（1）

Though

Though

I'm sixty years old，I still read comic strips.When I was a child，I read comic strips almost every day.During my family trips，I would buy a new comic strip for 10 to 25 cents each.
    As a child，I read all kinds of comic strips with great interest.I was hardly aware that I was（2）

actually

actually

（actual） reading.The drawings and the word balloons were so interesting that I found it difficult（3）

to put

to put

（put） down my books.Comic strips introduced me （4）

to

to

jokes and wordplay，and to the rich imaginative worlds of true literature（文学） that can be found in the Classics Illustrated comic series.Jane Eyre and The Hunchback of Notre Dame were two of the comic strips that I like（5）

best

best

（well）.
    My grandson Connor didn't like reading in the past.He only read something that（6）

was requires

was requires

（require） by his teachers.Then I introduced Jane Eyre to him.Now he just can't stop reading.
    Some of my（7）

friends'

friends'

（friend） parents thought comic strips were too childish and they stopped my friends from reading the books.But later some of the parents became great readers too.
    I'm not saying comic strips are（8）

a

a

must for kids.For me，however，they are surely important.Without them，I would probably have never（9）

fallen

fallen

（fall） in love with reading and literature.
    I've just ordered some of my favourite comic strips for Connor.But I will read them again before（10）

handing

handing

（hand） them over.