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Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 5mins
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1.
Living in one's ethnic community in a new land is very pleasant, ________ it definitely has some disadvantages. Let me explain what I mean through personal example. At first, when I came from China to Auckland, I was very happy because some of my old friends were living in the same neighborhood. A year later, _________ , my family and I decided to move from that area in order to live near where we worked. That day I began to feel that I was living in another country, in another Auckland. My first problem came when I tried to tell my landlord that our refrigerator was broken. He didn’t speak Mandarin, ________ I didn’t speak English. Little things like that made me feel unhappy and insecure, _______ I did not want to go back to my own ethnic community. I was living in a new country, __________ I had to do things for myself. I had to learn a different culture, a different language, and different customs. Living with my ethnic group was very comfortable, _________ at the same time it was harmful ________ I didn’t learn some of the essentials for survival in a new country. It was an important, though painful, lesson to learn.
a)
because
b)
but
c)
on the other hand
2.
Living in one's ethnic community in a new land is very pleasant, ________ it definitely has some disadvantages. Let me explain what I mean through personal example. At first, when I came from China to Auckland, I was very happy because some of my old friends were living in the same neighborhood. A year later, _________ , my family and I decided to move from that area in order to live near where we worked. That day I began to feel that I was living in another country, in another Auckland. My first problem came when I tried to tell my landlord that our refrigerator was broken. He didn’t speak Mandarin, ________ I didn’t speak English. Little things like that made me feel unhappy and insecure, _______ I did not want to go back to my own ethnic community. I was living in a new country, __________ I had to do things for myself. I had to learn a different culture, a different language, and different customs. Living with my ethnic group was very comfortable, _________ at the same time it was harmful ________ I didn’t learn some of the essentials for survival in a new country. It was an important, though painful, lesson to learn.
a)
nevertheless
b)
since
c)
however
3.
Living in one's ethnic community in a new land is very pleasant, ________ it definitely has some disadvantages. Let me explain what I mean through personal example. At first, when I came from China to Auckland, I was very happy because some of my old friends were living in the same neighborhood. A year later, _________ , my family and I decided to move from that area in order to live near where we worked. That day I began to feel that I was living in another country, in another Auckland. My first problem came when I tried to tell my landlord that our refrigerator was broken. He didn’t speak Mandarin, ________ I didn’t speak English. Little things like that made me feel unhappy and insecure, _______ I did not want to go back to my own ethnic community. I was living in a new country, __________ I had to do things for myself. I had to learn a different culture, a different language, and different customs. Living with my ethnic group was very comfortable, _________ at the same time it was harmful ________ I didn’t learn some of the essentials for survival in a new country. It was an important, though painful, lesson to learn.
a)
but
b)
and
c)
so
4.
Living in one's ethnic community in a new land is very pleasant, ________ it definitely has some disadvantages. Let me explain what I mean through personal example. At first, when I came from China to Auckland, I was very happy because some of my old friends were living in the same neighborhood. A year later, _________ , my family and I decided to move from that area in order to live near where we worked. That day I began to feel that I was living in another country, in another Auckland. My first problem came when I tried to tell my landlord that our refrigerator was broken. He didn’t speak Mandarin, ________ I didn’t speak English. Little things like that made me feel unhappy and insecure, _______ I did not want to go back to my own ethnic community. I was living in a new country, __________ I had to do things for myself. I had to learn a different culture, a different language, and different customs. Living with my ethnic group was very comfortable, _________ at the same time it was harmful ________ I didn’t learn some of the essentials for survival in a new country. It was an important, though painful, lesson to learn.
a)
but
b)
so
c)
and
5.
Living in one's ethnic community in a new land is very pleasant, ________ it definitely has some disadvantages. Let me explain what I mean through personal example. At first, when I came from China to Auckland, I was very happy because some of my old friends were living in the same neighborhood. A year later, _________ , my family and I decided to move from that area in order to live near where we worked. That day I began to feel that I was living in another country, in another Auckland. My first problem came when I tried to tell my landlord that our refrigerator was broken. He didn’t speak Mandarin, ________ I didn’t speak English. Little things like that made me feel unhappy and insecure, _______ I did not want to go back to my own ethnic community. I was living in a new country, __________ I had to do things for myself. I had to learn a different culture, a different language, and different customs. Living with my ethnic group was very comfortable, _________ at the same time it was harmful ________ I didn’t learn some of the essentials for survival in a new country. It was an important, though painful, lesson to learn.
a)
but
b)
so
c)
and
6.
Living in one's ethnic community in a new land is very pleasant, ________ it definitely has some disadvantages. Let me explain what I mean through personal example. At first, when I came from China to Auckland, I was very happy because some of my old friends were living in the same neighborhood. A year later, _________ , my family and I decided to move from that area in order to live near where we worked. That day I began to feel that I was living in another country, in another Auckland. My first problem came when I tried to tell my landlord that our refrigerator was broken. He didn’t speak Mandarin, ________ I didn’t speak English. Little things like that made me feel unhappy and insecure, _______ I did not want to go back to my own ethnic community. I was living in a new country, __________ I had to do things for myself. I had to learn a different culture, a different language, and different customs. Living with my ethnic group was very comfortable, _________ at the same time it was harmful ________ I didn’t learn some of the essentials for survival in a new country. It was an important, though painful, lesson to learn.
a)
and
b)
nevertheless
c)
but
7.
Living in one's ethnic community in a new land is very pleasant, ________ it definitely has some disadvantages. Let me explain what I mean through personal example. At first, when I came from China to Auckland, I was very happy because some of my old friends were living in the same neighborhood. A year later, _________ , my family and I decided to move from that area in order to live near where we worked. That day I began to feel that I was living in another country, in another Auckland. My first problem came when I tried to tell my landlord that our refrigerator was broken. He didn’t speak Mandarin, ________ I didn’t speak English. Little things like that made me feel unhappy and insecure, _______ I did not want to go back to my own ethnic community. I was living in a new country, __________ I had to do things for myself. I had to learn a different culture, a different language, and different customs. Living with my ethnic group was very comfortable, _________ at the same time it was harmful ________ I didn’t learn some of the essentials for survival in a new country. It was an important, though painful, lesson to learn.
a)
a cause of
b)
because
c)
due to
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