Everyone can benefit a lot from reading books. The following is about various benefits of reading books.

     Whenever you read something, you learn information that you wouldn't have known. If you want to learn new words, reading books is a great way to enlarge your vocabulary.

     Similar to solving puzzles, reading books allows your mind to practice its processing skills. Going without books for too long will turn your mind into mess.

    One of the primary benefits of reading books is its ability to develop your thinking skills. Wherever you are faced with a similar problem in real life, your mind is able to put its mystery solving skills to a test.

    The information in books can be referred to over and over again. For example, reading a cookbook allows you the chance to review the cooking steps whenever you need to.Don't even think about writing the information down because you may lose the paper sooner or later.

    These are just some of the wonderful benefits of reading books. If you can't even go outside, you can download free e­books online and read them on your computer. That way, you can see how useful reading can be for yourself.

A. You can improve your memory by reading.

B. Reading keeps your mind in good condition.

C. Reading books can make you become confident.

D. Reading books provides you with new knowledge.

E. Reading mystery novels, for example, trains your mind.

F. Following the steps from a cooking video will be difficult.

G. Why don't you drop into a bookstore and pick a book up?

        In American culture, you may find some very sensitive topics that require you to think again before you put them forward. They are as follows:

        Age. It is a very sensitive 1to many Americans. In this culture, the thought of growing older is a painful one and most of us, if 2, would like to have nothing to do with it. So many Americans work hard to3a youthful appearance. The last thing they want to be asked is the unthinkable, “How old are you exactly?”

        This question may result in a(an) 4like: “How old do you think I am?” Anyhow, if you are 5to know someone’s age, first you estimate（估计）their age by their6.  Then you take ten years away from that estimation. With a big7, that person will probably say, “Thanks, but I am a few years older than that.”

        Weight. This is one of the most sensitive subjects. In America, it is8to be thin but it is a huge 9to be overweight. In any American fashion magazines, you’ll notice most 10 are nothing more than skin and bones.

        Income. You should never ever ask how much someone’s11 is. However, it’s perfectly 12to ask about their job title and what they do for a living. This information should give you some idea.

        Matters of the Heart. This is a tricky （难处理的） one. Some people cannot wait to13their hearts out to you. Then there are those who make sure their 14business stays behind closed doors. The general 15is not to get too personal. You don’t want others to think that you are 16 their lives. 17, try not to ask too many questions until you have a(an) 18with this person.

        Anyhow, it’s difficult to always 19an embarrassing conversation. So, be sensible,20your mouth and try not to open a can of worms （虫子）.

Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people?           Yet a very young child – or even an animal, such as a pigeon, can learn to recognize faces. We all take this for granted.

When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from others.

Like the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone’s personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. But if you were asked to describe a “nice person”, you might begin to think about someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth.

There are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon Airport, an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences in people’s behavior.  Bookworms, conservatives, military types – people are described with such terms.

People have always tried to “type” each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks to show the audience whether they played the villain’s or the hero’s role. In fact, the words “person” and “personality” come from the Latin persona, meaning “mask”. Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks.

A  If you were asked to describe what a “nice face” look like, you probably would have a difficult time doing so.

B  But we can easily tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys” because the two types differ in appearance as well as in actions.

C  We also tell people apart by how they behave.

D  People have difficulty in describing the features of fingerprints.

E  And many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing one`s personality.

F  Experts say that actors differ in their behavioral and physical characteristics in acting.

G  Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another.

Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States, was famous for a man of     

few words. He knew what he should talk and when he should not. It was very hard of anyone    

to enjoytalking with him. One evening he was inviting to dinner. A lady sitting next to him past the sugar   

for his coffee. “Mr President,” she said.” Today a friend of me said that I couldn’t get much than  

two words out of you. I had said I can, and we made a bet.” “You lost,” answered the president.