Whenwereadbooksweseemtoenteranewworld.Thisnewworldcanbesimilartotheonewearelivinginoritcanbevery1.Somestoriesaretold2theyweretrue.Realpeoplewholiveinanormalworlddorealthings;inotherwordsthestoriesareaboutpeoplejustlikeusdoingwhatwedo.OtherstoriessuchastheHarryPotterbooksarenot3.Theyarecharactersandcreaturesthatareverydifferentfromusanddothingsthatwouldbe4forus.

Butthereismoretobooksandwritingthanthis.Ifwethinkaboutitevenrealisticwritingisonly5.Howcanwetellthedifferencebetweenwhatisrealandwhatisnotreal?ForexamplewhenwereadaboutHarryPotterwedoseemtolearnsomethingabouttherealworld.AndwhenHarrystudiesmagicatHogwartshealsolearnsmoreabouthisreallifethan6.Readinglikewritingisanaction.Itisawayof7.Whenwereadorwritesomethingwedomuchmorethansimplylookatwordsonapage.Weuseour8---whichisreal---andourimagination---whichisrealinadifferentway---tomakethewords9inourminds.

Bothrealismandfantasyusetheimaginationandthe“magic”ofreadingandwritingtomakeusthink.Whenweread10realisticwehavetoimaginethatthepeoplewearereadingaboutarejustlikeuseventhoughweknowthatwearerealandtheyarenot.Itsounds11butitworks.Whenwereadwefillinmissinginformationand12aboutthecausesandeffectsofwhatacharacterdoes.Wehelpthewriterbypretendingthatwhatwereadislikereallife.Inawaywearewritingthebooktoo.

Mostofusprobablydon’tthinkaboutwhatisgoingoninour13whenwearereading.We14abookandloseourselvesinagoodstoryeagertofindoutwhatwillhappennext.Knowinghowwefeel15wereadcanhelpusbecomebetterreadersanditwillhelpusdiscovermoreabouttherealmagicofbooks.

1.A.possible

B.easy

C.new

D.different

2.A.that

B.what

C.whether

D.asif

3.A.realistic

B.reasonable

C.moral

D.instructive

4.A.difficult

B.impossible

C.important

D.necessary

5.A.thinkable

B.designed

C.imagined

D.planned

6.A.lessons

B.dreams

C.experience