In the Ancient Greek world，one was meant to focus on a close knowledge of just two books.Homer's Odyssey and his Iliad，because these were the best guides to action in military and civilian affairs.However，the modern world firmly equals the intelligent person with the well-read person.
   Nowadays，if we do not rush to read four of this year's major prize winning books，we will feel guilty at how far behind we are.We think that there should be no limit to how much we read because in answer to the question of why we read，there is only one response that will ever be ambitious enough：we read in order to know everything.
   But this tiring approach to reading does not make us particularly happy.So in order to ease and simplify our lives，we might have a much more limited，focused and useful goal.We might，for example，read in order to learn to be content.Nothing less and nothing more.
   With this new，far more targeted ambition in mind，much of the pressure to read constantly and randomly starts to fade.Once we know that we are reading to be content，we don't need to chase every book published this season.We can zero in on titles that best explain what we need.So for example，we may need a few key books that will teach us about how families work and how they might work better，that can take us through how to find a job，or how to develop the courage to develop our opportunities.
   The more we understand what reading is for us，the more we can enjoy close relationships with a few works only.The truly well-read person isn't the one who has read a huge number of books，but someone who has let themselves be deeply shaped by just a few，very well-chosen titles.

（1）Why are Homer's Odyssey and Iliad mentioned in the first paragraph？

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A．To present a fact.
B．To explain a point.
C．To raise a question.
D．To make a comparison.
（2）What can we infer from paragraph 2 and 3？

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A．Major prize winning books should be read.
B．We should be ambitious to read to know everything.
C．Reading as much as we can leads to happiness.
D．We should read with focused purpose.
（3）What kind of books does the author advise us to read？

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A．The newly published ones.
B．Those with innovative names.
C．The books meeting your needs.
D．The books improving your ambitions.
（4）What is the author's purpose in writing the text？

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A．To promote our interest in reading.
B．To advocate a targeted reading way.
C．To criticize reading blindly.
D．To compare different reading styles.