Renting Comic Books

余明華

Many people love to read comic （漫畫） books. There are so many kinds to choose from. Comics can be funny， scary， or full of action.

A lot of readers buy comics each month. Others prefer to rent them. It's cheap and easy. People go to comic book rental stores. They read the books in the store or take them home. Some people rent five or ten comics at a time. They read them quickly （快速地）， return them， and rent more.

【詞匯拓展】

1. funny 有趣的 2. scary 可怕的 3. prefer 更喜歡 4. rent 租;借 5. return 歸還

I. 詞匯練習

1. I sometimes close my eyes during ________ movies.

2. Can you ________ these DVDs to the rental store？

3. ________ stories make me laugh.

4. How much does it cost to ________ a comic？

II. 閱讀練習

根據短文內容回答下列問題。

1. What is the main idea of this passage？

A. Many comic book readers love to rent comics.

B. There are many kinds of comic books.

C. Everybody rents comic books.

D. Some people buy comics every month.

2. Renting comics ________.

A. is free B. does not cost a lot of money

C. is not common D. is hard to do

3. The article does NOT discuss ________.

A. reading comics at a library B. renting comics

C. different kinds of comics D. reading comics in stores

4. What does “at a time” mean？

A. quickly B. in total

C. for a good price D. at the same time