She had prepared extensively for the interview; _____, she didn't get the job.
He practiced his lines diligently, _____ he forgot them during the performance.
John was determined to finish the marathon, even though he had injured his ankle early on in the race, and he pushed through the pain _____.
I would rather you ____ my message to him yesterday.
Not only _____ to the party, but he also brought a gift.
Bananas are one of _____ and they are believed to help raise serotonin levels.
In no way _____ to be misunderstood.
The art exhibit featured a variety of sculptures, each _____ with precision by a renowned artist.
It is important that she _____ her passport before traveling.
After the financial crisis, many families were reduced _____ in temporary shelters, struggling to rebuild their lives from scratch.
Demands for tickets were high, _____ inflating resell prices to 300%.
One of the students was caught _____ during the exam and was removed from the room.
The company is said _____ victory over its rival through a smear campaign.
Nobody is really what they seem, _____?
_____, the acrobat couldn’t make the final landing gracefully.
The cult leader, along with his 2 closest associates, _____ a life sentence.
_____ your school uniform? We’re just going to the mall with our classmates.
Max cheated his sister out of the inheritance money, _____ she would never forgive him.
Your road to recovery is likely long. _____, you have the best healthcare service available right now.
Potential delays _____, this airline service isn’t so bad.
After working for several hours straight, Sarah was _____ and needed to take a break.
The politician's promise to lower taxes turned out to be nothing but _____.
The chef prepared a _____ feast, featuring a variety of delicious dishes.
The media has been reporting non-stop about this scandal for weeks. It’s time to stop _____.
Enjoy your holiday and keep me _____ about anything exciting!
You have been having terrible luck, I suggest you _____ and stop playing.
These ______ office cubicles are drab, plain, and depressing to work in.
That’s not very prim and _____ of her to chew with her mouth wide open.
I’m sorry, but I have to _____ my plans for tonight due to unexpected circumstances.
The company decided to _____ 50 employees in order to reduce costs.
The teacher asked the students to finish and _____ their assignments by Friday.
She had to _____ the courage to speak in front of such a large audience.
The board was unconvinced by the idea at first, but after the demonstration, most of them _____.
Mickey is not telling us the whole story. There’s more than he _____.
Even though the house was built just a year ago, we are starting to see signs of paint _____.
The highway accident led to a terrible _____ of over 50 vehicles and 100 casualties including deaths.
She _____ her gratitude for the opportunity to work on such an important project.
The students eagerly participated in a _____, discussing various aspects of the novel.
The team's _____ performance in the playoffs ended their tournament run prematurely.
A.I. is bringing about a _____ shift in what is normally considered ‘skilled, intellectual, creative’ fields.
It is _____ normal to live with your parents. You don’t have to move out if you don’t have the means.
Read your contract carefully before signing as the terms in there are legally _____.
Skeptics _____ to the view that ‘alternative medicine’ is just placebo without any medicinal properties.
The company decided to _____ a new marketing strategy to boost sales and attract more customers.
The hiker had to _____ a steep mountain to reach the summit.
The detective's keen observation skills helped him _____ the mystery behind the missing diamond.
The author's prose is _____, so even first-time readers of the genre find it easy to follow the story.
The Amazon rainforest _____ over 3 million species of plants and animals, many of which unique to the region and under serious threat.
The striking laborers _____ demands regarding their working conditions, healthcare, and paid leave.
Most humans are instinctively _____ to snakes, which are a danger to our primate ancestors.
Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
‘Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived’ goes the famous rhyme that the fates of King Henry VIII’s six wives. The story of King Henry VIII’s six wives has been told for centuries, but never before has it been heard in the way ‘SIX’ shares it. A new Broadway musical show, ‘SIX’ gives and tune to the women who served as queens in a modern and upbeat way.
Telling the story of King Henry’s wives, some of whom were killed by order of the king himself, the show does not, however, feature a character playing the king. , it is centered on the women, allowing them to tell their own stories through music.
