BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAMLINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 6FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT LINKING WORD / CONNECTOR01- It was cold and wet. _____, Jane put on her swimming suitand went to the beach.A) AlthoughB) DespiteC) NeverthelessD) Therefore02- _____ the extremely bad weather in the mountains, we'reno longer considering our trip.A) BecauseB) Due toC) SinceD) Although03- It is almost impossible to learn to speak a languagereally well …………you live among people who speak it as theirmother tongue.A) whileB) unlessC) in order toD) as well as04- ____...
Saturday, 14 November 2009
BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 6
BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAMLINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 6FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRCT LINKING WORD / CONNECTORANSWERS:1= C) Nevertheless2= B) Due to3= B) unless4= B) Ever since5= A) Now that6= C) in case7= C) therefore8= A) in order to9= C) otherwise10= B) so long...
BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 4
BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAMLINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 4FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRCT LINKING WORD / CONNECTOR01- In many parts of Morocco, it is always a good idea tohave a big water storage tank …………the water is cut off without notice.A) whileB) despiteC) whicheverD) in case02- …………people start using their cars less, there will neverbe an end to traffic jams.A) UnlessB) SinceC) HoweverD) Even03- We are so late that …………how fast we drive, we will notget there on time.A} even thoughB) not onlyC) no matterD} whether04- I'm happy to go to …………restaurant...
BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 4
BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAMLINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 4FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRCT LINKING WORD / CONNECTORANSWERS:1= D) in case2= A) Unless3= C) no matter4= C} whichever5= D) In spite of6= A) Hardly /when7= D) moreover8= D) yet9= A) Although10= A) furtherm...
EXPRESS READING ERRADICATE POVERTY
EXPRESS READINGERRADICATE POVERTYEliminating poverty is largely a matter of helping childrenborn into poverty to rise out of it. Once families escapefrom poverty they do not fall back into it. Middle-classchildren rarely end up poor. The primary reason poor childrendo not escape from poverty is that they do not acquire basicmental skills. They cannot read, write, calculate or articulate.Lacking these skills, they cannot get or keep a well-paid job.The best mechanism for breaking this vicious circle is toprovide the poor with better educational...
EXPRESS READING WOMEN’S STATUS
EXPRESS READINGWOMEN’S STATUSIn the early 1970s, there was a great deal of optimism aboutimproving women’s position, ending male privilege and doingaway with gender divisions and even gender difference. Equalopportunities legislation was enacted in many countries, andthe voice of the women’s movement was heard criticisingdiscrimination between the sexes in every sphere of workinglife. Now it is clear that legislation can make only a marginaldifference to entrenched patterns of job segregation and inequality.The voices of feminism, too, are varied;...
EXPRESS READING ARE BOOKS DYING?
EXPRESS READINGARE BOOKS DYING?In theory, the multimedia age should be killing off bookshops.Who still has time to read books, what with surfing the Internet,viewing scores of new digital television channels, and puttingin ever-longer hours at work? And presumably those few peoplewho do still read books will be buying them on the Internet.After all, Amazon, a bookseller, is the most cited example ofa successful online retailer. So much for the theory. Whatabout the practice? This week the largest bookshop in Britainopened up in the old Simpson's...
EXPRESS READING ADS AND THE CONSUMER SOCIETY
EXPRESS READINGADS AND THE CONSUMER SOCIETYDoes advertising encourage waste by persuading consumersto buy goods that they do not need? In reply to this, ithas been pointed out that all the consumer really needs,is a bare minimum of clothing, food and shelter, and thatone of the distinguishing marks of any civilized communityis that it lives well above the minimum subsistence level.Most advertising is designed to influence the consumer'sspending power. In western countries, advertising hasplayed a great part in bringing laboursaving equipment,and...
EXPRESS READING AMERICANS AND FAST FOOD
EXPRESS READINGAMERICANS AND FAST FOODFast-food is such a omnipresent part of American life thatit has become synonymous with American culture. Fast-foodwas born in America and it has now swollen into a $106-billionindustry. America exports fast-food worldwide and its attendantcorporate culture, has probably been more influential and donemore to destroy local food economies and cultural diversitythan any government propaganda programme could hope to accomplish.No corner of the earth is safe from its presence and no aspectof life is unaffected....
EXPRESS READING GENDER GAP
EXPRESS READINGGENDER GAPAlthough women have made huge strides in catching up withmen in the workplace, a gender gap still persists both inwages and levels of advancement. Commonly cited explanationsfor this gap range from charges of sex discrimination to claimsthat women are more sensitive than men to work versus familyconflicts and thus less inclined to make sacrifices for theircareers. Now, however, two new studies suggest that anotherfactor may be at work: a deeply ingrained difference in theway men and women react to competition that manifests...
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