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 __2 1__. Some stories are told __22__ they were true. Real people who live in a __23__ 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 __24__ . They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be __25__ for us.

　　But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only __26__. How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter ,we __27__ seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than __28__. Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of __ 29__. When we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our __30__--which is real—and our imagination—which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.

　　Both realism and fantasy(幻想) __ 31__ the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read __32__ realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we __33__ that we are real and they are __34__. It sounds __35__ , but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and __36__ about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by __37__ 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 __38__ when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose __39__ in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel __40__ we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.

　　21. A. different B. possible C. easy D. new

　　22. A. as if B. that C. what D. whether

　　23. A. common B. usual C. normal D. certain

　　24. A. instructive B. realistic C. reasonable D. moral

　　25. A. necessary B. difficult C. impossible D. important

　　26. A. planned B. thinkable C. designed D. imagined

　　27. A. are B. do C. make D. have

　　28. A. magic B. lessons C. dreams D. experience

　　29. A. understanding B. working C. thinking D. living

　　30. A. grammar B. knowledge C. skill D. words

　　31. A. have B. make C. get D. use

　　32. A. a story B. a newspaper C. something D. everything

　　33. A. hope B. find C. learn D. know

　　34. A. so B. too C. not D. all

　　35. A. terrible B. dangerous C. serious D. strange

　　36. A. think B. talk C. learn D. read

　　37. A. guessing B. telling C. pretending D. promising

　　38. A. society B. mind C. life D. world

　　39. A. ourselves B. heart C. time D. money

　　40. A. why B. what C. how D. when

　　答案 21.A 22.A 23.C 24.B 25.C 26.D 27.B 28.A 29.C 30.B 31.D 32.C 33.D 34.C 35.D 36.A 37.C 38.B 39.A 40.D