The entire 80-minute production takes place on a that appears to be a concert stage. The Tudor queens and the band, known as the ‘Ladies in Waiting,’ are on stage the entire time. Despite being based on historical events and characters, ‘SIX’s take on the Tudor era is heavily fictionalized. is clear the moment the actresses stepped out in bejeweled and glittering outfits, and the stage, with modern like bass guitar and keyboard, feels more at home at a pop concert than a historical play.
"It can catch you off guard," said Sterlyn Termine, a band member. "As soon as the curtains open and you see guitar, a drum set and keyboards, you will realize that this is going to sound a lot more modern than you thought.” Still, the era and region the storyline takes place in, there are hints of the music from 500 years ago. "There is harpsichord, but it is a synthesized harpsichord, and one of the songs is polka, German-folk inspired that is accompanied by dubstep and airhorn sounds. It is a creative and clever fusion," Termine said. Each queen also has hints of modern-day celebrities, dubbed ‘Queenspirations,’ with their music, intertwined into their characters and songs, paying to ‘pop queens’ the likes of Beyoncé, Adele, and Ariana Grande.
The show is high energy from start to finish and does not include an intermission. Many of the loved how it was fast-paced and shorter than some other productions, adding that though they didn't know what to expect the show, they left highly impressed. "We thought we booked the wrong show, but as the curtains closed, me and my family were all clapping and cheering." Said a member in attendance.
(Dillon Thomas, for CBS News)
Complete each blank with ONE most suitable word.
Roughly two-thirds of the world's cocoa is grown in West Africa, of it concentrating in Ivory Coast and Ghana, and farmers there have faced extreme weather brought by changing climate for a few years: heavy rains and flooding, high winds during the dry season. has worsened crop disease and road conditions, which disrupts bean deliveries to ports.
The International Cocoa Organization forecasts that global cocoa supply will decline by almost 11% this season. Other cocoa-growing countries have been unable to fill the because ramping up production is expensive and ; it takes years for newly planted trees to produce cocoa beans. This extensive shortfall of cocoa has buyers scrambling, pushing prices up, and the historic rally has drawn in speculators, exacerbating the price volatility. Normally, if prices are very high, people start producing more of that commodity, but that is not the with cocoa. Thus, these prices are going to stay higher than they were for a while.
The damaging weather also compounded other ongoing problems. Trees in West Africa have been aging and yielding less cocoa; farmers in Ghana and Ivory Coast have struggled to battle pests and disease. In fact, those farmers rarely benefit from the surging cost of cocoa on the , because they typically pre-sell the beans at agreed-upon prices in . Unfortunately, the amounts they earn for selling their cocoa cannot up for the costs to replant, buy fertilizers, buy pesticides, etc. The sourcing of cocoa and the model for producing and trading cocoa in the world is not a sustainable model.
Complete each blank with ONE most suitable word.
If you’ve seen the movie or television show MASH*, then you’ve seen an ‘ambulance.’ No, not those trucks that bring patients to hospitals. Back then, the field hospital was the ambulance. It brought the care to patients, not the other way around. Just look at the word. It has the same as words like “ambulatory” or “amble.” essence, the word means “walking.” The French term from which the English was “hôpital ambulant,” but English dropped “hôpital.” The emphasis here was on walking and movement.
came the Crimean War (1853–1856). Sometimes considered the first “modern” war, this struggle for control of the former Ottoman Empire was the first to use railroads and telegraphs tactically. In to that, the Crimean War was when people began to to ambulances as the conveyances moving troops from the field to places where their injuries were . This change likely occurred because the war had so many different theaters. Field hospitals couldn’t possibly have up with all of the battles. Thus, ambulances took you to the hospital instead of being the hospital. Field hospitals still exist today, of , but they’re no longer called ambulances.
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
A. Like a naturalist conducting a tour of the jungle, he led the way to a busy intersection in the center of town, where several odd things immediately became clear. Not only was it virtually naked, stripped of all lights, signs, and road markings, but there was no division between road and sidewalk. It was, basically, a bare brick square.
