[originaltext] (33) As a parent you might never guess all the ways a good im

(33) As a parent you might never guess all the ways a good imagination benefits your child. It helps a preschooler.
    As children play pretend, they explore relationships between family members, friends and learn more about how people interact. Playing doctor, they imagine how physicians care for their patients. Playing house, they learn more about how parents feel about their children.
    Imaginative play helps develop sympathy for others. They become more willing to play fair, to share, and to cooperate.
    Young children have very little control over their lives. Imagining oneself as a builder of skyscrapers or a superhero defending the planet gives a child more power. (34) It helps them develop confidence in their abilities and their potential.
    Using the imagination is the beginning of abstract thought. Children who can see a king’s castle in a pile of sand or a delicious dinner in a mud pie are learning to think symbolically. This skill is important in school where a child will have to learn that numerals symbolize groups of objects, letters symbolize sounds, and so on.
    Kids who play pretend with their friends do a lot of talking. This helps boost their vocabulary, improve sentence structure and enhance communication skills.
    (35) To encourage your youngster’s imagination, read to him every day. Books offer children the opportunity to visit other worlds and create new ones of their own.
33. What is the main topic about the passage?
34. What does the speaker say about imaginative play?
35. What does the speaker suggest parents do to encourage youngster’s imagination?