BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM
LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 6
FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT LINKING WORD / CONNECTOR
01- It was cold and wet. _____, Jane put on her swimming suit
and went to the beach.
A) Although
B) Despite
C) Nevertheless
D) Therefore
02- _____ the extremely bad weather in the mountains, we're
no longer considering our trip.
A) Because
B) Due to
C) Since
D) Although
03- It is almost impossible to learn to speak a language
really well …………you live among people who speak it as their
mother tongue.
A) while
B) unless
C) in order to
D) as well as
04- ____ Jason became famous, he has ignored his old friends.
He shouldn't do that.
A) If
B) Ever since
C) Even though
D) Whereas
05- _____ the stress of examinations and interviews is over,
we can all relax for a while.
A) Now that
B) Lest
C) Although
D) Despite
06- Leave the heating on _____ the house gets cold while we're out.
A) so as to
B) so that
C) in case
D) such as
07- Your application form was incomplete; _____, you were not
interviewed.
A) still
B) yet
C) therefore
D) however
08- There is a widespread belief that a lot of wars must
be fought …………assure world peace.
A) in order to
B) therefore
C) due to
D) furthermore
09- It is always a good idea to dress well for a job
interview; …………,you may not be taken seriously.
A) however
B) moreover
C) otherwise
D) therefore
10- You should have no problem on your exam …………you keep
calm and don't panic.
A) in case
B) so long as
C) otherwise
D) as soon as
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BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 6
BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM
LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 6
FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRCT LINKING WORD / CONNECTOR
ANSWERS:
1= C) Nevertheless
2= B) Due to
3= B) unless
4= B) Ever since
5= A) Now that
6= C) in case
7= C) therefore
8= A) in order to
9= C) otherwise
10= B) so long as
LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 6
FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRCT LINKING WORD / CONNECTOR
ANSWERS:
1= C) Nevertheless
2= B) Due to
3= B) unless
4= B) Ever since
5= A) Now that
6= C) in case
7= C) therefore
8= A) in order to
9= C) otherwise
10= B) so long as
BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 4
BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM
LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 4
FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRCT LINKING WORD / CONNECTOR
01- In many parts of Morocco, it is always a good idea to
have a big water storage tank …………the water is cut off without notice.
A) while
B) despite
C) whichever
D) in case
02- …………people start using their cars less, there will never
be an end to traffic jams.
A) Unless
B) Since
C) However
D) Even
03- We are so late that …………how fast we drive, we will not
get there on time.
A} even though
B) not only
C) no matter
D} whether
04- I'm happy to go to …………restaurant you want because I know
they are both good.
A) wherever
B} however
C} whichever
D) whatever
05- …………all his wealth, he had never been happy, and his
suicide last week after the break-up of his third marriage
did not surprise anyone.
A) Because
B) In case
C) Whereas
D) In spite of
06- …………had they got off the plane …………their problems began.
A) Hardly /when
B) Both/and
C) Whether/or
D) The sooner/the more
07- Many countries are facing a shortage of teachers; …………
the rapid growth in population will only make this problem
worse in coming decades.
A) since
B) instead
C) nonetheless
D) moreover
08- We were cold and hungry …………the beauty of our surroundings
made us forget our discomfort.
A) nor
B) or
C) so
D) yet
09- …………we arrived at the airport two and a half hours early,
there was already a long queue at the check-in counter.
A) Although
B} Since
C) Despite
D) No sooner
10- Nowadays too many people work too hard in offices and get
too little exercise; …………they tend to eat unhealthy convenience
food because they do not have time to shop or cook.
A) furthermore
B) the opposite
C) otherwise
D) on the contrary
LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 4
FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRCT LINKING WORD / CONNECTOR
01- In many parts of Morocco, it is always a good idea to
have a big water storage tank …………the water is cut off without notice.
A) while
B) despite
C) whichever
D) in case
02- …………people start using their cars less, there will never
be an end to traffic jams.
A) Unless
B) Since
C) However
D) Even
03- We are so late that …………how fast we drive, we will not
get there on time.
A} even though
B) not only
C) no matter
D} whether
04- I'm happy to go to …………restaurant you want because I know
they are both good.
A) wherever
B} however
C} whichever
D) whatever
05- …………all his wealth, he had never been happy, and his
suicide last week after the break-up of his third marriage
did not surprise anyone.
A) Because
B) In case
C) Whereas
D) In spite of
06- …………had they got off the plane …………their problems began.
A) Hardly /when
B) Both/and
C) Whether/or
D) The sooner/the more
07- Many countries are facing a shortage of teachers; …………
the rapid growth in population will only make this problem
worse in coming decades.
A) since
B) instead
C) nonetheless
D) moreover
08- We were cold and hungry …………the beauty of our surroundings
made us forget our discomfort.
A) nor
B) or
C) so
D) yet
09- …………we arrived at the airport two and a half hours early,
there was already a long queue at the check-in counter.