But in spite of the apparently anarchical layout, the traffic, a steady stream of trucks, cars, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians, moved along fluidly and easily, as if directed by an invisible conductor. When Mr. Monderman, a traffic engineer and the intersection's proud designer, deliberately failed to check for oncoming traffic before crossing the street, the drivers slowed for him. No one honked or shouted rude words out of the window. (1) "Who has the right of way?" he asked rhetorically. "I don't care. People here have to find their own way, negotiate for themselves, use their own brains."
B. Used by some 20,000 drivers a day, the intersection is part of a road-design revolution pioneered by the 59-year-old Mr. Monderman. His work in Friesland, the district in northern Holland that takes in Drachten, is increasingly seen as the way of the future in Europe.
His philosophy is simple, if counterintuitive. To make communities safer and more appealing, Mr. Monderman argues, you should first remove the traditional paraphernalia oftheir roads-the traffic lights and speed signs; the signs exhorting drivers to stop, slow down and merge; the center lines separating lanes from one another; even the speed bumps, speed-limit signs, bicycle lanes, and pedestrian crossings. In his view, it is only when the road is made more dangerous, when drivers stop looking at signs and start looking at other people. that driving becomes safer.
"All those signs are saying to cars, 'This is your space, and we have organized your behavior so that as long as you behave this way, nothing can happen to you,"' Mr. Monderman said. "That is the wrong story." The Drachten intersection is an example of the concept of "shared space," a street where cars and pedestrians are equal, and the design tells the driver what to do. "It's moving away from regulated, legislated traffic toward space which, by the way it's designed and configured, makes it clear what sort of behavior is anticipated," said Ben Hamilton-Baillie, a British specialist in urban design and movement and a proponent of many of the same concepts.
Highways, where the car is naturally king, are part of the "traffic world" and another matter altogether. In Mr. Monderman's view, shared-space schemes thrive only in conjunction with well-organized, well-regulated highway systems. Variations on the shared-space theme are being tried in Spain, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, and Britain, among other places. The European Union has appointed a committee of experts, including Mr. Monderman, for a Europe-wide study.
C. Mr. Monderman is a man on a mission. On a daylong automotive tour of Friesland, he pointed out places he had improved, including a town where he ripped out the sidewalks, signs, and crossings and put in brick paving on the central shopping street. An elderly woman crossed slowly in front of him. (2) "This is social space, so when Grandma is coming, you stop, because that's what normal, courteous human beings do," he said.
Planners and curious journalists are increasingly making pilgrimages to meet Mr. Monderman, considered one of the field's great innovators, although until a few years ago he was virtually unknown outside Holland. Mr. Hamilton-Baillie, whose writings have helped bring Mr. Monderman's work to wider attention, remembers with fondness his own first visit.
Mr. Monderman drove him to a small country road with cows in every direction. Their presence was reinforced by a large, standard-issue European traffic sign with a picture of a cow on it.
He said: "What do you expect to find here? Wallabies??" Mr. Hamilton-Baillie recalled. "They're treating you like you're a complete idiot, and if people treat you like a complete idiot, you'll act like one.'
D. Here was someone who had rethought a lot of issues from complete scratch. Essentially, what it means is a transfer of power and responsibility from the state to the individual and the community. Dressed in a beige jacket and patterned shirt, with scruffy facial hair and a stocky build, Mr. Monderman has the appearance of a football hooligan, but the temperament of an engineer, which indeed he trained to be. His father was the headmaster of the primary school in their small village; Hans liked to fiddle with machines. "I was always the guy who repaired the TV sets in our village," he said. He was working as a civil engineer building highways in the 1970s when the Dutch government, alarmed at a sharp increase in traffic accidents, set up a network of traffic safety offices. Mr. Monderman was appointed Friesland's traffic safety officer.
