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. Parents take responsibility to prepare their children for adulthood and give them love and time. Teaching them to read and love reading will also prepare them for facing the world with confidence and being (29)______. One of my favourite pictures was taken when I was about eleven years old. At that time, I was sitting in a little red ...

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.

Parents take responsibility to prepare their children for adulthood and give them love and time. Teaching them to read and love reading will also prepare them for facing the world with confidence and being (29)______. One of my favourite pictures was taken when I was about eleven years old. At that time, I was sitting in a little red rock chair and reading a book. I am twenty-eight years old now and one of my greatest (30)______ is reading. I am so grateful to my parents for giving me the love for reading and education. I have sweet memories of my parents’ reading to me, teaching me how to read and helping me (31)______ my homework. Thanks to this reading habit I have, I was able to graduate from high school and succeed in college study. I (32)______ a son now, and I know how important it is to teach him to have some love for reading. I hope that all parents will realize this (33)______ will get their children involved in reading at an early age. Teaching them to read and love reading will also prepare them for facing the world with confidence and being (29)______.