Reading books

1. Mike didn't read a lot in his childhood.       [True, False]

2. As a child, Mike tried to find books that nobody usually reads.       [True, False]

3. In his teenage years, Mike preferred books with strange ideas.       [True, False]

4. Mike used to read books on philosophy because he hoped to take part in discussions with intellectuals.       [True, False]

5. During his working life Mike didn't read at all.       [True, False]

6. While travelling by plane or train, Mike usually reads newspapers.       [True, False]

7. Mike doesn't have a TV at present.       [True, False]

8. Mike became an active reader again after his TV broke.       [True, False]

9. It's usual for Mike to read several books at the same time.       [True, False]

Choose the correct word.

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a fantasy             [fiction, tale, published, chapters, novel, publication, author] by J.R.R.Tolkien, written in the tradition of a fairy             [fiction, tale, published, chapters, novel, publication, author]. The story is told in the form of an episodic quest: most             [fiction, tale, published, chapters, novel, publication, author] introduce a specific creature of Tolkien's Wilderland.

Tolkien wrote the story in the early 1930s to amuse his three sons. It was             [fiction, tale, published, chapters, novel, publication, author] on 21 September, 1937 and was awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile             [fiction, tale, published, chapters, novel, publication, author]. More recently, The Hobbit has been recognised as the "Most Important 20th-century Novel" by a children's book magazine. It has sold about 100 million copies of the book worldwide since the first             [fiction, tale, published, chapters, novel, publication, author].

Choose the correct variant.

1. The           [loan, return, reference, librarian, borrow] section in the library is for encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, etc.

2. If you are having difficulty finding what you need, you can ask a           [loan, return, reference, librarian, borrow] for help.

3. To           [loan, return, reference, librarian, borrow] a book means to take home library materials for a short time.

4. At the end of the           [loan, return, reference, librarian, borrow] period, you must return the item to the library.

5. To           [loan, return, reference, librarian, borrow] means to bring a book (or another item) you have borrowed back to the library.