Тест по английскому на словарный запас по теме "Socializing" №6

BOOKS. Choose the right answer.

1. I don't like reading history or biographies; I prefer ....... myself.

description
fiction
invention
narration

2. That book has been out of ....... for a long time.

copy
press
print
publication

3. You have to pay a ....... if you do not return your library books on time.

fee
fine
penalty
tax

4. Most of the poet's earlier work was published under a ....... .

misnomer
namesake
nickname
pseudonym

5. His new book received good ....... from the critics.

comprehension
flavours
reviews
understanding

6. He bought the book for half price because its ....... was torn.

coat
coating
cover
skin

7. I have just read a lovely ....... about a man who devoted his life to monkeys.

fiction
history
production
story

8. The first ....... of a book can sometimes be very valuable.

copy
edition
title
type

9. Ms Original had a little in ....... with other authors of her generation.

common
everyday
normal
ordinary

10. That author has written a fictional ....... of his wartime experiences.

account
novel
story
tale

11. This is a good ....... of his delight in unusual words and phrases.

case
example
expression
passage

12. I can't read this book without my glasses. The ....... is too small.

handwriting
letter
print
typewriter

13. Ask the publishers to send you their latest ....... of English text-books.

booklet
catalogue
index
prospectus

14. I'm reading a book about ....... of Henry VIII.

the existence
the life
the living
the road

15. The printing of the book has been held up by the paper ....... .

deficit
lack
scarce
shortage

16. The essayist, John Cardinal Newman, was one of the most distinguished men of ....... of his time.

books
letters
publications
writings

17. In your criticism of this work, I think you have done less than ....... to the originality of his style.

appreciation
approval
justice
praise

18. Because Shakespeare mainly wrote plays, he is usually regarded as ....... .

an author
a dramatist
a novelist
a writer

19. He knows most of Wordsworth's poems by ....... .

head
heart
memory
mind