A monolingual reading comprehension workbook filled with compelling reading texts and lots of exercises in the successful Practice Makes Perfect method §Practice Makes Perfect: Intermediate English Reading and Comprehension by longtime ESL instructor Diane Engelhardt features 15 short reading texts and extensive exercises that test both your understanding and vocabulary. These stories go beyond cultural notes that might be found in lower-level readers and instead discuss more complex topics such as artificial intelligence, DNA and crime solving, treasure hunting and more. This workbook gives you valuable practice for the reading comprehension sections of many standard ESL tests. §