Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
I _____ lots of books every year.
A verb is used to express an occurrence, action, or state. It is the grammatical centre of the predicate in a sentence.
An auxiliary verb is a verb which gives is used in the formation of tenses, moods, tones, etc.
Option C is correct as every year indicates the use of simple present tense.
The other options are wrong as the sentence talks something in general and can't use any other tense than present simple tense.
The correct answer is C)read