It is often said that books are always a good friends and reading is an active mental process. Unlike TV, books make you use your brain. By reading, you think more and become smarter. Reading improves concentration and focus. Reading books takes brain power. It requires you to focus on what you are reading for long periods. Unlike magazines, Internet posts or e-Mails that might contain small pieces of information. Books tell the whole story. Since you must concentrate in order to read, you will get better at concentration. Many studies show if you do not use your memory; you lose it. Reading helps you stretch your memory muscles. Reading requires remembering details, facts and figures and in literature, plot lines, themes and characters. Reading is a good way to improve your vocabulary. Do you remember that when you were at elementary school you learned how to infer the meaning of one word by reading the context of the other words in the sentence? While reading books, especially challenging ones, you will find yourself exposed to many new words. Reading is a fundamental skill builder. Every good course has a matching book to go with it. Why? Because books help clarify difficult subjects. Books provide information that goes deeper than just classroom discussions. By reading more books you become better informed and more of an expert on the topics you read about. This expertise translates into higher self-esteem. Since you are so well-read, people look to you for answers. Your feelings about yourself can only get better. Books give you knowledge of other cultures and places. The more information you have got, the richer your knowledge is. Books can expand your horizons by letting you see what other cities and countries have to offer before you visit them.

Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question. 

Books have great influence on ...........

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• If you           a chance to study in the USA , just take it. 

•              Christmas Eve, people often have parties at midnight

• James was the last to know about the change of schedule. 

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• ___________was the first president of the United States, is a symbol of honesty, bravery, and patriotism.

• She didn't ……….doing the ironing, as she didn't want to go out anyway.

• The oranges are not in the basket. They are _________ the table.

   

• I __________you everything that I am doing, and you have to do the same.

• It was thought that the accident was caused by human error. 

• The bread was too stale to eat

• .……………lucky he is!

• She regretfully told him that,                  

• not until/ he / grow / understand / the matter

• The holiday wouldn't have cost so much if they hadn't gone abroad. 

• Not until I left home did I realize how much my father meant to me. 

• He talked about nothing except the weather

• London is famous for _____ red buses.