Formative Test Analytical Exposition 2

What is/are the social function(s) of analytical exposition text?

• To elaborate the writer's idea about the surrounding phenomenon

• To persuade readers that the idea is an important matter

• To analyze the topic that the opinion is correct by developing an argument

• (A) and (B)

• All of the above

Which of the following is not the generic structure of analytical exposition?

• Reiteration

• Conclusion’

• Thesis

• Argument

• Recommendation

The Importance of Education

If there is one cornerstone that has been supporting the foundations of human civilization for the last five thousand years, I would say it is education. Generally speaking, it can be described as the process of passing on knowledge, experience, and skills from older generations to younger ones, although it comprises much more. Starting perhaps with paleolithic art on cave walls and ending up with today's highly technological online services, education has always been something more significant than a transfer of knowledge. I believe one could say that education unites and incorporates people around the globe into one community, sharing the same values, history, knowledge, and aspirations.

This is probably why we tend to see people who refuse to share global values as outcasts and marginals. Indeed, despite all the proclaimed tolerance, we rarely take the representatives of mindsets alternative to the majority seriously. With all due respect to the right of an individual to believe in whatever he or she wants, in schools and colleges students learn that Earth is a globe, and that the Universe is approximately 14 billion years old.

They learn that all species living on the planet today evolved from their more primitive relatives, and that this process continues at present. They learn that the sky is neither solid, nor is it inhabited by divine spirits. They learn all this not because one group of people oppresses the right of another one to confess their beliefs, but because some theories are supported by facts and scientific evidence while others are not.

So, one of the reasons why education is important is its ability to include an individual into a system of values and beliefs shared by the community of educated people worldwide. If there is a meeting between two people who belong to completely different cultures, but have the same level of education, they will be able to understand each other-not in terms of language, but in terms of outlook. They will share the same concepts about how the world is organized, and this is one of the fundamentals of communication. In a way, education is a door to the modern world with all of its opportunities.

According to the text, why is education important?

• Because we can learn that all species living on the planet today evolved from their more primitive relatives, and that this process continues at present

• Because it can include an individual into a system of values and beliefs shared by the community of educated people worldwide

• Because we can learn that Earth is a globe, and that the Universe is approximately 14 billion years old

• Because we can learn that the sky is neither solid, nor is it inhabited by divine spirits

• Because we can share the same concepts about how the world is organized, and this is one of the fundamentals of communication

The Importance of Education

If there is one cornerstone that has been supporting the foundations of human civilization for the last five thousand years, I would say it is education. Generally speaking, it can be described as the process of passing on knowledge, experience, and skills from older generations to younger ones, although it comprises much more. Starting perhaps with paleolithic art on cave walls and ending up with today's highly technological online services, education has always been something more significant than a transfer of knowledge. I believe one could say that education unites and incorporates people around the globe into one community, sharing the same values, history, knowledge, and aspirations.

This is probably why we tend to see people who refuse to share global values as outcasts and marginals. Indeed, despite all the proclaimed tolerance, we rarely take the representatives of mindsets alternative to the majority seriously. With all due respect to the right of an individual to believe in whatever he or she wants, in schools and colleges students learn that Earth is a globe, and that the Universe is approximately 14 billion years old.

They learn that all species living on the planet today evolved from their more primitive relatives, and that this process continues at present. They learn that the sky is neither solid, nor is it inhabited by divine spirits. They learn all this not because one group of people oppresses the right of another one to confess their beliefs, but because some theories are supported by facts and scientific evidence while others are not.

So, one of the reasons why education is important is its ability to include an individual into a system of values and beliefs shared by the community of educated people worldwide. If there is a meeting between two people who belong to completely different cultures, but have the same level of education, they will be able to understand each other-not in terms of language, but in terms of outlook. They will share the same concepts about how the world is organized, and this is one of the fundamentals of communication. In a way, education is a door to the modern world with all of its opportunities.

"Not in terms of language, but in terms of outlook. The underlined word has the closest meaning to...

