A little bookworm􀆳s growth story小小书虫变形记

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

1 When I was 4 years old， I used to hate reading books as I thought that they wereboring and they made me feel sleepy. However， when I was 6， I read Toy Story and it feltreally nice. Moreover， I didnt feel sleepy or bored while reading it. As I grew up， I startedto become more and more interested in reading books. Finally， when I was 9 years old， mymother got me a membership at a library.

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

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

4 I’m currently a student of St Mary’s High School， Class 6 in Nepal. Reading bookshas helped me improve my English and my vocabulary and now I can speak English veryfluently. 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 readbooks.

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

Reading Check

Detail

1. 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.

Gist

2. 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 authors loving reading.

D. The encouragement of the authors mother.

Detail

3. 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.

Inference

4. 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 thestory 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 valuable

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