Practice Test 2

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Isabella Milbank
People often comment
that I've always
got m]-
n
"a
io a book- I
just fud that reading is such a
greatwayto
pass idle moments;whenI'm
on e
* o. in a doctor's waiting room, for example'
qcrhenevr I have a spare
minute, real'
I'lI read atmost anything,
but on the whole' I
tend to go for books that a friend
has
r"*-.""CId
or that have had a positive write-
up in anewspaper
ormagazine'
Thatway,you're
i-*.
guaianteea
to get a good read' And I
guess f have to say that my favourite kinis of
to"Xt are modern
crime thrillers' I
just love it
rten the plots are really cleverly constructed'
especial
when you can tell the author
has
m-"gUi
researched
how modern police work
is carrid out. Then, you get into it more easi
because
you feel like you're reading
about
something
that really happened'
The very best
ones Ire those that keep you guessing right up
rmtil e end. It's so disappointing
if you manage
towork everything
out haHway through'
BookWorms
Ian Reed
I don't usually read purely for entertainment;
I
guess it
just feels like a waste of time to me'
,rt *uai I do enjoy reading
are books that I
think I can learn something
from' You
know'
non-fiction
books about
historical
events or
current or political issues like the environrnent'
for example-
I realise
these kinds of books
aren't
"u"-ryoo"',
cup of tea, but i1'5 sfoam
that more
peopte don't
give them a try' I admit
that in tt
"
putt they, could often be a bit tricky
to read, but that has all changed
now" These
days, pienty of them are written in quite an
*ni"ii"ittg
style and in a language
that ay
reasonably
J,r.ut"A
person can comprehend'
You can larn an incredible
amount
about the
world by reading
those kinds of books'
IIenry Crawford
I most enjoy reading
when I know I can sit
down for at least a couple of hours
without
being disturbed.
Sunday mornings
are the best
time. I gues some would say that I read a fair
,r*.o*"rurrge
of books' I do read the occasional
modern novel, when something
particularly
"u,.fr"t
my attention,
but generally'
I prefer
the classicl, by authors like Dickent
[Fliot'
for exampte.
ttrey are both wonderful'
of
course, Uut in my opinion, no one comPares
to
Jane Austen!
People are often surprised
when I tell them
thaf Jane Austen
is my favourite
author
because they think she only wrote romance
novels.
Hei books do deal with love and
murriuge,
but on the whole, they're
actuallY
rror" uo.rt
general relationships
and human
nature. And they're
hilarious
at times'
too'
'hich makes them incredibly
entertaining
to
read. I've read all of her books, 566s of
them
several times over' They are.like
old friends
1'ou
need to eei up with every once in awhile!
*.i1r
*a. EmilYHawthorne
I used to read a lot of romantic
novels, but I
guess I sort of grew out of them' Now'
I'm
hooked on biographies.
I've read about so
manJr different
kinds of people: historical
figrrres,
potiticians,
celebrities'
you name it'
Telre atl interesting
in their own way' but
wnen I'm not in the mood for anything
too
heavy, I
just go for something
more light-
heart: tne gossip and scandals of the rich and
famous, for examPle!
I enjoy autobiographies,
too, but I sometrmes
*"thow
true apicture eyacnralpainr
I
meano
when.vou're
writing about y-ourself it
must be temptin-e
to leave es shing
that
shoms
you in a bad lfutt- You're
probab more
lely to get a more rounded
picrure of the
p.*"
ry-.*"g
a well-reseached
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