In residential communities, Mr. Monderman began narrowing the roads and putting in design features like trees and flowers, red brick paving stones, and even fountains to discourage people from speeding, following the principle now known as psychological traffic calming, where behavior follows design.
He made his first nervous foray into shared space in a small village whose residents were upset at its being used as a daily thoroughfare for 6,000 speeding cars. When he took away the signs, lights, and sidewalks, people drove more carefully. Within two weeks, speeds on the road had dropped by more than half. In fact, he said, there has never been a fatal accident on any of his roads.
E. Several early studies bear out his contention that shared spaces are safer. In England, the district of Wiltshire found that removing the center line from a stretch of road reduced drivers' speed without any increase in accidents.
[...] Mr. Monderman concedes that road design can do only so much. It does not change the behavior, for instance, of the 15 percent of drivers who will behave badly no matter what the rules are. Nor are shared-space designs appropriate everywhere, like major urban centers, but only in neighborhoods that meet particular criteria. Recently a group of well-to-do parents asked him to widen the two-lane road leading to their children's school, saying it was too small to accommodate what he derisively calls "their huge cars." He refused, saying the fault was not with the road, but with the cars. (3) "They can't for each other to pass?" he asked. [...]
What is the most appropriate title for the passage?
What word means the CLOSEST to "anarchical" (section A)?
According to the text, what is TRUE about the concept of 'shared space'?
What can be inferred about Monderman from his comments (1), (2) and (3)?
What is NOT TRUE about Monderman's first experiment with the 'shared space' concept?
Which section (A - E) contains the following information?
a reference to reckless drivers
Which section (A - E) contains the following information?
a concrete example of unnecessary signage
Which section (A - E) contains the following information?
an authority's attempt to take the design to a larger scale
Which section (A - E) contains the following information?
a description of strange traffic settings
Which section (A - E) contains the following information?
influence of the engineer's background on his career choice
Read the passage and decide if the following statements are TRUE, FALSE, or NOT GIVEN.
‘GOOD VIDEO GAMES AND GOOD LEARNING’ – James P. Gee
Video games are a relatively new technology replete with important, and not yet fully understood, implications. Scholars have historically viewed the human mind through the lens of a technology they thought worked like the mind. Locke and Hume, for example, argued that the mind was like a blank slate on which experience wrote ideas, taking the technology of literacy as their guide. Much later, modern cognitive scientists argued that the mind worked like a digital program, calculating generalizations and deductions via a logic-like rule system. More recently, some cognitive scientists, inspired by distributed parallel-processing computers and complex adaptive networks, have argued that the mind works by storing records of actual experiences and constructing intricate patterns of connections among them.
Human societies get better through history at building technologies that more closely capture some of what the human mind can do and getting these technologies to do mental work publicly. Writing, digital computers, and networks each allow us to externalize some functions of the mind. Though they are not commonly thought of in these terms, video games are a new technology in this same line. They are a new tool with which to think about the mind and through which we can externalize some of its functions. Video games of the sort I am concerned with—games like Half-Life 2, Rise of Nations, Full Spectrum Warrior, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and World of WarCraft—are what I would call “action-and-goal-directed preparations for, and simulations of, embodied experience.”
Human understanding is not primarily a matter of storing general concepts in the head or applying abstract rules to experience. Rather, humans think and understand best when they can imagine (simulate) an experience in such a way that the simulation prepares them for actions they need and want to take in order to accomplish their goals. Let’s take weddings as an example, though we could just as well have taken war, love, inertia, democracy, or anything. You don’t understand the word or the idea of weddings by meditating on some general definition of weddings. Rather, you have had experiences of weddings, in real life and through texts and media. On the basis of these experiences, you can simulate different wedding scenarios in your mind.
You construct these simulations differently for different occasions, based on what actions you need to take to accomplish specific goals in specific situations. You can move around as a character in the mental simulation as yourself, imagining your role in the wedding, or you can “play” other characters at the wedding (e.g., the minister), imagining what it is like to be that person. You build your simulations to understand and make sense of things, but also to help you prepare for action in the world. You can act in the simulation and test out what consequences follow, before you act in the real world. You can role-play another person in the model and try to see what motivates their actions or might follow from them before you respond in the real world. So I am arguing that the mind is a simulator, but one that builds simulations to purposely prepare for specific actions and to achieve specific goals.
