A. Reading comprehension

Read our article about Heather McLarty on pages 24-25 of English Now No 90. Then decide if the statements below are true (correct) or false (incorrect). If a statement is false, think about why it is false. Then check your answers in Part B.

1. Heather McLarty thinks that being a woman has been an advantage to her as an artist.
- a. true
- b. false
2. She creates art for public parks and for private residences.
- a. true
- b. false
3. She has to leave home to go to work everyday.
- a. true
- b. false
4. She tries to organize meetings for the middle of the day, when there isn’t a lot of traffic.
- a. true
- b. false
5. If she’s meeting a new client, she likes to meet them at her home so that they can see her work.
- a. true
- b. false
6. Most of the things that she does are related to her work.
- a. true
- b. false
7. She does yoga three evenings a week.
- a. true
- b. false
8. The work of a blacksmith is very noisy, which is why McLarty doesn’t work at night.
- a. true
- b. false
9. The work is also very dangerous and McLarty has been burnt many times.
- a. true
- b. false
10. McLarty says that art is important to everyone.
- a. true
- b. false

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A. Reading comprehension

1. Heather McLarty thinks that being a woman has been an advantage to her as an artist.

2. She creates art for public parks and for private residences.

3. She has to leave home to go to work everyday.

4. She tries to organize meetings for the middle of the day, when there isn’t a lot of traffic.

5. If she’s meeting a new client, she likes to meet them at her home so that they can see her work.

6. Most of the things that she does are related to her work.

7. She does yoga three evenings a week.

8. The work of a blacksmith is very noisy, which is why McLarty doesn’t work at night.

9. The work is also very dangerous and McLarty has been burnt many times.

10. McLarty says that art is important to everyone.