Reading Articles

Do you enjoy reading newspaper articles on sporting events? Do you take pleasure in reviews of performances you have seen? Do you particularly like stories of the lives of real people, both from the past and the present? Many people do. Newspaper articles, reviews, autobiographies, biographies – all are types of nonfiction. Nonfiction deals with actual people, places, events and topics based on real life. Autobiographies and biographies deal with the lives of real people while essays provide a writer with room to express his or her thoughts and feelings on a particular subject. Nonfiction may inform, describe, persuade, or it may simply amuse.

1. According to the passage, nonfiction ----.

A) has gained in popularity in recent times

B) is not appreciated by a majority of people

C) is only concerned with everyday events

D) is the easiest form of writing

E) covers quite a wide range of writing



2. It is pointed out in the passage that the subject matter of any type of nonfiction ----.

A) is never imaginary

B) is often unpleasant

C) has very little variety

D) is always emotional

E) rarely has any wide appeal



3. It is clear from the passage that one of the functions of nonfiction may be to ----.

A) encourage people to write their autobiographies

B) promote sporting activities

C) enable the reader to understand newspaper articles better

D) make the reader change his/her mind about something

E) contribute to the improvement of essay-writing