完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） The winter skies are grey and it’s cold outside. The nights come early and we spend a lot more time  16   and alone. Many people   17   winter: so cold, so dark, so boring. But I like winter because I have more time to read. For many students reading means school; it means   18  . Reading is something your teacher assigns and it’s something you’re   19  . Reading is something you have to do, not something you want to do. But for me and many other people, reading is the most   20   thing we can imagine. Getting lost in a good book can   21   a cold winter evening disappear. Dull grey skies are no   22  for the fantastic adventures of Frodo in The Lord of the Rings《指环》，or for romantic trouble-making of Jane Austen’s Emma《爱玛》, or for the youthful problems of Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye《麦田守望者》. All of those books are studied in North American high schools. They are interesting and well written books that   23   young people.   24  , even there, many high school students don’t enjoy reading the books because they are   25   their school work: “Oh, my God! Two hundred pages! I’ll never be able to read   26   much.” But sometimes a funny thing happens. They begin to read and they begin to follow the   27  . Suddenly, the world inside the book becomes more exciting and more wonderful than the world they   28  . At the moment the thought   29   reading is work disappears and reading becomes   30  . Reading anything is   31   but reading good books is a terrific way to improve your English. Good writers write English very well and   32   you with good examples to follow. And good books will tell you more about English   33  : what people think, how they talk, how they interact with each other. But don’t let me  34   it by telling you that reading is good for you. Just think of it as a good way to   35   on a cold winter evening. 16. A. indoors                   B. indoor                            C. outdoors              D. outside 17. A. like                           B. prefer                                      C. hate                      D. love 18. A. job                            B. worry                                       C. try                          D. work 19. A. tested                     B. tested on                      C. examined             D. examined on 20. A. enjoyable            B. reasonable                             C. comfortable      D. considerable 21. A. want                        B. cause                                       C. make                     D. force 22. A. contest                   B. challenge                      C. competition        D. match 23. A. appeal to                B. respond to                             C. react to                D. reply to 24. A. Fortunately B. Luckily                            C. Unfortunately      D. Accidentally 25. A. free from                B. part of                            C. in place of            D. far from 26. A. not                           B. very                                C. those                    D. that 27. A. story                        B. subject                           C. instruction            D. theme 28. A. leave for                 B. care about                             C. flee from              D. live in 29. A. what                        B. that                                C. this                        D. which 30. A. a comfort               B. a failure                         C. a success             D. a pleasure 31. A. bad                          B. mean                              C. great                     D. grand 32. A. provide                   B. offer                               C. give                       D. award 33 A. custom                     B. language                       C. culture                  D. art 34. A. break                       B. spoil                                C. make                     D. develop 35. A. keep warm            B. stand still                      C. stay calm             D. stay cool