Proficiency level English Reading - Practice texts and tests

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>This book is a </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>culturally-relevant reader</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> for students learning English as a second or foreign language (EFL ESL) at C1 proficiency / advanced level. Each of the twenty units contains a culturally-relevant </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>text </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>and </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>reading test </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>questions to go with it accompanied by a useful </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>glossary </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>and a </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>language awareness</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> page based on one or more language points illustrated in the text. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Each unit serves four complementary purposes:</span></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>To broaden students' </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>background cultural knowledge</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> of the English-speaking world</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>To present a range of useful English </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>vocabulary in contex</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>t.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>To revise and in cases explain important </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>points of grammar</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>.</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>To familiarise students with the nature and constraints of the main internationally-recognised proficiency-level reading tests.</span></li></ul><p></p>