Presidential libraries are not libraries in the traditional sense. People cannot go to the George W. Bush Presidential library (check) out a book. They are facilities that preserve documents and items of a president and his act of governing. is preserved at a presidential library is available to the public to see and study because presidential libraries are public (belong) to the American people.

The Presidential library system began in 1939 when President Franklin Roosevelt ,during

second term in office, donated his personal and presidential papers to the government. Up until that point, presidential papers were destroyed, sold for profit, ruined by poor storage conditions,

were simply lost to the history.

Roosevelt believed that presidential documents were an important part of the nation s heritage. He also donated a potion of his estate in Hyde PARK, New York, his library and museum would be built. This began a tradition that would carry on with every president that followed.

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

It's the customary bedtime practice every parent would feel fearful----being asked to read the same book for many times. But while the repetition might be boring for mum or dad, it is the best way for toddlers to learn new words, according to research.

The findings suggest parents are wasting money by spending a fortune on huge book collections in the hope they will inspire their little ones. Instead, a small selection of favourites such as The Very far more.

Dr Jessica Horst, of the University of Sussex s WORD Lab devised an experiment to check how quickly three-year-olds could recognize and six new words. The children were visited three times in a week. One group heard the same story three times back-to-back each time and another was read three stories. All had the same amount of new words which appeared the same of times.

When researchers returned a week later, they found the children who heard the same story over and over had learned 3.6 of the new words. While those to a variety of stories remembered only 2.6.They also noted the repetition group learned at a faster rate than those in the

Dr Horst said: We are showing that less is more, to a point. And,read to a child and the more books you have will help them. But you don t need to go crazy and buy every single Thomas the Tank Engine book. Reading the same books over and over again helps.

studies, we have found one in three don t read to their children before putting them to bed. Yet 30 minutes of one-on-one literacy sessions can improve reading age by nearly

two years in less than five months.

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