A) Although
B} Since
C) Despite
D) No sooner
10- Nowadays too many people work too hard in offices and get
too little exercise; …………they tend to eat unhealthy convenience
food because they do not have time to shop or cook.
A) furthermore
B) the opposite
C) otherwise
D) on the contrary
BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 4
BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM
LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 4
FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRCT LINKING WORD / CONNECTOR
ANSWERS:
1= D) in case
2= A) Unless
3= C) no matter
4= C} whichever
5= D) In spite of
6= A) Hardly /when
7= D) moreover
8= D) yet
9= A) Although
10= A) furthermore
LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 4
FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRCT LINKING WORD / CONNECTOR
ANSWERS:
1= D) in case
2= A) Unless
3= C) no matter
4= C} whichever
5= D) In spite of
6= A) Hardly /when
7= D) moreover
8= D) yet
9= A) Although
10= A) furthermore
EXPRESS READING ERRADICATE POVERTY
EXPRESS READING
ERRADICATE POVERTY
Eliminating poverty is largely a matter of helping children
born into poverty to rise out of it. Once families escape
from poverty they do not fall back into it. Middle-class
children rarely end up poor. The primary reason poor children
do not escape from poverty is that they do not acquire basic
mental 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 to
provide the poor with better educational opportunities.
Since children born into poor homes do not acquire the
skills they need from their parents, they must be taught
these skills in school.
ERRADICATE POVERTY
Eliminating poverty is largely a matter of helping children
born into poverty to rise out of it. Once families escape
from poverty they do not fall back into it. Middle-class
children rarely end up poor. The primary reason poor children
do not escape from poverty is that they do not acquire basic
mental 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 to
provide the poor with better educational opportunities.
Since children born into poor homes do not acquire the
skills they need from their parents, they must be taught
these skills in school.
EXPRESS READING WOMEN’S STATUS
EXPRESS READING
WOMEN’S STATUS
In the early 1970s, there was a great deal of optimism about
improving women’s position, ending male privilege and doing
away with gender divisions and even gender difference. Equal
opportunities legislation was enacted in many countries, and
the voice of the women’s movement was heard criticising
discrimination between the sexes in every sphere of working
life. Now it is clear that legislation can make only a marginal
difference to entrenched patterns of job segregation and inequality.
The voices of feminism, too, are varied; some demand equality
with men while others pursue the revaluation of women’s skills
and ‘womanly’ virtues.
WOMEN’S STATUS
In the early 1970s, there was a great deal of optimism about
improving women’s position, ending male privilege and doing
away with gender divisions and even gender difference. Equal
opportunities legislation was enacted in many countries, and
the voice of the women’s movement was heard criticising
discrimination between the sexes in every sphere of working
life. Now it is clear that legislation can make only a marginal
difference to entrenched patterns of job segregation and inequality.
The voices of feminism, too, are varied; some demand equality
with men while others pursue the revaluation of women’s skills
and ‘womanly’ virtues.
EXPRESS READING ARE BOOKS DYING?
EXPRESS READING
ARE 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 putting
in ever-longer hours at work? And presumably those few people
who do still read books will be buying them on the Internet.
After all, Amazon, a bookseller, is the most cited example of
a successful online retailer. So much for the theory. What
about the practice? This week the largest bookshop in Britain
opened up in the old Simpson's of Piccadilly in London. With
265,000 titles and 1.5 million books, the new branch of Waterstone's
stretches over seven floors. A department store, which once
sold everything from sushi to plus-fours, is now devoted entirely
to one product - books. The new Waterstone's is almost next
door to Hatchards, a mere five-storey bookshop, with a
well-established clientele, and two smaller bookshops. It is
also less than a mile from Borders, another huge bookstore in Oxford Street.
ARE 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 putting
in ever-longer hours at work? And presumably those few people
who do still read books will be buying them on the Internet.
After all, Amazon, a bookseller, is the most cited example of
a successful online retailer. So much for the theory. What
about the practice? This week the largest bookshop in Britain
opened up in the old Simpson's of Piccadilly in London. With
265,000 titles and 1.5 million books, the new branch of Waterstone's
stretches over seven floors. A department store, which once
sold everything from sushi to plus-fours, is now devoted entirely
to one product - books. The new Waterstone's is almost next
door to Hatchards, a mere five-storey bookshop, with a
well-established clientele, and two smaller bookshops. It is
also less than a mile from Borders, another huge bookstore in Oxford Street.
EXPRESS READING ADS AND THE CONSUMER SOCIETY
EXPRESS READING
ADS AND THE CONSUMER SOCIETY
Does advertising encourage waste by persuading consumers
to buy goods that they do not need? In reply to this, it
has been pointed out that all the consumer really needs,
is a bare minimum of clothing, food and shelter, and that
one of the distinguishing marks of any civilized community
is that it lives well above the minimum subsistence level.
Most advertising is designed to influence the consumer's
spending power. In western countries, advertising has
played a great part in bringing laboursaving equipment,
and so a degree of leisure, and even luxury, to millions.