Video games turn out to be the perfect metaphor for what this view of the mind amounts to, just as slates and computers were good metaphors for earlier views of the mind. Video games usually involve a visual and auditory world in which the player manipulates a virtual character (or characters). They often come with editors or other sorts of software with which the player can make changes to the game world or even build a new game world. The player can make a new landscape, a new set of buildings, or new characters. The player can set up the world so that certain sorts of actions are allowed or disallowed. The player is building a new world, but is doing so by using and modifying the original visual images that came with the game. One simple example of this is the way in which players can build new skateboard parks in a game like Tony Hawk Pro Skater. The player must place ramps, trees, grass, poles, and other things in space in such a way that players can manipulate their virtual characters to skate the park in a fun and challenging way.
Even when players are not modifying games, they play them with goals in mind, the achievement of which counts as their “win state,” and it’s the existence of such win states that, in part, distinguishes games from other simulations. These goals are set by the player, but certainly, in collaboration with the world the game designers have created, and, at least in more open-ended games, players don’t just accept developer’s goals, they make real choices of their own. Players must carefully consider the design of the world and consider how it will or will not facilitate specific actions they want to take to accomplish their goals. One technical way that psychologists have talked about this sort of situation is through the notion of ‘affordances’. An ‘affordance’ is a feature of the world (real or virtual) that will allow for a certain action to be taken, but only if it is matched by an ability in an actor who has the wherewithal to carry out such an action. For example, in the massive multiplayer game World of WarCraft, stags can be killed and skinned (for making leather), but only by characters that have learned the “Skinning” skill. So a stag is an affordance for skinning for such a player, but not for one who has not acquired said skill. The large spiders in the game are not an affordance for skinning for any players, since they cannot be skinned at all. Affordances are relationships between the world and actors. Playing World of WarCraft, or any other video game, is all about such affordances. The player must learn to see the game world - designed by the developers, but set in motion in particular directions by the players, and, thus, co-designed by them - in terms of such affordances. Broadly speaking, players must utilize their resources and think in terms of “What are the features of this world that can enable the actions I am capable of carrying out and that I want to carry out in order to achieve my goals?”
“The view of the mind I have sketched,” in fact, argues that the mind works rather like a video game. For humans, effective thinking is more like running a simulation than it is about forming abstract generalizations cut off from experiential realities. Generalizations are formed, when they are, bottom up from experience and imagination of experience. Video games externalize the search for affordances, for a match between character (actor) and world, but this is just the heart and soul of effective human thinking and learning in any situation.
Does the following statement agree with the information given in the excerpt?
The view of the mind as a software predates that of the mind as a record to store information.
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Technology became more advanced as the result of growing complexity of the mind.
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The wedding scenario best exemplifies the necessity of simulations in thinking.
Does the following statement agree with the information given in the excerpt?
Roleplaying in simulations can benefit decision-making in real life.
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A simulation always requires participants to achieve some kind of victory.
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The more freedom players are allowed to modify the game world, the more fun and engaging their experience is.
Choose THREE features from the list below that best describe video game affordances.
A. They facilitate problem solving skills in players.
B. They are particularly common in some genres of game.
C. They allow for modifications of the game's assets.
D. Players can exert influence on gameplay through them.
E. They connect game developers and players.
F. They might act as restrictions to certain classes of players.
G. They set a fixed path on which players progress.
H. The term was defined by game developers.
I. They invoke a sense of accomplishment in players.
You are going to read an article. FOUR paragraphs and TWO sentences have been removed. Choose from the list of paragraphs A–F and the list of sentences G–K the one which fits each gap. There are two extra paragraphs and three extra sentences which you do not need to use.
