Section Ⅰ Use of English

Directions:

    Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.

Could a hug a day keep the doctor away? The answer may be a resounding "yes!"  1   helping you feel close and  2   to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring a  3   of health benefits to your body and mind. Believe it or not, a warm embrace might even help you  4   getting sick this winter.

    In a recent study  5   over 400 healthy adults, researchers from ……此处隐藏44486个字……

    The boy on the left represents the false attitude towards books and reading．People like him treat books as physical possessions rather than knowledge; their books serve nothing but their vanity. On the contrary, wise people seek nothing but knowledge itself. They treat books as the origin of intelligence and reading as the process of getting treasure of knowledge. It's the reading that matters, not the books.

    As college students, when facing the fast-paced society, we definitely need the nutrients from books to build our mind and broaden our horizon. The best and shortest way of getting knowledge is reading books instead of just collecting them.