they present _______ types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances. Our human friends sometimes ________ us, but the friends we make in books are always respect us. By turning the pages we can ________ them without any fear of hurting their feelings, When our human friends ________ us, good books are always there to give us sympathy and encouragement.

One of the most valuable gifts from books is ________. Few of us can travel far from home. ________ all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of book. When we wish to ________ from the dull realities of everyday life, a book will help us when ________ else can. To travel by book we don’t have to ________ and save a lot of money. Through books we may gel the thrill of adventure without ________. We can climb high mountains or cross the hoi sands of the desert, ________, through books the whole world is ours for the asking. The ________ of our literary experiences are almost unlimited.

1.A. achieves    B. reduces    C. increases    D. threatens

2.A. duties    B. sorrows    C. chances    D. diseases

3.A. completely    B. naturally    C. frequently    D. desperately

4.A. performances    B. prejudices    C. responsibilities    D. surroundings

5.A. agreement    B. treatment    C. enjoyment    D. judgement

6.A. lonely    B. lazy    C. tired    D. guilty

7.A. average    B. imaginary    C. typical    D. fortunate

8.A. greet    B. shock    C. worry    D. delight

9.A. uncertain    B. unpractical    C. unfamiliar    D. unnecessary

10.A. make fun of    B. take care of    C. catch sight of    D. pay attention t

11.A. order    B. control    C. believe    D. ignore

12.A. challenge    B. Abandon    C. understand    D. persuade

13.A. pleasure    B. knowledge    C. experience    D. success

14.A. but    B. or    C. if    D. so

15.A. return    B. recover    C. graduate    D. escape

16.A. anything    B. nothing    C. everything    D. something

17.A. pay    B. stop    C. guess    D. race

18.A. reason    B. evidence    C. danger    D. instruction

19.A. However    B. Therefore    C. Otherwise    D. Anyway

20.A. purposes    B. possibilities    C. directions    D. suggestions