完形填空,阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中，选择最佳项。
World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of      .
Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy ________   of special price, much lower than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year        1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Many great people do lots of reading        they’re very busy. So young people should spend more time          . “Books can’t change the world, but people can change the world by changing        through reading,” he said.
Reading can benefit (有益于) people       . Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Reading helps us to follow the       developments of science and technology. Reading________ us with information about other culture and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things      are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain   ________   about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. The more we know, the  ________   we become. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language  ________ English. We all know that we ________   learn everything at school, for example, the ways English people are speaking and writing today.
“Reading makes a full man.” Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help to know more about the outside world and perfect us.  ________  , it is necessary for us to form the habit of reading every day.

A．listening B．speaking C．reading D．writing

A．clothes B．dictionaries C．computers D．books

A．since B．in C．from D．by

A．because B．though C．through D．when

A．read B．to read C．reading D．to reading

A．ourselves B．yourselves C．themselves D．itself

A．in many ways B．by the way C．in any way D．in the way

A．earlier B．later C．latest D．last

A．shares B．gets C．opens D．provides

A．those B．that C．where D．how

A．think B．to think C．talk D．to talk

A．outstanding B．prettier C．smarter D．outgoing

A．like B．at C．about D．towards

A．can B．can’t C．might D．have to

A．So B．However C．Now that D．Therefore