To improve your English reading, you should, first of all, choose something you feel important or{#blank#}1{#/blank#} to read. Don't try to read everything. You should{#blank#}2{#/blank#} those written in easy English. Don't read those which is difficult for you at the very beginning.

    While reading, don't read too slowly or look up every new word you meet with. After reading a passage and having its main idea in mind, you may{#blank#}3{#/blank#} and read it again. This time you can read it slowly and look up some new words {#blank#}4{#/blank#} necessary.

    Keep on reading in this way and you'll surely make{#blank#}5{#/blank#} little by little.

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    Hosting an entertainment (娱乐) TV show seems to be a good job. You maybe have the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}to talk with pop stars, and you could make yourself famous.{#blank#}2{#/blank#},it's not easy to become a host. Liu Yan is the host of the popular music program“ Pepsi Music Chart Awards”.The program is on for half an hour every day on more than 30TV channels. Her job is to talk{#blank#}3{#/blank#} stars like Jay Chou or Leehom Wang.

    ＂The program takes a lot of work.＂ Liu said. Before she goes on, she reads something about the pop stars on the Internet or in newspapers. Sometimes she asks other hosts. She also learns thestars,new songs or latest dance moves to get{#blank#}4{#/blank#} to them.

    On the show, she respects the stars privacy(隐私). She doesn't ask {#blank#}5{#/blank#}questions.Instead, she lets the guests talk about things they are comfortable with. She speaks{#blank#}6{#/blank#},so her guests treat her the same way.

    Liu never gets a holiday. "When I don't work, I have to take dancing or singing lessons, "she said, " I try to learn everything I can from life.＂

English

    World language

    Once people {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a language that everybody in the world could understand. Now, for the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} time in human history, perhaps there is one -- English It is the official language in more than 50 countries and 250-300 million people {#blank#}3{#/blank#} it as a second language. Some say that half the world will be speaking it in the year 2050.

    Difficult to master?

    English is not the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} language to learn -- most of its common verbs are irregular and it has a large vocabulary -- at least 200, 000 words are in common use.

    User-friendly

    But some things make {#blank#}5{#/blank#} easy. For example, nouns don't have gender ( 性别) and the usages of verbs are simpler than other languages. There is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} one form to speak to someone directly -- "you". Adjectives don't agree {#blank#}7{#/blank#} nouns, and many nouns are often also verbs.

    English Is Everywhere

    Some other languages may have more speakers, like Chinese. But English {#blank#}8{#/blank#} in many different areas. It is the language of transport: most airline pilots and air-traffic controllers use it. At {#blank#}9{#/blank#} English is the international language of communication.

    The Future of English

    What is the future of English as a global language? Will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} language ever replace it? Many think not -- it is already too popular.