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Books and writers
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The earliest fragment of written language has been found on pottery from Xi’an in China and is between 6000 and 7000 years old. The earliest pictographs come from southern Iraq and are approximately 5400 years old.
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This was probably the Gutenberg Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany in 1454 by Johann Gutenberg (1398 – 1468). Some scholars argue that the Chinese invented mechanical printing in the twelfth century, but this is not universally accepted.
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$5, 390, 000 was paid for a section of the Gutenberg Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany in 1454 at Christine’s, New York in 1987.
£ 8, 140, 000 ($14.65 million) was paid for an illuminated manuscript entitled The Gospel Book of Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, dating from the year 1170, at Sotheby’s London in 1983.
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The record goes to TheGuinness Book of Records, which has sold more than 65 million copies since 1955.
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Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susan has sold more than 29 million copies since its publication in 1966.
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Over the last two centuries over 2.5 billion (2, 500, 000, 000) copies of The Bible have been printed. There are more than 15 different copyright versions of the Bible. The most currently widespread is Today’s English Version (Good News) New Testament and Bible, which has sold more than 111 million copies since 1976.
Approximately 800 million copies of Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-Tung (Mao’s Red Book) were printed in China between 1966 and 1971.
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The novel Les Hommes de Bonne Volonté (Men of Good Will) by Lois Henri Jean Farigoule (1885 – 1972) has over 2 million words and was published in 27 volumes.
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Agatha Christie (1890 – 1976) wrote 78 novels which have been translated into 44 languages and sold over 2 billion copies, making her the world’s most popular novelist.
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Kathleen Lindsay (1903 – 1973) had the world record of 904 novels published during her lifetime.
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Enid Blyton (1898 – 1968) wrote more than 700 books for children which have been translated into over 40 languages.
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Founded in 1534, Cambridge University Press is the oldest surviving publishing company.
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Time Warner Inc. of New York, USA is the world’s largest publisher, earning over $3 billion from its publishing activities every year.
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Barnes and Noble of Fifth Avenue, New York, is the world’s largest bookshop. It covers 14, 330 square metres and has 20 kilometres of shelving.
The bookshop with the world’s greatest number of titles and the longest shelving is W. & G. Foyle Ltd of Charing Cross Road, London, with 48 kilometres of shelf space.
A Mostexpensive books
B Successful children’s authors
C Highest numbers of copies printed
D World’s oldest publishing house
E Oldest mechanically printed book
F World’s largest bookshops
G World’s largest publishing group
H Best-selling non-fiction book
I Most prolific novelist
J Oldest writing
K Most popular writer of fiction
L Longest novel
M Best-selling novel
Task 4
You are going to read an article in which four people describe their best teacher. For questions 27 – 40, choose from the people (A – D). The people may be chosen more than once. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
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Which person had a teacher who …
0 taught more than one member of the same family?
27 might have preferred their pupil to choose a different career?
28 was popular with all the pupils?
29 had to overcome a disadvantage when teaching?
30 made contact after their pupil left school?
31 taught in an unusual physical position?
32 changed their pupils’ behaviour?
33 became their teacher as a result of a personal contact?
34 developed their pupils’ physical and mental skills?
35 pointed their pupil in the direction of a successful career?
36 demonstrated a sense of humour?
37 decided what to teach by responding to their pupil’s interests?
38 showed what was necessary instead of talking about it?
39 was also doing another job?
40 put an emphasis on what pupils expressed, not the way they expressed it?
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