Reading benefits us a lot. First, reading books 【小题1】(be) fun. You can always keep yourself 【小题2】(interest) and it can help you have an enjoyable time if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a(n) 【小题3】 (relax) hobby too.

Next, you can read a book anywhere: in a car, on a plane, in bed—even in the bath. 【小题4】you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and start again.

Another good reason for reading books is 【小题5】 it is useful. If you read as a hobby you 【小题6】 (get) better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will 【小题7】 (probable) find your schoolwork becomes much 【小题8】 (easy). Many school subjects depend on good reading and, as you read you learn more and more.

In America, summer reading programs 【小题1】(offer) at most area libraries. Participants can report their reading 【小题2】 prizes. Most state libraries work together on developing themes for summer reading so that they can share resources.

“On Your Mark, Get Set... READ!” is this year’s nationwide summer reading program theme 【小题3】 (choose) by representatives from most states. While individual libraries may carry out the programs 【小题4】(different), their summer reading programs also center on the theme.

Summer reading programs are particularly important for children and teens 【小题5】 (return) to school in the fall. Reading can prevent summer reading loss, 【小题6】 is also called “Summer Slide”. Summer reading loss occurs when students do not read over the summer. As 【小题7】 result, they’re no longer at grade level when they start school again in the fall. According to the research, reading just five books over the summer is OK.

During the summer reading programs, kids can read what they want. The key is reading for pleasure. The more they enjoy reading, the more they want to read. Whether that is with books, graphic novels, magazines 【小题8】 audiobooks, it can help build confidence in reading and increase 【小题9】 (student) formal education.

Summer reading programs are for more than children as they are programs for adults, too. If parents read in front of their children, it 【小题10】 (provide) good modeling for the little ones.

The 2022 Shanghai Book Fair took place at the Shanghai Exhibition Center from Nov 18 to 22, 【小题1】 some 120 publishers presented more than 20,000 books and about 100 reading activities were held online and on-site.

The book fair has taken place 【小题2】 (annual) since its launch in 2004, except for 2021, when the event was canceled because of COVID-19.

The festival was delayed 【小题3】 three months this year due to the ongoing pandemic.

“People tell me that every year when the Shanghai Book Fair opens, they feel as if they are hearing alarm clocks ringing, 【小题4】 (remind) them about the importance and 【小题5】 (benefit) of reading,” says Xu Jiong, head of the municipal bureau for press and publication. “Reading has taken many new forms today, 【小题6】 even so, every August people in Shanghai still look forward to the book fair.”

【小题7】 annual celebration of reading has become the city’s most anticipated event for publishers and readers alike. Since the pandemic, many events 【小题8】 (hold) online, but face-to-face 【小题9】 (communicate) has nevertheless been irreplaceable, Xu adds.

Kan Ninghui, president of the Shanghai Century Publishing Group, says although this year’s book fair was 【小题10】 (small) in scale than usual, the event’s core value—promoting good books and quality publication—remained uncompromised.