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Note taking.

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a.
drawing conclusion

b.
scanning

c.
critical reading

d.
skimming

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If 'gyne' is a Greek word for woman, then a woman hater is a _______________

Select one:

a.
misogamist

b.
misogynist

c.
misandry

d.
misologye

e.
hatred

f.
misanthropy

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Evaluating details to make judgment.

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a.
drawing conclusion

b.
critical reading

c.
scanning

d.
skimming

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Complete the following passage with simple present, present continuous, present
perfect, or present perfect continuous forms of the verbs by dragging and dropping
the correct answer in the parentheses. In some cases, more than one answer is
possible. Add adverbs when indicated. Pay attention to their position in the sentence.
 
For over two hundred years, the United States  (be) has been a center of study for
international students. Since World War II, however, the international student population 
(grow) has grown   substantially, and today between 400,000 and 450,000 international
students (attend) have attended U.S. universities.U.S. universities. Recently, the growth rate
(begin) is beginning  to slow, however The Far East (have) has the greatest numbers of
students in the United States, and China usually (lead) leads the list with over 70,000.
Malaysia and Korea together(send)  are sending round 75,000 students annually. Who
(be) are these students? In general, over 70 percent (be) are males, and around 80 percent
(be) are single.
have attended has been have been is beginning leads has grown attend are has have gro
wn have is sending are sending has attended

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Directions:  Read the passage  and provide an answer to the question below.
 
PASSAGE:
Study :  Teenage brain lacks empathy
 By Sara Goudarzi
 
If you ever sense teenagers are not taking your feelings into account, it's probably because
they're just incapable of doing so. The area of the brain associated with higher-level
thinking, empathy, and guilt is underused by teenagers, reports a new study. When
considering an action, the teenage medial prefrontal cortex, located in front of the brain,
doesn't get as much action as adults. "Thinking strategies change with age," said Sarah
Jayne Blakemore of the University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. "As
you get older you use more or less the same brain network to make decisions about your
actions as you did when you were a teenager, but the crucial difference is that the
distribution of that brain activity shifts from the back of the brain (when you are a teenager)
to the front (when you are an adult)."
Teen thinking
 In the study, teens and adults were asked how they would react to certain situations. As
they responded, researchers imaged their brains. Although both adults and teens
responded similarly to the questions, their brain activity differed. The medial prefrontal
cortex was much more active in the adults than in the teens. However, the teenagers had
much more activity in the superior temporal sulcus, the brain area involved in predicting
future actions based on previous ones. Adults were also much faster at figuring out how
their actions would affect themselves and other people. "We think that a teenager's
judgment of what they would do in a given situation is driven by the simple question: 'What
would I do?'" Blakemore said. "Adults, on the other hand, ask: 'What would I do, given how I
would feel and given how the people around me would feel as a result of my actions?'"
Developing sensitivity
Children start taking into account other people's feelings around the age of five. But the
ability develops well beyond this age, the new research suggests. And while some of this
sensitivity could be the result of undeveloped regions in the brain, the experience that
adults acquire from social interactions also plays an important role. My purpose in reading
this: Reading Strategy I will use: 12 "Whatever the reasons, it is clear that teenagers are
dealing with, not only massive hormonal shifts, but also substantial neural changes,"
Blakemore said. "These changes do not happen gradually and steadily between the ages of
0–18. They come on in great spurts and puberty is one of the most dramatic developmental
stages." The results of the study were presented today at the BA Festival of Science in the
UK.      
Question: 
What is the dominant feeling of the author in his article?

Select one:

a.
optimistic 

b.
negative

c.
sarcastic
d.
defiant 

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(Write Informal English or Academic English): Now Dragon could not fit into his car," Oh!
What am I going to do?" cried Dragon.
Informal English
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Direction: Identify the correct term of the meaning provided in each sentence using
the affixes.
decrease
The reverse of increase is Answer
.

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(Write Informal English or Academic English): Hippopotamuses are the third heaviest kind of
land mammal in the world. They weigh in right after elephants and rhinos.
Academic English
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Identify which category these words belong under.
vaccination, serum, carbohydrates

Select one:

a.
history

b.
academics

c.
geography

d.
health

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Read the article then do as directed.
 
Origins of the English Language
1) In starting our study of the English language, we must know something about its
beginnings or origins. The English language has its beginnings in many other languages
that go far back into ancient times.
2) We must start our study as far back as the invasion of two German tribes, the Angles and
the  Saxons, into Great  Britain. This invasion occurred about four hundred years after the
birth of Christ. These barbaric tribes overran the island of Great Britain and introduced a
new way of life. They also introduced new words into the language that later became  the
English we speak and write today. From their Germanic gods, for example, come the days of
the week: Tui, the god of war (Tuesday); Woden, father of the gods (Wednesday); Thor, god
of Thunder (Thursday).
3) Then we must comprehend or understand   how the invasion of the Normans into Great
Britain- known as the land of the Angles, or England – also changed our mother tongue. The
Normans were from France. In 1066 they conquered the Angles   and the Saxons and made
them   slaves. The old English   spoken by the Angles and Saxons survived; however, some
French words were added. These new words   helped to make our language richer. From
these early Frenchmen, for example, the word porc  means “pig”. Today, we use   the
word pork, however, only when we speak of the flesh of a pig.  This is because the early
French Normans, as the masters of   England, saw the animal only when it was cooked and
served to them on the dinner table. The Angle and Saxon slaves, however, who tended  the
animal while it was alive, called it pig.  So even now the flesh of this particular animal when
eaten is  pork, but the animal itself  is known as a pig.
4) And, in turn, we must understand or comprehend how the French language brought to
England by the Norman conquerors had its roots in the ancient languages of Greece and
Rome. Many of the words borrowed from the Normans at this time, for example showed the
relationship of a ruling class to its subjects. Most of these words can be traced  all the way 
back to Latin. The word conqueror itself comes from the old French word conquerre which,
in turn, comes from the Latin word conquarere, which simply means “to win”.
5) Only by a brief study of these chronological events and their influences can we
comprehend why the English language we speak today is so rich in meaning.
Question:
 What is the main idea of the essay?

