When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very 1 . Some stories are told 2 they were true. Real people who live in a normal world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not 3 . They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be 4 for us.
But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only 5 . How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter, we do seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than 6 . Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of 7 . When we read or write something, we do much more than simply look at words on a page. We use our 8 --- which is real --- and our imagination ---which is real in a different way --- to make the words 9 in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy use the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read 10 realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we know that we are real and they are not. It sounds 11 , but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and 12 about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by pretending that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our 13 when we are reading. We 14 a book and lose ourselves in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel 15 we read can help us bee better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.
【小题1】A．possibleB．easyC．newD．different【小题2】A．thatB．what C．whetherD．as if【小题3】A．realisticB．reasonableC．moralD．instructive【小题4】A．difficultB．impossibleC．importantD．necessary【小题5】A．thinkableB．designedC．imaginedD．planned【小题6】A．lessons B．dreamsC．experienceD．magic【小题7】A．workingB．thinkingC．understandingD．living【小题8】A．knowledgeB．skillC．wordsD．grammar【小题9】A．e to life B．e to lightC．e to the pointD．e to nothing【小题10】A．a newspaper B．somethingC．everythingD．a story【小题11】A．dangerousB．seriousC．strangeD．terrible【小题12】A．talkB．learnC．readD．think【小题13】A．mindB．lifeC．worldD．society【小题14】A．turn upB．pick upC．cook upD．bring up【小题15】A．whatB．howC．whenD．whyD
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解析：【小题9】A 词义辨析。A有了生命；B显露。C点题。D化为乌有。同上。
【小题10】B 上下文出来。这里指我们在阅读一些现实主义作品的时候。。。
【小题11】C 形容词辨析。指上面的说法即：我们阅读现实主义作品的时候，也要去想象。这样的想法很奇怪。
【小题12】D 固定词组。Think about考虑。这里指要考虑因果关系。
【小题13】A 名词辨析。A思维；B生活；C世界；D社会。指当我们阅读的时候很多人我们自己的脑海中在想什么。
【小题14】B 短语辨析。A出现；B捡起；拿起；C编造；D抚养；这里指我们拿起一本书开始阅读。
【小题15】C 连词辨析。这里指当我们在阅读的时候知道自己心中所想也很重要，可以帮助我们成为更好的读者。