Some of you might ask,“Are books {#blank#}1{#/blank#} interesting?” Believe it or not, books provide many {#blank#}2{#/blank#} that televisions or computers cannot. Since books use only words to tell a story, they can improve your imagination. The interesting words and sentences that are used in storytelling usually can't be {#blank#}3{#/blank#} on TV or on websites. They are sometimes so {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and moving that they can bring tears to your eyes. Books also help us to think {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and deeper. As we continue to read, we ask ourselves questions and try to find answers.

    Remember: the more you read, the more you grow.

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    In Chicago, travelers from all over the world can{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  the wonderful view (风景) of the city by{#blank#}5{#/blank#} a hot balloon. There is a big {#blank#}6{#/blank#}under the hot balloon. They can stand {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the basket. The basket can hold (容纳) 18 travelers. They can take a {#blank#}8{#/blank#}of the beautiful city with their cameras. Each hot balloon is about 22 metres tall and can fly up to 120 metres{#blank#}9{#/blank#} Sarah is one of the travelers from Canada. She says, “It is exciting and fun to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}around from the basket！”

    If you want to get the most out of the study of a language, you must also read for pleasure: novels, plays, travel books, and so on. And in reading books of this kind the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}thing is to get on with the reading, to try to grasp(领会){#blank#}2{#/blank#}the writer is going to tell you in the book as a whole. This is impossible if you stop and think over the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}of every single word which happens to be unfamiliar. You cannot enjoy a story if you stop lots of times on every page for{#blank#}4{#/blank#}words in the dictionary. You may even prevent yourself from understanding the story as a whole by doing this.