Fromgoodreadingwecanderivepleasure，companionship，experience，andinstruction．Agoodbookmayabsorbourattentionsocompletelythatforthetimebeingweforgetoursurroundingsandevenouridentity．Readinggoodbooksisoneofthegreatestpleasuresinlife．Itincreasesourcontentmentwhenwearecheerful，andlessensourtroubleswhenwearesad．Whatevermaybeourmainpurposeinreading，ourcontactwithgoodbooksshouldneverfailtogiveusenjoymentandsatisfaction．

Withagoodbookinourhandsweneedneverbelonely．Whetherthecharactersportrayedaretakenfromreallifeorarepurelyimaginary，theymaybecomeourcompanionsandfriends．Inthepagesofbookswecanwalkwiththewiseandthegoodofalllandsandalltimes．Thepeoplewemeetinbooksmaydelightuseitherbecausetheyresemblehumanfriendswhomweholddearorbecausetheypresentunfamiliartypeswhomwearegladtowelcomeasnewacquaintances．Ourhumanfriendssometimesmayboreus，butthefriendswemakeinbooksneedneverweary uswiththeircompany．Byturningthepagewecandismissthemwithoutanyfearofhurtingtheirfeelings．Whenhumanfriendsdesertus，goodbooksarealwaysreadytogiveusfriendship，sympathy，andencouragement．

Oneofthemostvaluablegiftsbestowedbybooksisexperience．Fewofuscantravelfarfromhomeorhaveawiderangeofexperiences，butallofuscanleadvariedlivesthroughthepagesofbooks．Whetherwewishtoescapefromtheseeminglydullrealitiesofeverydaylifeorwhetherwelongtovisitsomefar-offplace，abookwillhelpuswhennothingelsecan．Totravelbybookweneednobankaccounttopayourwaynoairshiporoceanlinerorstream-linedtraintotransportusnopassporttoenterthelandofourheart'sdesire．Throughbookswemaygetthethrillofhazardousadventurewithoutdanger．Wecanclimbloftymountains，bravetheperilsofanAntarcticwinter，orcrossthescorchingsandsofthedesert，allwithouthardship．InbookswemayvisitthestudiosofHollywoodwemayminglewiththegaythrongsoftheParisboulevardswemayjointhepicturesquepeasantsinanAlpinevillageorthekindlynativesonaSouthSeaisland．Indeed，throughbooksthewholeworldisoursfortheasking．Thepossibilitiesofourliteraryexperiencesarealmostunlimited．Thebeautiesofnature，theenjoymentofmusic，thetreasuresofart，thetriumphsofarchitecture，themarvelsofengineering，areallopentothewonderandenjoymentofthosewhoread．

43．Whyisitthatwesometimesforgetoursurroundingsandevenouridentitywhilereading？（）

A．Noonehascometodisturbyou．

B．Thebookyouarereadingissointerestingandattractive．

C．Everythingissoquietandcalmaroundyou．

D．Yourbookisoverdueyouarefinishingitataveryfastspeed．

44．Howwouldyouaccountforthefactthatpeopleliketheiracquaintancesinbooksevenmore？（）

A．Theyresemblehumanfriendsexactly．B．Theyareunfamiliartypeswelike．

C．Theyneverdesertus．D．Theyneverhurtourfeelings．

45．Whichofthefollowingistrue？（）

A．Yourwishtovisitsomefar-offplacecanberealizedthroughthepagesofthebooks．

B．Toescapefromthedullrealitiesofeverydaylifeyoushouldtakeupreading．

C．Youmayobtainvaluableexperiencefromreadinggoodbooks．

D．Bookscanalwayshelpyoutoliveacolorfullife．

46．Theword"weary"means（）．

A．"toattractsomeone'sattention"B．"todistractsomeone'sattention"

C．"tomakesomeoneinterested"D．"tomakesomeoneverytired"
答案
BCCD
解析
43．B．细节理解题．由第一段Agoodbookmayabsorbourattentionsocompletelythatforthetimebeingweforgetoursurroundingsandevenouridentity可知一本好书可以使我们的注意力完全吸收，我们暂时忘记我们的环境，甚至我们的身份故选B．

44．C．推理判断题．由第二段Byturningthepagewecandismissthemwithoutanyfearofhurtingtheirfeelings可知人们更喜欢书中的熟人因为他们不会抛弃故选C．

45．C．细节理解题．由第二段第八句Oneofthemostvaluablegiftsbestowedbybooksisexperience．可知你可以从阅读好书中获得宝贵的经验故选C．

46．D．猜测词义题．由两个分句的转折关系可知neverweary应与bore反义，即weary与bore同义，都是"使人疲倦/厌烦"之意故选D．