Reading fiction

At school, the (0)_____________majority of what we learn is factual

• Vast

• Wide

• Far

• High

In history lessons we memorize names and dates; in science we have to cope (1) ______ chemical formulas and complex equations;

• For

• On

• By

• With

in maths it's all numbers and signs. It's only in language lessons where we may (2) ______ fiction.

• Come up

• Come across

• Come about

• Come over

Some people would argue that there's (3) ______ point in reading something which is 'made up’.

• Little

• Slight

• Minimal

• Hardly

If this is the (4) _____, why do language teachers encourage their students

• Issue

• Matter

• Case

• Point

why do language teachers encourage their students to look at anything (5) _______ from dictionaries and reference materials.

• Except

• Apart

• Other

• Beside

It is because they are (6) ______ of the benefits that reading brings.

• Aware

• Wise

• Familiar

• Sensitive

It isn't simply because reading fiction helps us (7) _____ reality for a while and switch off from our everyday routines.

• Depart

• Miss

• Escape

• Break

Reading fiction also teaches us to see the world through other people's eyes. It (8) _____ us to understand the feelings of others, making us more empathetic. Fiction, in other words, helps us be better friends.

• Lets

• Authorises

• Makes

• Enables