Unit 3 A taste of English humour using language课时作业

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　　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 __3__ world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the HarryPotter books, are not __4__ . They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be __5__ for us.

　　But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only __6__. How can we tell the difference

　　between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read HarryPotter, we __7__ seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than __8__ . Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of __9__ . When we read or write something, we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our __10__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 __11__the imagination and the "magic" of reading and writing to make us think. When we read something realistic, we have to __12__that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we __13__that we are real and they are __14__ . It

　　sounds __15__ , but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and __16__ about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by __17__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 __18__ when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose ourselves in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel __19__ we read can help us become better __20__ , and it will help us discover

more about the real magic of books.