• Important

• Viewpoint

• Helpful

• Destination

• Achievement

The Importance of Education

If there is one cornerstone that has been supporting the foundations of human civilization for the last five thousand years, I would say it is education. Generally speaking, it can be described as the process of passing on knowledge, experience, and skills from older generations to younger ones, although it comprises much more. Starting perhaps with paleolithic art on cave walls and ending up with today's highly technological online services, education has always been something more significant than a transfer of knowledge. I believe one could say that education unites and incorporates people around the globe into one community, sharing the same values, history, knowledge, and aspirations.

This is probably why we tend to see people who refuse to share global values as outcasts and marginals. Indeed, despite all the proclaimed tolerance, we rarely take the representatives of mindsets alternative to the majority seriously. With all due respect to the right of an individual to believe in whatever he or she wants, in schools and colleges students learn that Earth is a globe, and that the Universe is approximately 14 billion years old.

They learn that all species living on the planet today evolved from their more primitive relatives, and that this process continues at present. They learn that the sky is neither solid, nor is it inhabited by divine spirits. They learn all this not because one group of people oppresses the right of another one to confess their beliefs, but because some theories are supported by facts and scientific evidence while others are not.

So, one of the reasons why education is important is its ability to include an individual into a system of values and beliefs shared by the community of educated people worldwide. If there is a meeting between two people who belong to completely different cultures, but have the same level of education, they will be able to understand each other-not in terms of language, but in terms of outlook. They will share the same concepts about how the world is organized, and this is one of the fundamentals of communication. In a way, education is a door to the modern world with all of its opportunities.

"This is probably why we tend to see people who refuse to share global values as outcasts and marginal." The underlined word refers to ...

• People

• Global values

• The readers and the writer

• Marginal

• Outcasts

Why Students Should Be Allowed to Use Laptops in Class

For hundreds of years, education has been closely connected to writing. Professors had been writing down their lectures, and students had been keeping notes after their teachers. Goose feathers and parchment changed to ballpoint pens and paper, but the essence has remained the same: knowledge passed down from one person to another must be thoroughly recorded. With the emergence and development of mobile technologies such as laptops and smartphones, using conventional methods is gradually becoming obsolete. Students tend to use laptops in class more often than pens and paper. And although there are still many educational institutions that prohibit or decry using computers in class, there are many arguments in favor of doing so.

First of all, let us face reality people do not write as much today as they used to several years ago. This is especially true in the case of the youth: teenagers and young adults tend to feel more confident and comfortable typing on their devices rather than handwriting. Keeping records after a teacher in class requires a student to write extremely fast, which often decreases the readability of the notes taken. Sometimes it can be extremely difficult for a student to understand what he or she hurriedly wrote down in class. At the same time, typing on a laptop helps write the important information down in a comprehensible and accurate way. Also, handwriting always involves grammatical mistakes, typos, blots, and so on. Obviously, students experience little-to-none of such problems while using computers.

Secondly, technology is something youth nowadays have got so accustomed to that without it, they operate less efficiently. Students are native to such devices as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and other gadgets, and naturally incorporate them in whatever they do, be it leisure time or studying Not allowing students to use tablets in class means to deprive them of something that is almost a part of them and of their daily lives. If young people know how to use technology to their advantage and increase their studying effectiveness with its help, why forbid them from doing it?

The usage of mobile technologies helps make the studying process more intuitive, fluent, and engaging for students. For example, there are teachers who like to illustrate their lectures with photographs, charts, or interactive graphics. If students are using laptops, a teacher can send them supplementary educational materials via email or in social media. Or, students may be able to look up contradictory and/or insufficient information during the course or a lecture, and ask questions immediately. Laptops also allow changing the format of teaching. Some teachers develop experimental ways of lecturing, and these new methods tend to show promising results. Needless to say that such formats of studying are more appealing to young people who value their freedom and time, and prove to be extremely effective.

