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READING COMPREHENSION+ 1. Attention check Read the text once then state whether the sentences given below are true or false according to the text. Express your agreement or disagreement with the following statements. Use: 'In my opinion9, 'I agree', 'I can't agree with it'. 1.The manager offered the professor the ten-cent series because the professor was poor and couldn't afford to buy more expensive books. 2.The manager knew the customers very well so he was sure the professor would choose the necessary book himself. 3.The fashionably-dressed woman insisted on having the latest book and was really interested in the most recent literature. 4.The books which the manager offered the customers were rather expensive, with illustrations,photographs and good paper. 5.Such books as "Golden Dreams" were really exciting and worth buying. 6.The manager said quite different things about the same book to different customers because he had learned the contents of the books very well. 2.The author perfectly knew such classical authors as Dickons and Fielding and could quote many famous men of literature. 3.The manager didn't have a high opinion of all his customers. 4.The manager's wife read a lot and retold the books to her husband in order to help him to sell the books. 5.The manager's only aim was not to disappoint people with the book they had bought. + 2. Test your understanding of the text. 1.manager lost all the interest in the professor and dismissed him from his mind because the professor à) interested in the special literature á) n't have enough money to buy expensive books â)nted to buy some good light reading 2.The professor in a store was a sort of à) fun á) commercial â) trouble 3.The manager's methods with his real customers were à) old á) modem â) ordinary 4.The fashionably-dressed woman was turning over the pages à) with enthusiasm á) with interest â) lazily 5.The woman bought the book___________________ for her husband. à) "Among the Cannibals of Corfu" á) "Afternoons in an Ox-cart" â) "Among the Monkeys of New Guinea" 6.The book "Golden Dreams" was sold to the woman in mourning as à) the most humorous book of the season á) the most powerful book of the season â) a very charming love story 7.The book "Among the Monkeys" was sold as à) the very book to read after a holiday á) as the right sort of reading for a fine day â) as a sea story 8. The manager succeeded in selling books owing to the fact that he à) was well-read and could discuss all the books in the store á) sold books each time at a different price â) perfectly knew his customers. + 3. Who said the following? Under what circumstances? 1. "Just show this gentleman our ancient classics - the ten-cent series." 2. "Are you quite sure it's the latest?" 3. "It's an extremely powerful thing, in fact it's a masterpiece. The critics are saying that without exaggeration it is the most powerful book of the season. It is bound to make a sensation. 4. "Oh, and will you give me something for my husband? He is going down south. You know the kind of thing one reads on vacation?" 5. "It seems rather expensive." 6. "Oh, a most expensive book. You see, it's the illustrations, actual photographs of actual monkeys; and the paper. " 7. "Frankly speaking, I imagine it's perfectly rotten." 8. "A pretty time I'd have if I tried to read all the new books. It's quite enough to keep track of them without that." 9. "I am not married, sir. " + Discussion 1. Who was the first customer in the book store? 2. Why did the manager offer the professor the tent-cent series? 3. Did the manager of the book store understand his customers very well? 4. Did the manager consider the professor his real customer? 5. What kind of book did the fashionably-dressed woman want to buy? 6. Were the customers of the book store really interested in the most recent literature? 7. How did the manager describe quite different books to different customers? 8. How can you characterize such books as "Golden Dreams"? 9. Why does a shop assistant have to keep track of the books on sale? 10. Why, in your opinion, was the manager so successful in selling books? 11. Do you think all means are good for achieving one's aim in business? 12. What kind of literature are you interested in? 13. How do you choose books? 14. What kind of books do you keep in your home library?
15. What kind of literature develops literary taste? 16. Is it clear at first sight whether the book is worth reading? 17. Do you think that books help you to learn how to express your thoughts and feelings more exactly? Reorganization 1. Divide the story into logical parts and make a plan of it. What titles for each part can you suggest? Retell the story according to your plan. 2. Retell the story as if you were: - the manager - the professor. 3. Act out the conversations: - between the manager and the fashionably-dressed woman; - between the manager and the woman in mourning; ' — between the manager and the professor. Reproduction and Composition 1. Describe how the manager was selling new books to different customers. 2. Say everything that the professor did from the moment he appeared in the store. 3. Write a careful summary of the passage in not more than 200 words. 4. Write a paragraph beginning with one of the following sentences: a) The choice of the book characterizes the reader. b) I devote much time to reading. c) Books form our moral values.
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