Reading

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Stories that writers make up in their imagination are called _____.

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 A ______is usually a long book. Its plot (main story) is packed with twists and turns, and it may have several subplots (smaller stories within the main story).

Read the text. Match it with the phrases (1—4).

Book title: The Call of the Wild

Book author: Jack London

Genre: Adventure novel

Quick synopsis: Buck is a dog raised in a comfortable Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog in harsher realities of life in the frosty North, where survival is the only matter of importance.

What was right with it? This masterpiece by Jack London is a fast-paced drama that immediately hooks even reluctant readers.

What was wrong with it? The ending of this story is really sad.

Read the teens’ opinions about

the newspapers and the topics they are interested in

Sue,17 years old :I don’t read papers. They aretoo boring. I prefer to look

through magazines about fashion. It is more interesting to me.

Mike,15 years old: I’m interested in music and I read a lot of articles about

my favourite groups and singers. I like to learn more about their private lives. I

don’t like to read about politics. It is dull and boring. Reading about music

is more entertaining.

Rick,16 years old:I am fond of computers, that’s why I prefer playing computer

games. Reading papers is a waste of time.

Liz,13 years old : Most of all I like comics. They tell short funny stories and it’s very

entertaining to read them. My mother likes them, too.

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He / She supposes that reading newspapers is a waste of time.

Read the teens’ opinions about

the newspapers and the topics they are interested in

Sue,17 years old :I don’t read papers. They aretoo boring. I prefer to look

through magazines about fashion. It is more interesting to me.

Mike,15 years old: I’m interested in music and I read a lot of articles about

my favourite groups and singers. I like to learn more about their private lives. I

don’t like to read about politics. It is dull and boring. Reading about music

is more entertaining.

Rick,16 years old:I am fond of computers, that’s why I prefer playing computer

games. Reading papers is a waste of time.

Liz,13 years old : Most of all I like comics. They tell short funny stories and it’s very

entertaining to read them. My mother likes them, too.

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He / She likes to read about famous singers and groups.

Read the teens’ opinions about

the newspapers and the topics they are interested in

Sue,17 years old :I don’t read papers. They aretoo boring. I prefer to look

through magazines about fashion. It is more interesting to me.

Mike,15 years old: I’m interested in music and I read a lot of articles about

my favourite groups and singers. I like to learn more about their private lives. I

don’t like to read about politics. It is dull and boring. Reading about music

is more entertaining.

Rick,16 years old:I am fond of computers, that’s why I prefer playing computer

games. Reading papers is a waste of time.

Liz,13 years old : Most of all I like comics. They tell short funny stories and it’s very

entertaining to read them. My mother likes them, too.

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He / She doesn't like to read newspapers.

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______ is a list of all the books or resources in a library.

Directions: Read the text. Choose from the variants the one which best fits each space. There is one choice you do not need to use.

Text 3. The History Of The Bicycle

There are about a billion bicycles in the world, twice 1 . Every year some 50 million bicycles and 20 million cars are produced. Although Leonardo da Vinci drew some rough sketches of a thing that looked 2 _____________ , the Frenchman De Sivrac built the first bicycle-type vehicle in 1690. It was referred to 3 . However, it did not have pedals. Those were added in 1840 by a Scottish blacksmith, Kirkpatrick Macmillan,4 . On a penny-farthing bicycle, one pedal gave the wheel one turn. A lot of pedalling was needed 5! With the invention of gears, bicycles could move faster. Air-filled tyres were used on bicycles before they were used on motorcars. The bicycle as we know it today, 6 looks almost exactly the same as the one from 1900.