List of Paragraphs
A. In the UK, the National Health Service follows evidence-based recommendations made by the National Screening Committee. Its current advice is clear: don’t screen for atrial fibrillation. That is because we have evidence that treatment works for people with symptoms, or those found to have the condition while being assessed for another condition. There is no evidence that treatment benefits outweigh the risks for a wider, asymptomatic population.
B. With major breakthroughs in semiconductors and nanotech, the personal health appliance industry has mushroomed around the globe. Not only tech giants but also young startups such as Misfit have entered the race and introduced their own wearable products, ranging from smart wristbands to invisible health widgets to the market.
C. Recently, the makers of the bestselling fitness tracker, the Apple Watch, began to roll out a new feature: the ability to monitor heart rhythm, and specifically to detect atrial fibrillation.
D. All this matters because the side effects of the blood thinners used to treat atrial fibrillation can be severe, ranging up to bleeding into the brain or gut. Such treatment would of course only be prescribed after consultation with a doctor. But if you are already finding it difficult to get a doctor’s appointment, think of the impact of a lot of false positives landing on their desk.
E. Such contradicting results have raised concerns among health providers and policy makers who ought to watch over the system even from the smallest change. Not to mention the opportunity costs one would have to bear from their individual perspective.
F. So why wouldn’t you want to know if you had it? Certainly, some doctors I have spoken to welcome the diagnostic possibilities that wearables bring; many are enthusiastic users themselves.
List of Sentences
G. They malfunction sometimes, though not impacting the heart.
H. Arguably, its negatives are evidenced by research and policy practices.
I. It can be constant, or intermittent, and becomes more common with age.
J. Individuals may find the health benefits of screening outweigh its drawbacks.
K. Admittedly, it could facilitate early disease detection to avoid adverse consequences.
HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE
Fitness trackers that let you self-screen for heart conditions risk doing more harm than good, argues Margaret McCartney.
Self-empowered, self-motivated, self-aware: we have got used to the idea that more knowledge about our health is good for us. This ethos has fuelled an explosion in wearable technologies – fitness trackers, step counters and other gizmos – that give us real-time feedback on key physiological stats such as heart rate.
Atrial fibrillation is a relatively common heart condition in which the two atria of the heart – the upper chambers – don’t contract regularly. It increases the risk of blood clots forming and causing a stroke. Those with the condition may need medication to thin their blood and allow their hearts to work efficiently.
The problem is that this is mass screening via the back door, with all the associated positives and negatives. It, however, causes far more damage than the disease itself through false positives and unnecessary worry and treatment.
A recent US paper suggests that 10,000 asymptomatic older people would have to be screened to detect 50 people with atrial fibrillation, and all those 50 would have to be treated to prevent one stroke. Meanwhile, preliminary results of one study, funded by Apple, find that diagnoses of atrial fibrillation could be confirmed by a subsequent electrocardiogram only in about a third of cases.
In the UK, the SAFER (Screening for Atrial Fibrillation with ECG to Reduce Stroke) study is getting under way to test whether mass screening for atrial fibrillation is useful, with ethics committee oversight and informed consent. In the meantime, if you have symptoms – breathlessness, chest pain – you should see a doctor. If you want to be screened, enter a trial. Just because early detection sounds sensible doesn’t mean it is good for us.
Complete the passage by changing the form of the word in capitals.
PRESCRIPTION ERRORS
In Europe, medical prescriptions were historically written in Latin, for many centuries the universal language among the educated. A prescription for eye drops written in Amsterdam could be filled in Paris, because the abbreviation OS' meant “left eye” in both places. With the (APPEAR) of Latin as a lingua franca, however, these abbreviations can be confusing even to trained professionals. In the early 1990s, two infants died in separate but identical tragedies: they were each administered 5 milligrams of morphine, rather than 0.5, as the (DOSE) was written without an initial zero. The naked decimal (.5) was subsequently misread. The personal and economic costs of these (INTERPRET) medical prescriptions are hard to quantify, yet anecdotal evidence suggests that they are prevalent. While mistakes will always happen in any human endeavor, taking simple corrective steps and also pushing for additional safeguarding policies would help reduce these unfortunate incidents.