We live in the 21st century, and it is difficult to keep adhering to old ways when each day brings on innovations of different kinds. Education is not an exception to these processes of rapid evolution; conventional methods are quickly becoming obsolete. Students nowadays need to have these innovations seamlessly incorporated into their studying processes. Allowing them to use laptops in class would be a small but substantial change. Modern students are digital natives. and can effectively use technologies to their advantage. They would be able to not just take notes on lectures more effectively but would also eagerly engage in new forms of studying such as remote studying, using interactive online materials, and so on.

What do you think the text is about?

• It is about the disadvantages of using laptops in class.

• It is about the teaching methodology using laptops.

• It is about the reasons why students should bring laptops to class

• It is about the benefits of internet.

• All of the above

Why Students Should Be Allowed to Use Laptops in Class

For hundreds of years, education has been closely connected to writing. Professors had been writing down their lectures, and students had been keeping notes after their teachers. Goose feathers and parchment changed to ballpoint pens and paper, but the essence has remained the same: knowledge passed down from one person to another must be thoroughly recorded. With the emergence and development of mobile technologies such as laptops and smartphones, using conventional methods is gradually becoming obsolete. Students tend to use laptops in class more often than pens and paper. And although there are still many educational institutions that prohibit or decry using computers in class, there are many arguments in favor of doing so.

First of all, let us face reality people do not write as much today as they used to several years ago. This is especially true in the case of the youth: teenagers and young adults tend to feel more confident and comfortable typing on their devices rather than handwriting. Keeping records after a teacher in class requires a student to write extremely fast, which often decreases the readability of the notes taken. Sometimes it can be extremely difficult for a student to understand what he or she hurriedly wrote down in class. At the same time, typing on a laptop helps write the important information down in a comprehensible and accurate way. Also, handwriting always involves grammatical mistakes, typos, blots, and so on. Obviously, students experience little-to-none of such problems while using computers.

Secondly, technology is something youth nowadays have got so accustomed to that without it, they operate less efficiently. Students are native to such devices as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and other gadgets, and naturally incorporate them in whatever they do, be it leisure time or studying Not allowing students to use tablets in class means to deprive them of something that is almost a part of them and of their daily lives. If young people know how to use technology to their advantage and increase their studying effectiveness with its help, why forbid them from doing it?

The usage of mobile technologies helps make the studying process more intuitive, fluent, and engaging for students. For example, there are teachers who like to illustrate their lectures with photographs, charts, or interactive graphics. If students are using laptops, a teacher can send them supplementary educational materials via email or in social media. Or, students may be able to look up contradictory and/or insufficient information during the course or a lecture, and ask questions immediately. Laptops also allow changing the format of teaching. Some teachers develop experimental ways of lecturing, and these new methods tend to show promising results. Needless to say that such formats of studying are more appealing to young people who value their freedom and time, and prove to be extremely effective.

We live in the 21st century, and it is difficult to keep adhering to old ways when each day brings on innovations of different kinds. Education is not an exception to these processes of rapid evolution; conventional methods are quickly becoming obsolete. Students nowadays need to have these innovations seamlessly incorporated into their studying processes. Allowing them to use laptops in class would be a small but substantial change. Modern students are digital natives. and can effectively use technologies to their advantage. They would be able to not just take notes on lectures more effectively but would also eagerly engage in new forms of studying such as remote studying, using interactive online materials, and so on.

"We live in the 21st century, and it is difficult to keep adhering to old ways when each day brings on innovations of different kinds."

The above sentence is part of....

• Thesis

• Evidence

• Argument

• Counterargument

• Reiteration

Why Students Should Be Allowed to Use Laptops in Class

For hundreds of years, education has been closely connected to writing. Professors had been writing down their lectures, and students had been keeping notes after their teachers. Goose feathers and parchment changed to ballpoint pens and paper, but the essence has remained the same: knowledge passed down from one person to another must be thoroughly recorded. With the emergence and development of mobile technologies such as laptops and smartphones, using conventional methods is gradually becoming obsolete. Students tend to use laptops in class more often than pens and paper. And although there are still many educational institutions that prohibit or decry using computers in class, there are many arguments in favor of doing so.

