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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
1. In 1857, a British expedition led by Richard Burton and John Speke set out to find the great lakes shown on Ptolemy's map. After reaching Lake Tanganyika, the two men split up because Burton was ill.
A. Richard Burton and his friend looked for the great lakes shown on Ptolemy's map. The men split up.
B. In 1857, Richard Burton and John Speke searched for the great lakes on Ptolemy's map, but they had to split up when Burton was ill.
C. Two men from Britain looked for the great lakes but had to split up because one was ill .
2. "Academic writing, like all forms of communication, is an act of identity: it not only conveys disciplinary content but also carries a representation of the writer" (Hyland, 2002,p. 1092).
A. In all forms of communication, including academic writing, the writer's own voice should be present (Hyland, 2002)
B. Academic writing, like other forms of writing, is an act of personality: it conveys disciplinary content but also carries the personality of the writing (Hyland, 2002)
C. Like all forms of communication, academic writing is an act of identity. It not only conveys discipline-specific content, but also carries a representation of the writer.
3. “In short, adoption is a ubiquitous social institution in American society, creating invisible relationships with biological and adoptive kin that touch far more people than we imagine.”
a. In America, more people are adopted than was originally thought.
b. Adoption touches a surprising number of people throughout American society
c. Because adoptees are “invisible,” their circumstances are hard to imagine.
4. “While raising a family is inherently stressful, adoption is filled with additional tensions that are unique to the adoptive relationship.”
a. Families that adopt children can avoid some of the tensions inherent in biological families.
b. Raising a family under stressful conditions can discourage potential adoptive parents.
c. Families with an adopted member face more challenges than biological families
5. “Third, in a nation that sanctifies blood kinship, adoptive families and adoptees are stigmatized because of their lack of biological relationship.”
a. Nations that sanctify blood relationships are often stigmatized.
b. In some nations, adoptees do not have the same legal relationship to their adoptive parents as blood kin have to their birth parents.
c. Where blood kinship is excessively valued, adoption is considered inferior.
6. 25% of adolescents who have one baby have a second baby within two years of the first baby's birth.
a. 25% of babies are born to mothers who are adolescents
b. One out of four adolescent mothers has another baby before the first baby reaches his second
birthday.
c. A quarter of adolescent mothers gives birth when their first born is two.
d. 25% of adolescent mothers become pregnant again when their first babies are two years old.
7. It has been reported that the richest one percent of Americans own 40% of the country's wealth.
a. The richest 1% are 40 times as wealthy as the rest of Americans.
b. If the gap between rich and poor continues to grow at the current rate, the richest one percent will soon own 40% of the country's wealth.
c. 40% of the country's wealth is in the hands of only 1% of Americans.
d. 99% of Americans own 40% as much as the richest 1%
8. The judge was relieved when the jury was finally ready to announce its verdict.
a. When the jury announced its verdict, the judge was relieved.
b. The judge asked the jury to arrive at a verdict.
c. The judge welcomed the prospect of an imminent verdict.
d. The jury welcomed the judge's relief.
9. Research data suggest that girls who witnessed maternal abuse may tolerate abuse as adults more than girls who did not.
a. Women who witnessed the abuse of their mother as teens are more likely to become abusive adults.
b. Women who observed the abuse of their mothers when they were young are more likely to endure
abuse themselves.
c. Women who were abused as children are more likely to abuse their own children.
d. Girls who testify about maternal abuse tolerate abuse as adults more readily.
10. Martha thinks that the issue of adolescent problems is important to write about.
a. Martha thinks that adolescents like to write about their problems.
b. Martha feels that writing about adolescent problems is worthwhile.
c. Martha believes that the dream of most adolescents is to write something important.
d. Martha thinks that adolescents can write about their problems.
