1 . 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_______ Some stories are told_______they were true. Real people who live in a_______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_______ They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be_______for us.

But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only_______. How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter, we _______seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than_______ Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of_______ When we read or write something, we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our________--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)________the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read________realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we________that we are real and they are________ It sounds________, but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and________about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by________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________when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose________in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel________we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.

1.

A．possible

B．easy

C．new

D．different

2.

A．that

B．What

C．whether

D．as if

3.

A．usual

B．normal

C．certain

D．common

4.

A．realistic

B．reasonable

C．moral

D．instructive

5.

A．difficult

B．impossible

C．important

D．necessary

6.

A．thinkable

B．designed

C．imagined

D．planned

7.

A．do

B．make

C．have

D．are

8.

A．lessons

B．dreams

C．experience

D．magic

9.

A．working

B．thinking

C．living

D．understanding

10.

A．knowledge

B．skill

C．words

D．grammar

11.

A．make

B．get

C．use

D．have

12.

A．a newspaper

B．something

C．everything

D．a story

13.

A．find

B．learn

C．know

D．hope

14.

A．too

B．not

C．all

D．so

15.

A．dangerous

B．serious

C．strange

D．terrible

16.

A．talk

B．learn

C．read

D．think

17.

A．telling

B．pretending

C．promising

D．guessing

18.

A．mind

B．life

C．world

D．society

19.

A．heart

B．time

C．money

D．ourselves

20.

A．what

B．how

C．when

D．why

2 . Bowen was grown-up, and for his birthday that year his father gave him a _______without any pictures in it!
Bowen’s father found he was not _______ about it, and told him, “Son, this isn’t just any _______ book; it’s a magic (有魔力的) book. But to discover its magic you’ll have to _______ it.”
Well, that was better. Bowen liked _______ to do with magic. He started reading it, _______he wasn’t very willing to.
The next morning, his _______ asked him, “Have you found the magic _______?”
So… there was a key to find! Bowen flicked through (快速翻阅) the book, but there was no _______ of the key.
And then his father ________ him, “You won’t find it like that. You have to read the book. ”
Bowen didn’t have much patience (耐心), thinking his father just told a ________. A little later, his little sister, Rainer, asked him ________ the book. After several days, she ________ shouted, “I’ve found the key! ” And she wouldn’t stop ________ all the places she had visited using the magic key.
This made Bowen read the book again. At first it was a ________; there wasn’t even one single ________ in the book. But, gradually, Bowen became ________ the adventurous (冒险的) prince’s life. Then, suddenly, he was there.
The book ________ was the key!
It was true that every time he ________ it, he felt going to its valleys and seas, and he lived the adventures of the prince.
From then on, with every new book, Bowen never ________ being attracted by the letters and words inside.1.

A．diary

B．book

C．box

D．bag

2.

A．sad

B．surprised

C．happy

D．angry

3.

A．ordinary

B．special

C．new

D．famous

4.

A．keep

B．take

C．read

D．value

5.

A．somebody

B．everything

C．nothing

D．anybody

6.

A．though

B．so

C．and

D．or

7.

A．uncle

B．father

C．mother

D．aunt

8.

A．key

B．page

C．word

D．stick

9.

A．mark

B．signal

C．sign

D．way

10.

A．asked

B．praised

C．told

D．followed

11.

A．will

B．story

C．joke

D．lie

12.

A．for

B．of

C．to

D．back

13.

A．badly

B．happily

C．slowly

D．quickly

14.

A．working out

B．turning down

C．talking about

D．looking for

15.

A．pity

B．pleasure

C．success

D．pain

16.

A．note

B．picture

C．text

D．title

17.

A．interested in

B．busy with

C．tired of

D．good at

18.

A．it

B．yourself

C．itself

D．himself

19.

A．put

B．opened

C．threw

D．covered

20.

A．stopped

B．tried

C．felt

D．began