Certain measures are widely agreed upon. For instance, the American Medical Association has publicly advocated against the use of Latin abbreviations and other relics of historical (PHARMACY). As a result, incidents of mixing up qd (every day), qid (four times a day), and qod (every other day) seem to be on the decline. Still, enforcing these changes might be difficult due to the (CENTRAL) of the healthcare system where each institution has its own authority. Regulators who (SEE) potential areas of confusion, such as drug names, have adopted certain changes, such as when the FDA asked a manufacturer to change the name of Levoxine, a thyroid medication, to Levoxyl so that confusion with Lanoxin, a heart failure drug, would be reduced. (LIKE), in 1990, the antacid Losec was renamed Prilosec to (DIFFERENCE) it from Lasix, a diuretic.
Other measures are controversial or require significant investment and consensus building. Switching to (COMPUTER) prescriber order entry systems seems to fix the (FAME) problem of illegible handwriting, but many systems still permit naked decimals and other dangerous practices. Moreover, since humans must still enter and retrieve the data, any technological fixes must be accompanied by substantial training. Ultimately, a manifold approach is likely needed to thoroughly address this issue.
Identify the FIVE errors in the following passage and correct them. Indicate the line at which mistakes are found, and how to correct them.
Write the mistakes in the order they appeared in the text. Write ONLY ONE WORD. Type "X" if a word needs to be omitted.
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| 1 | Family relationships are often seen as the backbone of the society, playing |
| 2 | a pivotal role in shaping our values and identities. Over the years, |
| 3 | many families have grappled for maintaining close-knit relationships |
| 4 | amidst the hustle and bustle of modern life. Engaging in heart-to-heart |
| 5 | conversations, cherishing sharing memories, and keeping family traditions alive |
| 6 | have all been cited as crucial to fostering strong bonds. However, as |
| 7 | technology advances, the way we connect with our loved one has evolved, |
| 8 | sometimes in the expense of genuine face-to-face interactions. Thus, making time |
| 9 | for our family and nurturing these relationships remain more important than ever. |
Example: (0) Line 0: has -> have
| Line | Errors | Corrections |
Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. You must use between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given. DO NOT change this given word.
For the audience, the effortless performance of the acrobats was astonishing. (HOW)
=> The audience was performed.
Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. You must use between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given. DO NOT change this given word.
Molly told me it is not a good idea to throw away the receipts. (HOLD)
=> “You had .” Molly told me.
Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. You must use between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given. DO NOT change this given word.
Being uncharismatic made it hard for her to become a successful actress. (BARRED)
=> Her lack of success in acting.
Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. You must use between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given. DO NOT change this given word.
If we want to finish before the deadline, we have to work faster. (PICK)
=> The deadline cannot the pace.
Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. You must use between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given. DO NOT change this given word.
They will do whatever it takes to save the company. (STOP)
=> They will the company going.
Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. You must use between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given. DO NOT change this given word.
“You must tell me how the money got lost!” the boss demanded. (ACCOUNT)
=> The boss demanded that money.
Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. You must use between THREE and SIX words, including the word given. DO NOT change this given word.
There is a severe shortage of clean water in our community after the disaster. (DIRE)
=> Our community after the disaster.
Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. You must use between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given. DO NOT change this given word.
The economy is in crisis, so it is very likely that many companies will go bankrupt. (VERGE)
=> Many companies are to the economic crisis.
Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. You must use between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given. DO NOT change this given word.
The manager covered up the mistake because he didn’t want to be criticized. (FEAR)
=> The manager swept the mistake criticism.
Complete the second sentence in each pair so that it has a similar meaning to the first one. You must use between THREE and EIGHT words, including the word given. DO NOT change this given word.
The touring company stopped to have some food before continuing their journey. (BITE)
=> Having their journey.