Reading is pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like sport: your eagerness and (11) and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is (12) , not because the writer is telling you some- thing, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works (13) the author’s or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas (14) as you understand his. As a result of reading, you will become better, (15) kinder or more gentle.