Today there is more to read than ever before. The websites try their best to ________ with each other by offering reading updates. The social news sites are always filled with the ________ news and stories one can read everywhere online. However, there is no lasting value amid the whole competition. As far as their value is ________, I assume it makes no much ________ whether you find one to read or ________ it. If you are someone who tends to ________ meaning in life, I am sure you've felt this way as well.

Whenever this happens, I choose to turn back to the ________, the old enduring meaningful books that have ________ the test of time. Most people believe, with our modern technology we have invented new life. But this is not the ________. When they think they are leading a life completely different from what their ancestors had decades ago, they are ________ still surrounded by minor details and their life remains unchanged.

Everything has its particular place. Old books teach you how to live and what it ________ to be human, with moral standards. This is why they still play an important part in our life. I'm glad that I am not ________ in this opinion. Many people agree that the wisdom of the greatest human minds ________ through centuries is the most valuable ________ of mankind.

To make classic books ________ to youngsters, schools should make it possible for their students to find the books recommended by their teachers on the book - shelves in the library.

When Williams, once a librarian, now 54-year old, became an elementary school teacher and tutor in Danville, Virginia, she wanted her students to fall in love with ________ just as she had. But early on, she ________ some kids had limited ________ to books. To Williams, the ________ was simple: Give kids books. In 2017, she ________ gave away 900 used children’s books over three days. Most people would be ________ with that.

“I wanted to do something that’s going to ________ my faith, my work ethic, my everything.” So she ________ a new goal for herself: Give away one million books. It sounds like an ________ number, but as Williams ________ on Facebook: “Don’t complain in the bleachers (露天看台) if you aren’t willing to work hard out on the field.”

So she got down to ________, first by persuading friends to donate books.or ________ buy books. Before long, as news of Williams’s project ________, strangers started leaving packs of ________ on her front porch.

As quickly as the books come in, Williams ________ them to local schools—free of charge. She also ________ a book club for prisoners in the local jail.

In the four years she’s been doing all this, the Book Lady, as Williams has come to be known, has ________ more than 78,000 books—only 922,000 more to reach her ________! And she’s not slowing down. It’s too important for kids with ________ options. “Reading can take you anywhere. You can travel in time and ________. If you can read, you can learn almost anything.”

“I noticed something,” my friend Ashley said. “Your bookshelf is _________.”I nodded absently. I could feel my best friend staring at me with _________.

“I'm looking at your online bookshelf right now. It's clear of books this year. Why? ”she asked.

“I wish I could read, ”I replied, _________ the many hours I'd spent helping someone with their computer or browsing (浏览) online news articles _________ reading novels.

“But who's going to _________ fun books to me?” Ashley asked, sounding shocked. “You always were my book buddy (朋友). “When I got home that day, I deleted a calendar event that was supposed to happen at 9:00 pm and typed into the description box, “Read a novel.”

When the time for the _________ event came, I felt so guilty (内疚的) that I _________ to turn on the audiobook. With _________, though, I finally pressed Play and sank into a cozy young-adult novel. I soon _________ and noticed that I was really enjoying myself.

I started clearing my calendar for myself. Each time I put“__________ time” in my calendar, I felt really happy.

When it came time to __________ for the second night, it was __________ than the previous night. I even turned off my phone and sank into bed with headphones on.

Then I __________ my phone and called Ashley to tell her that I had __________ a lot of upcoming appointments. She was __________.“That's really great. I'm glad to have my book buddy back.”