BOOKS AND READING 1 Match each kind of book below with the kind of material you
would normally find in it.
1.
Maps
2.
Exercises and diagrams etc. for school study
3.
Meanings of words
4.
Information about a subject
5.
An exciting story of crime or adventure
6.
Instructions, e.g. on how to maintain, repair and use a car
7.
Tourist information and advice about a place or country
8.
A list of important, famous people and details of their lives
A) Guidebook
B) Dictionary
C) Manual
D) Atlas
E) Thriller
F) Textbook
G) Who’s Who
H) Encyclopedia
BOOKS AND READING 2 I love books. I love to read. I’m a real __1__, and I love to __2__
in bookshops, just looking briefly at one book after another. I look at
the __3__, the photos or drawings. If there
are foreign or technical
words in the book, I look at the __4__ at the back for their meanings
(unless they’re explained in __5__ at the bottom of the pages) and I
look at the __6__ also at the back, which is a list of other books on the
same subject. And I use the library a lot. I __7__ two or three books
a week, and I have to pay a(an) __8__ if I return them late. Friends
often recommend books to me, and I also read book __9__ in the
newspapers. I don’t always agree with them, but anyway they let me
know what new books are being __10__.
1.
A) review
B) footnote
C) glossary
D) bookworm
2.
A) borrow
B) browse
C) lend
D) publish
3.
A) reviews
B) illustrations
C) dictionaries
D) bibliographies
4.
A) reviews
B) footnotes
C) glossary
D) bookworm
5.
A) pricelists
B) footnotes
C) glossaries
D) dictionaries
6.
A) reviews
B) covers
C) contents
D) bibliography
7.
A) borrow
B) browse
C) lend
D) book
8.
A) fine
B) attention
C) time
D) bookworm
9.
A) reviews
B) illustrations C) pricelists
D) names
10. A) created
B) produced
C) punished
D) published
