【正文】 man in a car factory. 27． The best title for the passage is probably ______. A. Money can sometimes talk B. Two heads are better than one C. Small help can really count D. God helps those who help themselves C Last year I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a modern convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad. Instead of looking at nature, I checked my . Instead of paddling a small boat, I followed my Twitter feed (推特簡訊 ). Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading four newspapers each morning. I was behaving as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation but my head wasn?t. So this year I made up my mind to try something different: withdrawal (退出 ) from the Inter. I knew it wouldn?t be easy, since I?m bad at selfcontrol. But I was determined. I started by giving the iPad to my wife. The cellphone signal at our house was worse than in the past, making my attempts at cheating an experience in frustration . I was trapped, forced to go through with my plan. Largely cut off from , Twitter and my favorite newspaper websites, I had few ways to connect to the world except for radio and how much radio can one listen to, really? I had to do what I had planned to all along: read books. This experience has had a happy ending. With determination and the strong support of my wife, I won in my vacation struggle against the Inter, realizing finally that it was I, not the iPad, that was the problem. I knew I had won when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the WiFi. “ I don?t need it,” I said. However, as we return to post vacation life, a harder test begins: Can I continue when I?m back at work? There are times when the need to know what?s being said right now is great. And I have no intention of giving up my convenience pletely. But I hope to resist the temptation (誘惑 ) to check my every five minutes, which leads to checking my Twitter feed and a website or two. I think a vacation is supposed to help you reset your brain to bee more productive. Here I hope this one worked. 28. What do we know about the author?s last summer vacation？ A. He was determined to enjoy the beautiful view. B. He felt satisfied that he had stuck to his usual timetable. C. He hated himself for acting as if he were at work on vacation. D. His iPad ruined his plan of finishing a great novel. 29. What did the author do to keep away from the Inter this year？ A. He cut off his cellphone signal. B. He handed his iPad to his wife. C. He refused to cheat in his house. D. He listened to the radio most of the time. 30. When back at work, the author will probably choose to_______. A. continue to read more and more books. B. stay away from the Inter for ever. C. stop checking what is being said right now pletely. D. keep control of when and how to use the Inter. 31. What is the author?s opinion of a great vacation in the passage？ A. A vacation means a change of pace to make one more creative. B. A vacation is a period of time to do whatever one wished to. C. A vacation is having nothing to do but read all day. D. A vacation proves that a life of pleasure is overvalued. D To develop one?s taste in English， the most effective way is to read English books extensively. However, one may be at a loss to choose the appropriate books， especially as a would like to share some of my experience. My first English novel was Jane Austen?s Pride and Prejudice， remended by many English teachers and professors as an ideal book for English learners. But I had great difficulty in understanding the novel， let alone enjoying it. It?s not the vocabulary that troubled me， but rather the way Austen constructs sentences， and her way of thinking， which seemed too remote to me at that time. My fading enthusiasm was much recovered after reading Hemingway?s novel Farewell to Arms. I particularly liked his brief and lively style. So my first suggestion is， as a beginner, you?d better choose contemporary novels instead of classical ones. However， reading novels is not the only way to improve your English. English essays can at once inform you， entertain you, and improve your taste in English. The best example is Bertrand Russell?s work. Its language is plain, yet you cannot help feeling the elegance and the unique sense of humor. His simple language enables his philosophy(哲理 ) within the reach of ordinary people. Here es my second suggestion—essays are i