OnedaywhenIwas12，mymothergavemeanorder：Iwastowalktothepubliclibrary，andborrowatleastonebookforthesummer．Thiswasonemoreweaponforhertodefeatmystrangeproblem-inabilitytoread．
Inthelibrary，Ifoundmywayintothe"Children'sRoom"．Isatdownonthefloorandpulledafewbooksofftheshelfatrandom．Thecoverofabookcaughtmyeye．Itpresentedapictureofabeagle．Ihadrecentlyhadabeagle，thefirstandonlyanimalcompanionIeverhadasachild．Hewasmysecretsharer，butonemorning，hewasgone，givenawaytosomeonewhohadthespaceandthemoneytocareforhim．Ineverforgotmybeagle．
Thereonthebook'scoverwasabeaglewhichlookedidentical（相同的）tomydog．Iranmyfingersoverthepictureofthedogonthecover．Myeyesranacrossthetitle，Amos，theBeaglewithaPlan．Unknowingly，Ihadreadthetitle．Withoutopeningthebook，Iborroweditfromthelibraryforthesummer．
Undertheshadeofabush，IstartedtoreadaboutAmos．Ireadvery，veryslowlywithdifficulty．Thoughpageswereturnedslowly，Igotthemainideaofthestoryaboutadogwho，likemine，hadbeenseparatedfromhisfamilyandwhofinallyfoundhiswaybackhome．Thatdogwasmydog，andIwasthelittleboyinthebook．Attheendofthestory，mymindcontinuedthefinalsceneofreunion，onandon，untilmyownlostdogandIwere，inmymind，runningtogether．
Mymother'scallreturnedmetotherealworld．Isuddenlyrealizedsomething：Ihadreadabook，andIhadlovedreadingthatbook．EveryoneknewIcouldnotread．ButIhadreadit．BookscouldbeincrediblywonderfulandIwasgoingtoreadthem．
Inevertoldmymotheraboutmy"miraculous"（奇迹般的）experiencethatsummer，butshesawaslowbutremarkableimprovementinmyclassroomperformanceduringthenextyear．Andyearslater，shewasproudthathersonhadreadthousandsofbooks，wasawardedaPhDinliterature，andauthoredhisownbooks，articles，poetryandfiction．Thepowerofthewordshasheld．
5．Theauthor'smothertoldhimtoborrowabookinorderto___．
A．makehimlearnmoreaboutweapons
B．encouragehimtodomorewalking
C．lethimspendameaningfulsummer
D．helpcurehimofhisreadingproblem
6．Thebookcaughttheauthor'seyebecause__