...five percent of the school children indicated that they did not read any 21 reading materials.
答案：(D) extracurricular
extracurricular reading materials（課外讀物）為固定搭配，表示學童完全不閱讀課外書籍；story／comic／technology 皆為名詞，無法直接修飾 reading materials。
extracurricular 是四個選項裡最長、最陌生的一個，你可能因為不認得就先把它排除，改挑一個眼熟的。
鑑別度高達 56。先看形態：空格後面是 reading materials（讀物），所以空格要填的是修飾它的形容詞。四個選項裡 story、comic、technology 三個主要當名詞用，只有 extracurricular 是形容詞——光看詞性就定了一半。再看字本身：extra 是「額外的」、curricular 來自 curriculum（課程），合起來就是「課程以外的」，也就是課外。填進去讀成 they did not read any extracurricular reading materials（他們不讀任何課外讀物）。下一句列出漫畫、寓言故事、自然科學、科技類的書，正是課外讀物的種類，可以拿來驗算。
story、comic、technology 勉強擺在 reading materials 前面都不是英文的說法；而且下一句才在列漫畫、寓言故事這些類別，如果空格填了 comic，就會與下一句自相矛盾——不讀漫畫的人怎麼會有兩成五愛讀漫畫。
extracurricular activities（課外活動）、reading materials（讀物）、curriculum（課程）、fable（寓言）、comic（漫畫）、natural sciences（自然科學）。
The Internet has replaced books as a major source of information for Taiwanese primary school students, according to a recent survey. The survey was conducted last December, and it 16 that 77 percent of the students considered the Internet to be the most convenient source of information. 14 percent of the respondents said they often 17 books for information instead of going online. Of all the students surveyed, 27 percent said they had never used the 18.
The survey randomly selected 4,200 students in 26 primary schools in 19 parts of Taiwan to investigate their reading habits. A total of 4,017 questionnaires were properly 20 by the respondents.
According to the survey, five percent of the school children indicated that they did not read any 21 reading materials. Of those who read such materials, 25 percent liked to read comics, 20 percent fables and stories, 15 percent books on natural sciences, and 12.3 percent books on technology. The survey 22 indicated that 45 percent of the school children read at least five books every month; 23 45 percent of them read less than three per month.