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BOOK TREATMENT
Many people like to lose themselves in a good book if they feel depressed, or turn to great
literature for inspiration and insight. But a new technique called bibliotherapy consciously tries to
use literature as a way of helping individuals deal with emotional problems.
Usually, the therapist starts by recommending reading material, usually fiction, which is
5 thought to be relevant to the client’s situation. At the most passive level, the book can provide an
escape from a difficult reality. Readers may also identify with a novel’s protagonist, and learn that
they are not alone in having a specific problem. A book’s plot may also suggest ways of approaching
a situation that may not have occurred to the reader.
However, the novel is also often used as a springboard for more active communication
10 between clients and bibliotherapists, who may be mental health professionals, teachers or
librarians. Clients are able to discuss the characters’ situations if revealing their own problems is too
painful. They may also produce a drawing or painting in response to the book, or write something
themselves. Although used on its own, bibliotherapy has been rated most successful when used in
conjunction with other forms of therapy.
15 The technique may be used to enhance self-awareness in people with no specific
problems, but it is commonly used in a therapeutic setting. In one government-funded project in
England, doctors direct depressed or anxious patients to the library for a course of bibliotherapy.
Some practitioners use this therapy to help rape victims and drug addicts, among others.
So if you feel a bit low, why not try a spoonful of Shakespeare with a drop of Dickens? It
20 may help, and certainly can’t hurt.

(A) COMPREHENSION (4 points)

a) ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-2 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE
YOUR OWN WORDS.
1) How can reading help a person with emotional problems?
It can help a person forget about a difficult situation, or realise that other people share their problems.
Reading can also give a person an idea of how to solve a problem.
2) How do bibliotherapists use this treatment for more active communication?
They can discuss a character’s situation with a client in order to reveal the client’s own problem.
b) ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH WORDS OR
PHRASES FROM THE TEXT.
3) Readers usually recommend books to other readers as part of bibliotherapy.
False (line 4) “The therapist starts by recommending reading material”
4)Bibliotherapy helps people forget about their problems.
Ture (lines 5-6) “the book can provide an escape from a difficult reality”

(B) USE OF ENGLISH (6 points)

5) Give one synonym for RELEVANT (adjective, line 5) (0’25 points) appropiate
6) Find in the text an opposite for GENERAL (adjective) (0’25 points) specific
7) Find in the text the word which has the following definition:
“talk about ” (verb) (0’25 points) discuss
8) Give a noun with the same root as ANXIOUS (adjective, line 17) (0’25 point) anxiety

9)Combine the sentences using defining or non-defining relative clauses. There may be more
than one possible answer (0’5 each):
1.I’d like to introduce you to Elissa. You can get some good advice from her.
I’d like to introduce you to Elissa from whom you can get some good advice.
I’d like to introduce you to Elissa who you can get some good advice from.

2. I watched a video online. It was about how to prepare for an interview.

The video which I watched on line was about how to prepare for an interview.
I watched a video online which was about how to prepare for an interview.

3.Our weekly meetings are an important time. Employees give progress reports then.
Our weekly meetings when employees give progress reports are an important time.

4. Twitter is a company. Employees rated it as a great place to work in 2014.

Twitter is a company whose employees rated as a great place to work in 2014.

5. Google’s headquarters are in Mountain View, California. The company also has offices in more than 40
countries.
Google’s headquarters which has offices in more than 40 countries are in Mountain View, California.

6. Greta recommended the online German course. Have you started it?
Have you started the online German course which Greta recommended?
7. I interviewed five applicants. None of them impressed me.
I interviewed five applicants who didn’t impress me.
8. There aren’t many people around at 5.30 am. That’s my favourite time to walk.
My favourite time to walk is at 5.30 a.m when there aren’t many people around.

9. The car park is under the building. The employees park there.
The car park where the employees park is under the building.
10. I met a Finnish tourist . He lives in Helsinki.
I met a Finnish tourist who lives in Helsinki.