It's often said that you can judge a person by looking at what's on their bookshelves. Well, when I asked myself this question a few years ago, I made a (n) _________ discovery. Pretty much all the books on my bookshelves were written by British authors, and there was _________ in translation from other languages. What a shame! So, I decided to launch my _________ reading project.

But how could I find books from much of the rest of the world? I had to ask for _________. So in February 202I, I posted a short _________ online. Within hours, people began to _________. At first, it was friends and colleagues. And soon, it was _________.

Four days later, I got a(n) _________ from a woman called Rafidah in Kuala Lumpur. She said she _________ my project and went to her local bookshop to __________ my Malaysian book. A few weeks later, a package which contained one book—Rafidah's choice from Malaysia reached me. At the time, I was __________ that a stranger more than 6,000miles away would help someone she would probably never __________.

Rafidah's kindness __________ to be the pattern for that year. A writer from Spain __________ emailed me an unpublished translation of his novel to me. Thanks to the kind strangers, I could read books from over 70 __________ .

Reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life. It ________ our happiness when we are cheerful, and lessens our ________ when we are sad. A good book may absorb our attention so ________ that for the time being we forget our ________.

Whatever may be our main purpose in reading, good books should never fail to give us ________. With a good book in our hands we will never be ________. Whether the characters in the book are taken from real life or are purely________, they may become our companions and make us laugh. The people we meet in books may ________ us either because they are similar to our close friends or because they present ________ types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances. Our human friends sometimes ________ us, but the friends we make in books will always respect us. By turning the pages we can ________ them without any fear of hurting their feeling. When our human friends ________ us, good books are always there to give us sympathy and encouragement.

One of the most valuable gifts from books is ________. Few of us can travel far from home. ________ all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books. When we wish to ________ from the dull realities of everyday life, a book will help us when ________ else can. To travel by book we don’t have to ________ and save a lot of money. Through books we may get the thrill of adventure without________. We can climb high mountains or cross the hot sands of the desert. ________, through books the whole world is ours for the asking. The ________ of our literary experiences are almost unlimited.

Last year, I attended a class and discussed the topic of “paper books or e-books” with my classmates. The discussion was lively, but was left _______ because of several pros and cons (利弊) of both types of books and the personal _______ of different students.

According to an article from LA Times, a study discovered that 92% of 300 college students in America and other three countries _______ paper books. Many participants reported they had headaches for long screen time and are easily _______ when siding colorful pages.

I _______ that the 92 percentage is true, not just because it is the result of a study. Paper books can _______ another perspective (感受) to you reading experience through the _______ smell of the book, the feel of the _______ between your fingertips and the sense of progress being made throughout your reading.

However, pleasure comes at a _______. Physical books aren’t cheap ________ much room. As a person who moves often and loves written words, it can be a big ________ to move my mini library from one place to another, not to mention the money to buy those books. ________, besides taking up less space, e-books are more ________ than traditional books. Yet those ________ didn’t keep my interest for long. Nothing ________ the comforting feeling of curling up (蜷缩) with a hot cup of tea and a book.