E X E R C I S E 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage.
1. One can understand from the passage that creative writing
A) is the most common form of communication
B) contains little factually correct information
C) requires less skill than other forms of writing
D) may provide information useful in research
E) may be found in certain reference books
2. The author tells us that novels
A) try to hide the worst aspects of life
B) attempt to interpret life through art
C) can make people feel very depressed
D) are only read by artistically-minded people
E) let us experience the extraordinary things in life
3. One point that John Cheever's quote illustrates is that
A) creative writing can be very informative
B) he is not really a terribly creative writer
C) biography is generally better than fiction
D) it's difficult to find meaning in creative writing
E) creative writing involves the writer personally
E X E R C I S E 3: Complete the sentences by selecting words from Column B in EXERCISE 1.
1. I didn't enjoy the film because there was too much in it. I don't enjoy
watching people getting hurt and killed.
2. Mary didn't have any health problems - she just went to see her doctor for a/an
medical checkup, so she was quite alarmed when he said he wanted
to run further tests on her.
3. I'm writing a report on the robbery for the local paper. As you were in the shop when the
robbers came in, I wonder if you could give me a/an of what
happened.
4. The greatest I can think of is lying outside in a hammock on a warm
summer's evening, reading a good book.
5. Florence resigned from her job at the accountancy firm the other day. The salary was good
and the work wasn't difficult, but she couldn't stand the of it any
more - she had to do the same things every day.
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