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Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: Reading is an active mental process. Unlike TV, books make you to use your brain reading is an active mental process. Unlike TV, books make you to use your brain. Many studies show if you don't use your memory, you lose it. By reading, you think more and become smarter. It is a fundamental skill builder. Why? Because books help to clarify difficult subjects. Books provide information that goes deeper than just classroom discussion.  Books improve concentration and focus. Since you must concentrate in order to read, like a muscle, you will get better at concentration. By reading more books, you become better informed and more of an expert on the topics you read about. This expertise translates into higher self-esteem. Since you are so well read, people look to you for answers. Your feelings about yourself can only get better. By reading more books and exposing yourself to new and more complete information, you will also be able to come up with more creative ideas. Books also give you a glimpse into other cultures and places. It can expand your horizons by letting you see what other cities and countries have to offer before you visit them. Books are portable. You can take them almost any- where. As such, you can learn almost anywhere too.

Books improve____.

A) Style

B) Glamour

C) Concentration

D) Concentration and focus

E) None of these