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6 Extra Exam Practice Name
Read the text and answer the questions that follow.
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FAKE AUTOBIORA!"IE#
In March 2008, a book calledLove and Consequenceswas published.
It was written by Margaret . !ones, who claimed
that she was hal" white and hal" #ati$e %merican and that at the
age o" eight, she was sent to li$e with a "oster "amily.
&he described how she sold drugs "or a local gang and how
she carried illegal guns. 'he book achie$ed widespread success,
yet the entire story turned out to be "ake. 'he woman posing as
(Margaret !ones) was in reality Margaret &el*er, who is
white and grew up in a prosperous neighbourhood with her
biological "amily.
II 'his isn+t the "irst autobiography to be exposed as a "ake.
et what causes people to in$ent these "ictitious li"e stories-
Many belie$e that people simply do it "or the money. Personal
stories written by people about their troubled childhoods
ha$e become increasingly popular in recent years, so some
writers may well want to take ad$antage o" this booming trend.
III urthermore, since many publishing houses are going out o"
business due to a decrease in the number o" readers, it has
become extremely di""icult "or "iction writers to succeed. It+s
possible that some writers choose to in$ent a con$incing
autobiography in the hope that the current obsession with
reading true stories will help their book become success"ul.
IV Publishers ha$e been widely criticised "or allowing books to
be published without /uestioning their accuracy. ook
publishers, unlike their colleagues in the newspaper industry,
appear to do almost nothing to check the accuracy o" what
they print. 'hey tend to rely solely on the author+s honesty and
don+t make any e""ort to discredit these (real) stories.
V Perhaps it+s the obsession with reading true stories about
people+s li$es that+s causing writers to in$ent them. owe$er,
as long as a story is entertaining, does it really matter
whether it+s "ictional or real-
$ %e&ide if the followin' senten&es are true (T) or
false(F). Find e*iden&e in the text to +ustif, ,our
answers.
1. Love and Consequenceswasnt popular.
..................................................................................
2. People are reading less these days.
..................................................................................
3. According to the writer, publishers are to blame or the
increase o a!e autobiographies.
..................................................................................
- hoose the &orre&t answer.1. "ewspaper publishers .
a. try to #eriy the inormation they print
b. are no dierent to boo! publishers
c. publish articles without $uestioning their accuracy
2. %he writer belie#es that .
a. iction is superior to non&iction
b. a story doesnt ha#e to be real in order to be interesting
c. true stories are more entertaining than ictional ones
/ Answer the questions a&&ordin' to the information
inthe text.
1. In what ways is 'argaret (el)er dierent rom the womanshe
pretended to
be*......................................................................................................................................................................................
2. +hy do writers choose to write a!e
autobiographies*......................................................................................................................................................................................
0 Find words or ex1ressions in the text that mean21. not true
paragraph I-
2. growing paragraph II-
3. belie#able paragraph III-
. depend paragraph IV- /. amusing paragraph V-
3 4rite a &om1osition of a5out $667$36 words. hooseone
o1tion.
1. In your opinion, why do people en0oy reading true
stories*
2. escribe a boo! that you read and gi#e your opinion o it.
