1 / 12Unit 3 On Reading Consolidation Activities I. Text Comprehension 1. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose. A.To recommend some masterpieces for pleasurable reading. B.To let the readers share his experience of reading. C.To urge the exercise of personal taste in the selection of what to read from the books he is going to recommend. Key: [ C ] 2. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 1). If books can fulfill your utilitarian purposes, you will find reading them enjoyable. [F] 2). All masterpieces, due to their importance and value acknowledged by critics, should be given priority on readers’ booklists. [F]3). The first criterion in book-selection is that the reader should get pleasure from his/her reading. [T] 4). Reading habits vary from person to person, depending on individuals’ preferences. [T]5). The author does not believe in skipping, because he often worries that he may have missed something important and valuable in reading as a result of skipping. [F] 4. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text. 1. Even though many scholars highly praise a book, you don’ t have to read it at all if you don’ t find it interesting.2. Later on, when I finish my work, and I feel relaxed, and don’ t want to beat my brains, I usually read history, essays, criticism or biography, and in the evening I read a novel. II. Writing Strategies 1) Read the following sentences that are structured in an inverted sequence. a. Such books we read with resignation rather than with alacrity. (Paragraph 1) b. That, however, they cannot do unless you enjoy reading them. (Paragraph 1) c. Now of such books...
