Task 1 : Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the bracketed words : Man has always shown a great capacity for (adjust) (adjustment - adjusting) to change. Past generations have survived floods, famines
and world wars. But when (deal) dealing
with the environment there is a grave (dangerous) danger
in relying on (adapt) (adaptation - adaptability) alone : simple (prudent) prudence suggests that taking forceful (prevent) preventive action to save (energetic) energy, to
curb pollution, to slow population (grow) growth
and to preserve the environment will give humanity a much (good) better chance of (adapt) adapting to whatever comes in the future.
Task 2 : Circle the alternative that best completes each sentence in the
paragraph below :
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whom |
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| Winston Churchill
was an orator |
which |
speeches were never dull and
sometimes |
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whose |
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the
most |
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to which |
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the least |
inspiring heights |
from which |
our language is capable. |
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the more |
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of
which |
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Unlike |
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| As |
Shakespeare, he will be "full
of quotations" as long as the English language |
| Like |
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ever |
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| lives. But no one
in later generations will |
seldom |
recapture the thrill that came to |
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never |
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since |
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| us, listening over
the radio in moments of glory and agony, |
as |
we heard |
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before |
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| Winston Churchill
speak of "blood, toil, tears and sweat", of "so much being owed
by so many to so few ". |
Task 3 : Use the words in the box
to complete the following paragraph :
still - about - continue
- intended - later - graduated - with - while-
top - from - told - invaded |
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When my son Paul graduated with a
Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue
University, he was told to print
"United States Citizen" at the top
of his resumé. Five years later,
he has reservations about the
advice. It was intended to help
Americans land jobs in fields invaded by
foreigners. My 33-year-old son is still
seeking employment while foreigners
educated at U.S. universities continue
to find jobs with U.S. firms. |
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