Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 40. Making time to read is something we all know we (36) ______ do, but who schedules book reading time every day? There are very few. That is why adding book reading to your daily schedule and sticking to it can improve discipline. Books are portable. You can take them almost anywhere. As such, you can learn almost ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 40.

Making time to read is something we all know we (36) ______ do, but who schedules book reading time every day? There are very few. That is why adding book reading to your daily schedule and sticking to it can improve discipline.

Books are portable. You can take them almost anywhere. As such, you can learn almost anywhere too.

By reading more books and exposing yourself (37) ______ new and more complete information, you will also be able to come up with more creative ideas. When you have read so many books on the subject, you can combine lessons from all of them into new (38) ______.

Reading gives you something to talk about. Have you ever run out of things to talk about with your best friend, wife or husband? This can be uncomfortable. It might even make married couples wonder if their marriage is in trouble. (39) ______, if you read a lot of books, you will always have something to talk about. You can discuss various plots in the novels you read, you can discuss the things you are learning in the business books you are reading as well. The possibilities of sharing are endless.

Books are inexpensive entertainment to help you reduce stress. Many readers relax by reading. Compared with the person who gets home from work and immediately (40) ______ on the TV news, you are going from work stress to crime stress. TV as a source of relaxation is too full of loud commercials and fast moving violent images. If relaxation is something you want, turn off the TV or computer and pick up a book.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blank 36.