Practice Tests for the KET. Student's Book (Revised). Учебник

Most people would look at this correlation and infer an obvious cause-and-effect relationship. To wit: a little boy named Isaiah has a lot of books at home; Isaiah does beautifully on his reading test at school; this must be because his mother or father regularly reads to him. But IsaiahБЂ™s friend Emily, who also has a lot of books in her home, practically never touches them. She would rather dress up her Bratz or watch cartoons. And Emily tests just as well as Isaiah. Meanwhile, Isaiah and EmilyБЂ™s friend Ricky doesnБЂ™t have any books at home. But Ricky goes to the library every day with his mother; Ricky is a reading fiend. And yet he does worse on his school tests than either Emily or Isaiah. What are we to make of this? If reading books doesnБЂ™t have an impact on early childhood test scores, could it be that the booksБЂ™ mere physical presence in the house makes the children smarter? Do books perform some kind of magical osmosis on a childБЂ™s brain? If so, one might be tempted to simply deliver a truckload of books to every home that contains a preschooler ...»