Passage 6（2020 •镇江市）
 
Recently, the result of the national reading survey has been announced and it paints a brighter future for reading habits in the Internet times. Last year, 21,270 men from 55 cities answered the survey . It showed that the Chinese people's reading rate increased slightly over the year before. Reading rate means the percentage of citizens regularly reading books, newspapers and digital (数字) reading materials.
The survey shows that the daily reading time and yearly reading number of paper books, printed newspapers and magazines have dropped, while digital reading has continuously increased. Every day Chinese people use different digital devices like mobile phones, personal computers or iPads for 100.41 minutes on average (平均), 15.5 percent higher than the year before.
According to the survey, Chinese people's reading habits have changed because mobile provide more chances to get different kinds of reading materials on digital platforms. More  than 50 percent of the Chinese people who were interviewed prefer digital reading, mostly on mobile phones.
Another interesting result is that an increasing number of people like to listen to audiobooks (有声读物). More than 30 percent of the people who answered the survey listen to audiobooks, higher than the year before. It may have something to do with the way people go to and from work-many people in the countryside drive or take public transport for long hours, which leads to the greater need for audiobooks.
People's reading habits are changing with social changes. In my opinion, the relevant authorities(相关机构) should pay attention to it and shouldn't fall behind.
阅读以上信息，用恰当单词完成下面的表格，每空一词。
The National Reading Survey

【答案】61. up    62. fewer    63. half    64. avoid/stop/prevent    65. follow
这是一篇说明文，文章讲述全国阅读调查的结果，中国人的阅读发生了三个明显的变化，作者认为社会的变化影响着人们的阅读习惯，相关部门注意到并跟随这些变化。
61. up【解析】句意：中国人的阅读习惯正在改变，阅读率在上升。根据第一段“It showed that the Chinese people's reading rate increased slightly”可知阅读率在上升，此处用increase的近义表达go up。故答案为up。
62. fewer【解析】句意：中国人读纸质的书、印刷的报纸和杂志更少。根据第二段“the daily reading time and yearly reading number of paper books, printed newspapers and magazines have dropped”可知，纸质的书、印刷的报纸和杂志的每日阅读时间和年阅读量在下降，fewer和less都表示“较少的”，fewer修饰可数名词，less修饰不可数名词，原句中books是可数名词，所以此处填fewer。故答案为fewer。
63. half【解析】句意：被采访的一半以上的中国人更喜欢在手机上阅读。根据第三段“More than 50 percent of the Chinese people who were interviewed prefer digital reading, mostly on mobile phones”可知超过50%，也就是超过一半，用over a half。故答案为half。
64. avoid/stop/prevent【解析】句意：听有声读物能帮助避免在上下班的路上感到无聊。根据“people go to and from work-many people in the countryside drive or take public transport for long hours, which leads to the greater need for audiobooks”上下班要坐很长时间的车导致了有声读物的需求增长，可知此处用动词avoid或者stop或者prevent表示“避免，阻止”。故答案为avoid/stop/prevent。
65. follow【解析】句意：相关部门应该注意到并跟随这些变化。根据最后一段“the relevant authorities should pay attention to it and shouldn't fall behind”可知此处用not fall behind（不掉队，不落后）的近义表达follow，表示“紧跟步伐，跟随”。故答案为follow。