A. SOURCES B. FORMS C. MATERIALS D. FUELS(46-50). READ THE PASSAGE...

45. a. sources

b. forms

c. materials

d.

fuels

(46-50). Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answer a, b, c or d.

A good deal of fascinating research has been done about the reading patterns of young

people, and it is surprising to discover at what an early age children start expressing

preferences for particular kinds of books. A recent report, which examined in detail the

reading habits of primary-school children, showed that even seven-year-old boys and

girls have clear views about what they want to read. Girls, in general, read more, and far

more girls than boys preferred reading stories. Boys were showing a taste for the more

instant appeal of picture stories, or else books about their hobbies.

These tastes continue unchanged until the children are teenagers. Apparently girls read

more in general, but more fiction in particular. You could say that there are more

opportunities for girls to read fiction: magazines encourage the fiction habit in girls in

their early teens, and by their late teens, girls have probably moved on to the adult

women’s magazines. Teenage boys tend to buy magazines about their hobbies: sports,

motorcycles, heavy transport and so on.