51. Answer the questions on the text "The Reader of Books".
1. What was Matilda's progress in reading? 2. What did Matilda's
father think she should do instead of reading books? 3. What way
out did Matilda find? 4. Why was the librarian, Mrs Phelps, taken
aback when she saw Matilda? 5. How did Matilda describe her impres-
gion of children's books to Mrs Phelps?
1 By the time she was three, Matilda had taught herself to read by studying newspapers and magazines that lay around the house. At the age of four, she could read fast and well.
2 Matilda's father thought she should watch the telly instead of reading books.
3 Matilda decided to read books in the public library in the village.
4 Mrs Phelps was taken aback because she saw a tiny girl who had arrived at the library without a parent.
5 Matilda thought some children's books were very poor, but others were lovely.