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Why do we wear clothes? You may think it is an easy question. But there are many {#blank#}1{#/blank#} why people wear clothes. In the past, many Europeans and Americans believed that people wore their clothes {#blank#}2{#/blank#} they didn't want other people to see their {#blank#}3{#/blank#} bodies. Today we believe that people first started {#blank#}4{#/blank#} clothes to {#blank#}5{#/blank#}themselves from the sun, the wind, the rain, the cold and other bad weather.

    Reading is very useful for English learners. When you're learning English, listening, speaking and writing are very {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, but reading is also very helpful. When you read, you can both learn some new words and learn how to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} them. When you read, it gives you a good {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for writing.

    Read something at your right level. Read {#blank#}4{#/blank#} that you can more or less understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it's not {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for you.

    Try to increase your vocabulary. If there are 4 or 5 new words on a page, try to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} their meanings. Then look them up in a dictionary after reading and write them down in your notebook. Try to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} them.

    Try to read regularly. Reading for 15 minutes every day is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read. For example, you could read for 15 minutes {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you go to bed or at lunch time.

    Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine that you like. You can also read newspapers, for example, 21st Century. There is always {#blank#}10{#/blank#} in it.