English LanguageCloze passagesJAMB

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. A student who reads widely ...1... new words without effort, simply by meeting them again and again in different ...2... . Such a student also learns how good sentences are ...3... , and this knowledge quietly improves his or her own writing. Unfortunately, many young people ...4... reading as a punishment rather than a pleasure. Part of the problem is that they are often given books that are too ...5... for them, and they give up in frustration. The ...6... is to begin with books that are interesting and easy, and then move gradually to more ...7... ones. Libraries, both physical and online, can make this ...8... cheaper. A habit formed in youth often ...9... for a lifetime, and the reader who enjoys books at fifteen is likely to ...10... them at fifty.

Choose the option that best fills gap 1 in the reading passage.

An AdmitMe practice question, written for the JAMB syllabus. Not an official past question.