Progress Test 1 Intermediate Reading (Adults)

Read the email. Are the statements true (T), false (F) or not given (NG)? Hi Kate It was good to hear from you the other day. I know you’ve been really busy with the move and getting everything sorted out in your new home. I can’t wait to come and visit! I’m so glad that you enjoyed reading The Lacuna. I thought you would, as you’ve been to Mexico and the States and probably know some of the places mentioned. Whenever I read one of Barbara Kingsolver’s novels I realise that I will never be as good a writer as she is! But I can dream, can’t I? As the new school year is almost here I’ve decided to start doing some evening courses as I don’t want to get into the habit of staying at home watching TV. I’ve signed up for a new course in creative writing at the local college. The programme looks quite interesting as we will be covering different aspects of writing like poetry, biography, fiction and screen writing. The only thing I’m not looking forward to is reading my ‘work’ to the rest of the group but I suppose everyone will be feeling nervous about that. I’ve also just discovered that someone is offering drumming lessons at the community centre down the road. I was at a friend’s house recently and they had a huge drum kit in the music room. Of course I had to have a go … you know me. I’ve always wanted to be in a rock band. Wow! It was so fantastic. Luckily they don’t have any neighbours as I’m sure I made a terrible noise but at least I thought I was good! It was such fun and then, the other day, I saw a poster advertising drumming workshops locally. You pay for a course of six lessons and I guess after that you’ll know whether you want to continue or not. I’m really excited. It’s such a good way to get rid of stress and it’s quite good exercise as well. I read that they also do team-building sessions in companies so I might suggest it to my boss as morale is pretty low at the moment and a lot of people are thinking of leaving. I think it would be great to get together and just make as much noise as possible! You could suggest it to your boss too! How about you? Have you had any more thoughts about joining that photography class you were talking about? It would be a good way to meet people and I’m sure your tutor would take you out and about so you’d get to know the local area a bit better. There’s so much you can do with digital photography these days and you’ve certainly got a great camera. If we do all the courses we want to do, we’ll have no time to see one another. Perhaps we should book a date in the diary now before we become famous artists! How about next weekend? LoveAlice xKate has just moved into a new house.                                                        _   NG_The Lacuna is a work of fiction.       

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