Advertising that encourages the public to want more is
also claimed to act as an incentive making people want to
earn more in order to buy the goods advertised, and
therefore making them work harder. For this reason
advertising has been defended as having an essential part
to play in the move towards higher standards of living.
The defenders of advertising also point out that it is
not solely concerned with encouraging the public to spend.
Banks, insurance companies and building societies are
amongst the commercial advertisers who encourage saving.
ADS AND THE CONSUMER SOCIETY
Does advertising encourage waste by persuading consumers
to buy goods that they do not need? In reply to this, it
has been pointed out that all the consumer really needs,
is a bare minimum of clothing, food and shelter, and that
one of the distinguishing marks of any civilized community
is that it lives well above the minimum subsistence level.
Most advertising is designed to influence the consumer's
spending power. In western countries, advertising has
played a great part in bringing laboursaving equipment,
and so a degree of leisure, and even luxury, to millions.
Advertising that encourages the public to want more is
also claimed to act as an incentive making people want to
earn more in order to buy the goods advertised, and
therefore making them work harder. For this reason
advertising has been defended as having an essential part
to play in the move towards higher standards of living.
The defenders of advertising also point out that it is
not solely concerned with encouraging the public to spend.
Banks, insurance companies and building societies are
amongst the commercial advertisers who encourage saving.
EXPRESS READING AMERICANS AND FAST FOOD
EXPRESS READING
AMERICANS AND FAST FOOD
Fast-food is such a omnipresent part of American life that
it has become synonymous with American culture. Fast-food
was born in America and it has now swollen into a $106-billion
industry. America exports fast-food worldwide and its attendant
corporate culture, has probably been more influential and done
more to destroy local food economies and cultural diversity
than any government propaganda programme could hope to accomplish.
No corner of the earth is safe from its presence and no aspect
of life is unaffected. Fast-food is now found in shopping malls,
airports, hospitals, gas stations, stadiums, on trains, and
increasingly, in schools. There are 23,000 restaurants in one
chain alone, and another 2,000 are being opened every year.
Its effect has been the same on the millions of people it feeds
daily and on the people it employs. Fast-food culture has
changed how we work, from its assembly-line kitchens filled
with robotic frying machines to the trite phrases spoken to
customers by its poorly paid part-time workforce. In the
United States, more than 57 per cent of the population eat
meals away from home on any given day and they spend more
money on fast-food than they do on higher education, personal
computers, or even on new cars.
AMERICANS AND FAST FOOD
Fast-food is such a omnipresent part of American life that
it has become synonymous with American culture. Fast-food
was born in America and it has now swollen into a $106-billion
industry. America exports fast-food worldwide and its attendant
corporate culture, has probably been more influential and done
more to destroy local food economies and cultural diversity
than any government propaganda programme could hope to accomplish.
No corner of the earth is safe from its presence and no aspect
of life is unaffected. Fast-food is now found in shopping malls,
airports, hospitals, gas stations, stadiums, on trains, and
increasingly, in schools. There are 23,000 restaurants in one
chain alone, and another 2,000 are being opened every year.
Its effect has been the same on the millions of people it feeds
daily and on the people it employs. Fast-food culture has
changed how we work, from its assembly-line kitchens filled
with robotic frying machines to the trite phrases spoken to
customers by its poorly paid part-time workforce. In the
United States, more than 57 per cent of the population eat
meals away from home on any given day and they spend more
money on fast-food than they do on higher education, personal
computers, or even on new cars.
EXPRESS READING GENDER GAP
EXPRESS READING
GENDER GAP
Although women have made huge strides in catching up with
men in the workplace, a gender gap still persists both in
wages and levels of advancement. Commonly cited explanations
for this gap range from charges of sex discrimination to claims
that women are more sensitive than men to work versus family
conflicts and thus less inclined to make sacrifices for their
careers. Now, however, two new studies suggest that another
factor may be at work: a deeply ingrained difference in the
way men and women react to competition that manifests itself
even at an early age. Apparently, females tend to be far less
responsive to competition than males - a tendency with important
implications for women and business. It may hurt women in highly
competitive labour markets, for example, and hinder efficient
job placement - especially for positions in which competitiveness
is not a useful trait.
GENDER GAP
Although women have made huge strides in catching up with
men in the workplace, a gender gap still persists both in
wages and levels of advancement. Commonly cited explanations
for this gap range from charges of sex discrimination to claims
that women are more sensitive than men to work versus family
conflicts and thus less inclined to make sacrifices for their
careers. Now, however, two new studies suggest that another
factor may be at work: a deeply ingrained difference in the
way men and women react to competition that manifests itself
even at an early age. Apparently, females tend to be far less
responsive to competition than males - a tendency with important
implications for women and business. It may hurt women in highly
competitive labour markets, for example, and hinder efficient
job placement - especially for positions in which competitiveness
is not a useful trait.