Practice Test
Questions 36–40: READING Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Book-Heart
The books I love are well-fingered and thumbed have tiny butter smudges may harbour a crumb the odd cat whisker a few dog-ears a drop of tear a brownish stain (that looks suspiciously like tea)
I for one, am glad to say, do not judge a book by its cover but flit first among its leaves
like a hummingbird sipping at a flower
The books I love I must admit do not sit with perfect spines behind a museum of glass. No the books I love get kissed and squeezed and pressed against my heart. Grace Nichols
36 Why do you thinks the books the poet loves are ‘well-fingered and thumbed’? (A) She treats them roughly. (B) She has read them many times. (C) She borrowed them from a library. 37 What does it mean to say that her books have ‘a few dog-ears’? (A) The pages have dog hairs on them. (B) Someone has drawn dogs on the pages. (C) The corners of the pages are turned down.
38 Which proverb is similar in meaning to ‘Do not judge a book by its cover’. (A) Do as you would be done by. (B) All that glitters is not gold. (C) Years know more than books. 39 ‘A museum of glass’ is an example of (A) simile (B) personification (C) metaphor 40 Which of these would make the most suitable new title for the poem? (A) How to Look After Books (B) My Own Library (C) Books are my best friends.
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