First of all, let us face reality people do not write as much today as they used to several years ago. This is especially true in the case of the youth: teenagers and young adults tend to feel more confident and comfortable typing on their devices rather than handwriting. Keeping records after a teacher in class requires a student to write extremely fast, which often decreases the readability of the notes taken. Sometimes it can be extremely difficult for a student to understand what he or she hurriedly wrote down in class. At the same time, typing on a laptop helps write the important information down in a comprehensible and accurate way. Also, handwriting always involves grammatical mistakes, typos, blots, and so on. Obviously, students experience little-to-none of such problems while using computers.

Secondly, technology is something youth nowadays have got so accustomed to that without it, they operate less efficiently. Students are native to such devices as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and other gadgets, and naturally incorporate them in whatever they do, be it leisure time or studying Not allowing students to use tablets in class means to deprive them of something that is almost a part of them and of their daily lives. If young people know how to use technology to their advantage and increase their studying effectiveness with its help, why forbid them from doing it?

The usage of mobile technologies helps make the studying process more intuitive, fluent, and engaging for students. For example, there are teachers who like to illustrate their lectures with photographs, charts, or interactive graphics. If students are using laptops, a teacher can send them supplementary educational materials via email or in social media. Or, students may be able to look up contradictory and/or insufficient information during the course or a lecture, and ask questions immediately. Laptops also allow changing the format of teaching. Some teachers develop experimental ways of lecturing, and these new methods tend to show promising results. Needless to say that such formats of studying are more appealing to young people who value their freedom and time, and prove to be extremely effective.

We live in the 21st century, and it is difficult to keep adhering to old ways when each day brings on innovations of different kinds. Education is not an exception to these processes of rapid evolution; conventional methods are quickly becoming obsolete. Students nowadays need to have these innovations seamlessly incorporated into their studying processes. Allowing them to use laptops in class would be a small but substantial change. Modern students are digital natives. and can effectively use technologies to their advantage. They would be able to not just take notes on lectures more effectively but would also eagerly engage in new forms of studying such as remote studying, using interactive online materials, and so on.

"First of all, let us face reality people do not write as much today as they used to several years ago." The underlined word is a....

• conjunction of addition

• conjunction of cause

• conjunction of time

• relational process

• cause and effect

Why Students Should Be Allowed to Use Laptops in Class

For hundreds of years, education has been closely connected to writing. Professors had been writing down their lectures, and students had been keeping notes after their teachers. Goose feathers and parchment changed to ballpoint pens and paper, but the essence has remained the same: knowledge passed down from one person to another must be thoroughly recorded. With the emergence and development of mobile technologies such as laptops and smartphones, using conventional methods is gradually becoming obsolete. Students tend to use laptops in class more often than pens and paper. And although there are still many educational institutions that prohibit or decry using computers in class, there are many arguments in favor of doing so.

First of all, let us face reality people do not write as much today as they used to several years ago. This is especially true in the case of the youth: teenagers and young adults tend to feel more confident and comfortable typing on their devices rather than handwriting. Keeping records after a teacher in class requires a student to write extremely fast, which often decreases the readability of the notes taken. Sometimes it can be extremely difficult for a student to understand what he or she hurriedly wrote down in class. At the same time, typing on a laptop helps write the important information down in a comprehensible and accurate way. Also, handwriting always involves grammatical mistakes, typos, blots, and so on. Obviously, students experience little-to-none of such problems while using computers.

Secondly, technology is something youth nowadays have got so accustomed to that without it, they operate less efficiently. Students are native to such devices as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and other gadgets, and naturally incorporate them in whatever they do, be it leisure time or studying Not allowing students to use tablets in class means to deprive them of something that is almost a part of them and of their daily lives. If young people know how to use technology to their advantage and increase their studying effectiveness with its help, why forbid them from doing it?

The usage of mobile technologies helps make the studying process more intuitive, fluent, and engaging for students. For example, there are teachers who like to illustrate their lectures with photographs, charts, or interactive graphics. If students are using laptops, a teacher can send them supplementary educational materials via email or in social media. Or, students may be able to look up contradictory and/or insufficient information during the course or a lecture, and ask questions immediately. Laptops also allow changing the format of teaching. Some teachers develop experimental ways of lecturing, and these new methods tend to show promising results. Needless to say that such formats of studying are more appealing to young people who value their freedom and time, and prove to be extremely effective.

