A little bookworm's growth story

山东 李全忠

阅读是一个人生活的一部分，因为它可以增加一个人的知识。

主题语境：成长故事 篇幅：348词 建议用时：7分钟

1When I was 4 years old, I used to hate reading books as I thought that they were boring and they made me feel sleepy.However, when I was 6, I readToy Storyand it felt really nice.Moreover, I didn't feel sleepy or bored while reading it.As I grew up, I started to become more and more interested in reading books.Finally, when I was 9 years old, my mother got me a membership at a library.

2I would usually read books for entertainment or because I had nothing left to do.My favorite book became and remainsDiary of a Wimpy Kid.I found the book very interesting and really engaging.As I had to do my homework on school days, I did not usually have time to read any extra books, so I would read them only on Saturdays or Sundays.

3Whenever I read,I feel like I am being magically transported to the place where the story is taking place and I am watching everything happen with my own eyes.Sometimes, I also feel like I am watching a television show.My mother also encouraged me to read more books, and soon I learnt words that I didn't know existed.When I grabbed a book and sat down to read it, I would lose track of time.When I was finished, I wouldn't even know how long it took or how fast I had finished it.

4I'm currently a student of St Mary's High School, Class 6 in Nepal.Reading books has helped me improve my English and my vocabulary and now I can speak English very fluently.Reading books also helped boost my imagination.Whenever I immerse myself in stories, I find that I end up becoming even more creative than when I didn't use to read books.

5In school when we were learning how to write a story, I wrote a really long one that had a moral to it.This was all due to reading books.My creativity in writing has increased significantly and reading books has also made a huge impact on my life, so I will always continue to read books.Reading has been very valuable to me and I will never forget the experience.

Reading Check

Detail1.What made the author interested in books?

A.Toy Story.

B.Enough spare time.

C.Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

D.A membership at a library.

Gist2.What's paragraph 3 of the text mainly about?

A.The methods of reading.

B.The feelings of reading books.

C.The reasons for the author's loving reading.

D.The encouragement of the author's mother.

Detail3.What does the author think of reading books now?

A.It is boring.

B.It wastes much time.

C.It is useful in writing books.

D.It helps boost the imagination.

Inference4.What is the purpose of the text?

A.To show us nothing is impossible.

B.To share the experience of the author with us.

C.To stress the importance of reading books.

D.To answer some questions about reading.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Difficult sentence in the text

Whenever I read, I feel like I am being magically transported to the place where the story is taking place and I am watching everything happen with my own eyes.每当我阅读时，我都觉得自己被神奇地传送到了故事发生的地方，我目睹了一切。

【点石成金】句中的whenever 引导的是时间状语从句；where 引导的是定语从句，修饰先行词the place。

Ⅱ.Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases in the box in proper forms.

remain__immerse...in__end up__creative__significantly__val_________uable

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