Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find (36)___________from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your (37)___________. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive cover is (38) ___________, although this method of selection ought not to be (39) ___________, as you might end up with a rather dull book. You soon become (40)___________in some book or other, and usually it is much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must (41) ___________off to keep some forgotten (42) ___________—without buying a book, of course.
This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main (43)___________ of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. (44) ________________________. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the inevitable greeting: "Can I help you, sir" You needn’’t buy anything you don’’t want. (45) ________________________. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is, but (46)________________________.