Nowadays， it never seems we have enough time to realize all of the reading goals （目标） that we set for ourselves． Luckily， we have mobile apps such as Latte Read and Get Abstract to provide abstracts （梗概） of a text． Abstracts are useful tools， especially for students， but like having a friend describe the main content of a story to you， you cannot experience the joy and excitement of reading the original （原来的） text of yourself．

    I recently finished reading a thick book of W． Somerset Maugham's collected short stories． It took me around ten years to get through． Thomas Mann's difficult The Magic Mountain took me about six months to read； Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged made me very bored most of the time． Reading a book， whether it is good or bad， is a formative （建设性的） experience． There are plenty of books which I probably shouldn't have taken the time to read． But the challenge of living for a time in the thoughts and experiences of a different history or character makes even the worst book a valuable effort．

    Whenever I finish the last line of a book and slowly close it， I like to sit there and think over its lines with a mix of nostalgia （怀旧之情） and pride． I then take the book in hand and find a place for it on my bookshelf． When I step back and look at the books on my shelf， it is as if I am looking at the history of the different lives that I have lived．

    Abstracts are useful as a tool to an end， but reading the actual （真正的） book is something much richer． Reading， like anything else in life， is much more about the journey than it ever was the destination （目的地）．

（1）What does the writer mainly want to say？　　

A． Reading abstracts is a best short way to enjoy literature．

B． Reading abstracts cannot bring you the true feeling of actual reading．

C． Reading different kinds of books brings you many advantages．

D． The journey and the destination are equally important in our reading．

（2）What can we know about the writer from the second paragraph？　　

A． He prefers thick and difficult books to short stories．

B． A good book is better worth reading than a bad one to him．

C． He achieves a lot from reading some challenging books．

D． He is lucky enough never to have read a regrettable book．

（3）In the third paragraph the writer　　 his main point of view （主要观点）．

A． explains the meaning of

B． provides further support for

C． makes a conclusion of

D． offers an opposite example for