Explanation:
Books are a good source of information, where we can find the information in a written and pictorial form. In the beginning years, they use to be in a handwritten form which slowly changed into a printed one. They contain various types of information and are the best form of storing knowledge.
In the old days, there was no internet and books were the only source of information. Even today we read books, we have books each from a different subject in schools and we enjoy reading them. Reading books is a very good habit and we should always promote reading.
Number 1 is <span>a
</span>I can't answer number 2 accurately without the passage, but I'm guessing it's b.
Good luck my bud.
I would say the answer is A. Tender
A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.