We live in the 21st century, and it is difficult to keep adhering to old ways when each day brings on innovations of different kinds. Education is not an exception to these processes of rapid evolution; conventional methods are quickly becoming obsolete. Students nowadays need to have these innovations seamlessly incorporated into their studying processes. Allowing them to use laptops in class would be a small but substantial change. Modern students are digital natives. and can effectively use technologies to their advantage. They would be able to not just take notes on lectures more effectively but would also eagerly engage in new forms of studying such as remote studying, using interactive online materials, and so on.

"Secondly, technology is something youth nowadays have got so accustomed to that, without it, they operate less efficiently."

The antonym of the underlined word is ....

• Adolescent

• Teenager

• Freshness

• Energy

• Elderly

Why Students Should Be Allowed to Use Laptops in Class

For hundreds of years, education has been closely connected to writing. Professors had been writing down their lectures, and students had been keeping notes after their teachers. Goose feathers and parchment changed to ballpoint pens and paper, but the essence has remained the same: knowledge passed down from one person to another must be thoroughly recorded. With the emergence and development of mobile technologies such as laptops and smartphones, using conventional methods is gradually becoming obsolete. Students tend to use laptops in class more often than pens and paper. And although there are still many educational institutions that prohibit or decry using computers in class, there are many arguments in favor of doing so.

First of all, let us face reality people do not write as much today as they used to several years ago. This is especially true in the case of the youth: teenagers and young adults tend to feel more confident and comfortable typing on their devices rather than handwriting. Keeping records after a teacher in class requires a student to write extremely fast, which often decreases the readability of the notes taken. Sometimes it can be extremely difficult for a student to understand what he or she hurriedly wrote down in class. At the same time, typing on a laptop helps write the important information down in a comprehensible and accurate way. Also, handwriting always involves grammatical mistakes, typos, blots, and so on. Obviously, students experience little-to-none of such problems while using computers.

Secondly, technology is something youth nowadays have got so accustomed to that without it, they operate less efficiently. Students are native to such devices as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and other gadgets, and naturally incorporate them in whatever they do, be it leisure time or studying Not allowing students to use tablets in class means to deprive them of something that is almost a part of them and of their daily lives. If young people know how to use technology to their advantage and increase their studying effectiveness with its help, why forbid them from doing it?

The usage of mobile technologies helps make the studying process more intuitive, fluent, and engaging for students. For example, there are teachers who like to illustrate their lectures with photographs, charts, or interactive graphics. If students are using laptops, a teacher can send them supplementary educational materials via email or in social media. Or, students may be able to look up contradictory and/or insufficient information during the course or a lecture, and ask questions immediately. Laptops also allow changing the format of teaching. Some teachers develop experimental ways of lecturing, and these new methods tend to show promising results. Needless to say that such formats of studying are more appealing to young people who value their freedom and time, and prove to be extremely effective.

We live in the 21st century, and it is difficult to keep adhering to old ways when each day brings on innovations of different kinds. Education is not an exception to these processes of rapid evolution; conventional methods are quickly becoming obsolete. Students nowadays need to have these innovations seamlessly incorporated into their studying processes. Allowing them to use laptops in class would be a small but substantial change. Modern students are digital natives. and can effectively use technologies to their advantage. They would be able to not just take notes on lectures more effectively but would also eagerly engage in new forms of studying such as remote studying, using interactive online materials, and so on.

Which sentence in the text is the part of thesis?

• With the emergence and development of mobile technologies such as laptops and smartphones, using conventional methods is gradually becoming obsolete.

• We live in the 21st century, and it is difficult to keep adhering to old ways when each day brings on innovations of different kinds.

• Allowing them to use laptops in class would be a small but substantial change.

• First of all, let us face reality: people do not write as much today as they used to several years ago.

• Secondly, technology is something youth nowadays have got so accustomed to that, without it, they operate less efficiently.