Read and choose the correct alternatives in the sentences below.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 454.

Express your agreement or disagreement with the following quotes.

· A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. (Mark Twain)

· If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads. (Ralph Emerson)

· If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. (Oscar Wilde)

• In a good book the best is between the lines. (Swedish proverb)

· The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book. (Northrop Frye)

BOOK Choice

Several people were asked the question, “How do you choose a book to read?” Here are their replies.

1. “I judge a book by its cover. If the cover looks interesting / interested, I buy the book. Sometimes I'm lucky, and the book is good. And sometimes I'm disappointing / disappointed.”
2. “I always read book reviews in newspapers and magazines, and when I read about a book that sounds interesting / interested, I write it down in my diary.”
3. “I don't take any risks – I always read books by authors I know. I get really exciting / excited when one of my favourite authors brings out a new book, and I buy it immediately. This way I'm never disappointing / disappointed.”
4. “I read the first page, and if it's boring / bored, I don't buy the book – if I want to turn over the page and carry on reading, I buy the book.”
5. “It's easy – I never read fiction but I'm fascinating / fascinated by biographies of famous people. I find strong women in history particularly inspiring / inspired.”
6. “I tend to choose books written by women. Women have a better feeling for characters and the relationships between them, and that's I find interesting / interested in a book. Having said that, I've just finished ‘The Beach' by Alex Garland, and it was brilliant.”