Select one:

a.
The  invasion of the Normans into Great Britain - known as the land of the Angles, or
England –  also changed the English language.

b.
We must understand or comprehend how the French language brought to England by the
Norman conquerors had its roots in the ancient languages of Greece and Rome.

c.
The English language has its beginnings in many other languages that go far back into
ancient times.

d.
We must start our study as far back as the invasion of two German tribes, the Angles and
the Saxons, into Great Britain.

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Marking key words and summarizing.

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a.
skimming

b.
drawing conclusion

c.
scanning

d.
critical reading

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Looking for a definition in a dictionary.

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a.
drawing conclusion

b.
skimming

c.
critical reading

d.
scanning

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Choose the letter of the best meaning for the underlined word as it is used in context.
It is difficult to imagine a surfeit of talent in one individual, yet Leonard Bernstein simply
does not have the time to make complete use of his talent as conductor, performer, writer,
and lecturer.

Select one:

a.
superiority                 

b.
lack

c.
excess  

d.
variety       

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Identify which category these words belong under.
Bataan Death March, Watergate Scandal, Bubonic Plague

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a.
geography

b.
academics
c.
history

d.
health

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The period of time between happenings or events is called the time ___________________

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a.
international

b.
interval

c.
interrupts

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For each of the passage/sentence below, select the letter that most accurately defines
the underlined word in each item.
The Russians are skillful at sending cryptic messages, open to many interpretations. Our
State Department spends days puzzling over  their meanings.

Select one:

a.
clear  messages                         

b.
hidden meaning

c.
text  messages                          

d.
inscription 

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Read the article then do as directed.
 
Origins of the English Language
1) In starting our study of the English language, we must know something about its
beginnings or origins. The English language has its beginnings in many other languages
that go far back into ancient times.
2) We must start our study as far back as the invasion of two German tribes, the Angles and
the  Saxons, into Great  Britain. This invasion occurred about four hundred years after the
birth of Christ. These barbaric tribes overran the island of Great Britain and introduced a
new way of life. They also introduced new words into the language that later became  the
English we speak and write today. From their Germanic gods, for example, come the days of
the week: Tui, the god of war (Tuesday); Woden, father of the gods (Wednesday); Thor, god
of Thunder (Thursday).
3) Then we must comprehend or understand   how the invasion of the Normans into Great
Britain- known as the land of the Angles, or England – also changed our mother tongue. The
Normans were from France. In 1066 they conquered the Angles   and the Saxons and made
them   slaves. The old English   spoken by the Angles and Saxons survived; however, some
French words were added. These new words   helped to make our language richer. From
these early Frenchmen, for example, the word porc  means “pig”. Today, we use   the
word pork, however, only when we speak of the flesh of a pig.  This is because the early
French Normans, as the masters of   England, saw the animal only when it was cooked and
served to them on the dinner table. The Angle and Saxon slaves, however, who tended  the
animal while it was alive, called it pig.  So even now the flesh of this particular animal when
eaten is  pork, but the animal itself  is known as a pig.
4) And, in turn, we must understand or comprehend how the French language brought to
England by the Norman conquerors had its roots in the ancient languages of Greece and
Rome. Many of the words borrowed from the Normans at this time, for example showed the
relationship of a ruling class to its subjects. Most of these words can be traced  all the way 
back to Latin. The word conqueror itself comes from the old French word conquerre which,
in turn, comes from the Latin word conquarere, which simply means “to win”.
5) Only by a brief study of these chronological events and their influences can we
comprehend why the English language we speak today is so rich in meaning.
Question:
 What structure of text is used in the passage?

Select one:

a.
factual structure 

b.
thesis structure

c.
none of the choices

d.
Problem-solution structure

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Accordingly

Select one:

a.
Sequence

b.
Result
c.
Illustration

d.
Contrast

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For each of the passage/sentence below, select the letter that most accurately defines
the underlined word in each item.
Bob decided to be prudent and call ahead for reservations, instead of just showing up. 

Select one:

a.
indiscreet  

b.
proud        

c.
calm        

d.
careful judgment

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Choose the letter of the best meaning for the underlined word as it is used in context.
We knew he couldn’t hold out much longer, because he had been doomed from the
beginning. One night he met his ineluctable fate.
Select one:

a.
hidden

b.
unhappy

c.
inevitable

d.
forgotten