No one is sure how many Americans belong to reading groups called book clubs. Yet{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (publisher) and bookstores report that more and more people throughout the United States are joining{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (they).

    Most of the clubs work the same way. Members read the same book at the same time. Then they meet to talk about the book. Members may be friends or people{#blank#}3{#/blank#} live near each other. Some Americans belong to reading groups on{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Internet. These groups include people around the world who communicate about books they read. They send electronic mails instead of gathering{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (discuss) books.

    Most reading groups study books by{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (variety) writers. However, some groups read the work of a single writer,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (usual) one that has been famous for a while. Other groups may{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (name) for an important person in the work of the writer,{#blank#}9{#/blank#} a Sherlock Holmes Club. Members of these book clubs often are experts about their{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (choose) reading materials. One member of a Holmes reading group, for example, can identify almost every person in every Sherlock Holmes story.

    What is reading?

    Reading is actually a very complex process that requires a great deal of active{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(participate) on the part of the reader. It is an active thinking process involving the interaction between the reader and the print. That is to say, the reader's schema (former or previous knowledge) about the topic to{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(read) and his language knowledge (vocabulary and grammar) directly affect his understanding of the reading material and{#blank#}3{#/blank#}turn, the new information about the topic{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(contain) in the reading material will enlarge the reader's former schema.

    Reading is a very important{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(mean) of gaining knowledge about culture, custom, science education and technology from others or other countries. It is a good way of learning the most advanced hi-technology{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(serve) the needs of the social development and the interests of our people through reading. Reading is{#blank#}7{#/blank#}inseparable component of the English learning. We should lay solid foundations for our advanced education, and we can master the language by reading{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(large). However, it is a very complex activity{#blank#}9{#/blank#}involves almost all psychological processes{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(include) sensation, perception, motor behavior, motivation, attention, emotion, cognition and all kinds of memory.

    This happened a week ago. That morning, I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(accidental) got on the wrong bus to work because I was reading the news on my phone. I had to walk several{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(block) back to my office on a path I had never taken before.

    On the way, I met a man {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(sit) on a beach, who looked very unhappy, so I asked him what was wrong{#blank#}4{#/blank#}him. He said his car {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(steal) and he had no money to get to the airport to meet his wife. I told him I could help him and asked him to wait there for me. I went to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} nearby bank and got some cash. When I returned, the man was still standing there, watching me get close to him. When I gave him the money, he hugged me, thanked me,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} started crying! I wished him{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (safe) to get to the airport.

    I stopped at my usual restaurant for my breakfast and, at the door, I met {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (other) man who politely said, “I don't want your money, but could you help me got some food?” I said yes and paid for this man's order. I wished him a good day.

    I thought I was {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (luck) to meet the two people who needed help. I felt glad to help them.

    Yuan Longping was born in 1930.Since he graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953, he{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(devote)his life to finding ways{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(grow)more and more rice. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(hungry)was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside. Yuan searched {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a way to increase rice harvests without {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(expand) the areas of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce about 56 million tons of rice. In{#blank#}6{#/blank#}recent harvest, however, nearly 200 million tons of rice were produced. These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world's people{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(feed)from just 7% of the farmland in the world. Yuan Long Ping is now circulating his knowledge in India and many other less{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(develop)countries to increase their rice harvests.{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(thank)to his research, the UN is trying to rid the world{#blank#}10{#/blank#}hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.

    Wi-Fi is a word which has its own little brother in the form of a complex password which, no matter how hard you try, you can never guess. Generally, it {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (stick) to the inside windows of cafes and hotels as {#blank#}2{#/blank#} extra way of attracting customers. Even on public transport and in shopping {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (center), it's becoming more common. Last summer, I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (spend) four months working in France, where the company I was working for put me up in a house {#blank#}5{#/blank#} didn't have Wi-Fi. I was looking forward to it. I soon discovered, however, that {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (live) in a house without Wi-Fi was easier than I had expected before. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} I couldn't enjoy my usual web browsing (浏览) on BBC iplayer, social media site, and keeping up-to-date with the news, I could spend more time with my housemates. I read more, I cooked for my friends and I even tidied up {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (often). I learned how to live without Wi-Fi. I found it was easier than I had imagined. My experience this summer made me {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (reflect) on how much we do use Wi-Fi. It's possible not to be so dependent {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it. Try it and see.