Today there is more to read than ever before.The websites try their best to____21____with each other by offering reading updates.The social news sites are always filled with the____22____news and stories one can read everywhere online.___23___,there is no lasting value amid the whole competition.As far as their value is____24____,I assume it makes no much___25___whether you find one to read or___26___it.If you are someone who tends to____27____meaning in life,I am sure you’ve felt this way as well.
Whenever this happens,I choose to turn back to the____28____,the old enduring meaningful books that have______29______the test of time.Most people believe,with our modern___30___we have invented new life.But this is not the____31____.When they think they are leading a life completely____32____what their ancestors had decades ago,they are____33____still surrounded by minor details and their life remains____34____.
Everything has its particular place.Old books teach you how to live and what it____35____to be human,with moral standards.This is____36____they still play an important part in our life.I’m glad that I am not____37____in this opinion.Many people agree that the wisdom of the greatest human minds____38____through centuries is the most valuable____39____of mankind.
To make classic books____40____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.
21. A. struggle B. communicate C. cooperate D. compete
22. A. temporary B. final C. latest D. present
23. A. However B. Therefore C. Instead D. Besides
24. A. regarded B. suggested C. considered D. concerned
25. A. difference B. sense C. comment D. progress
26. A. prevent B. lose C. miss D. avoid
27. A. give up B. search for C. set aside D. joke about
28. A. articles B. fictions C. experts D. classics
29. A. made B. stood C. created D. experimented
30. A. service B. edition C. technology D. construction
31. A. case B. base C. life D. matter
32. A. equal to B. consistent with C. different from D. similar to
33. A. probably B. actually C. usually D. potentially
34. A. unchanged B. stable C. safe D. peaceful
35. A. shows B. proves C. offers D. means
36. A. whether B. why C. when D. where
37. A. alone B. lonely C. discouraged D. optimistic
38. A. given up B. carried away C. passed down D. brought up
39. A. revolution B. performances C. process D. possessions
40. A. attractive B. accessible C. suitable D. beneficial
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