| Books are to mankind what memory is to people They contain the stories of our race the discoveries we have made and the experiences of ages They picture the wonders and beauties of nature for us, help us in our difficulties, comfort us in our sorrow and suffering, change hours of tiredness into moments of delight, give our minds ideas, fill them with good and happy thoughts, and lift us above ourselves. Many of those who have had, as we say, all this world can give, have told us that they owe much of their happiness to books .Macaulay has wealth and fame ,rank and power, and yet he tells us in his autobiography that he owes the happiest hours of his life to books. He says,” son could become the greatest king who ever lived with palaces, gardens, fine dinners and wines, with coaches, beautiful clothes ,and with the condition that he should not read books, I would not be that king. I would choose to be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who does not love reading.” So precious and priceless is the happiness that books throw onto our daily paths. We walk in imagination with the noblest spirits through the most wonderful regions. We may walk to the farthest regions of the earth, or fly into regions when Spenser’s shapes collect to meet us, or where Milton’s angels sing the songs of paradise Science, art, literature, and philosophy-all that man has thought, all that man has done, the experience that have been gained from the suffering of a thousand generations-are all gathered for us in the world of books. 1. According to the article which of the following about books is not true A. Books show us the wonders and beauties of nature B. Books help us in our difficulties C. Books keep us in sorrow and suffering D. Books give us ideas 2. Macaulary tells us that he owes the happiest hours of his life to ____ A. wealth B books C. fame D. rank 3. Macaulary would rather be ____ A. a poor man with plenty of books B. a king with no books C. a servant D. a poor man 4. Science, art, literature, and philosophy are gathered for us in _____ A. thoughts B. experiences C. sufferings D. the world of books
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