The survey of the American Psychological Association (APA) showed the students
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The survey of the American Psychological Association (APA) showed the students
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Q705313
The only question that can be answered by referring to the text is
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Mark the sentence in which the word “yet” has the same function and meaning of the one in the sentence “‘Yet reading has still declined precipitously,’ said Twenge.” (lines 154-156)
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Mark the sentence in which the word “however” has the same word class, syntactic function and meaning of the one in the sentence “However, with the rise of e-books and digital devices, the researchers were surprised to find that reading had dropped so steeply.” (lines 147-149)
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Based on the text, judge the following items.
A little is considered a correct alternative for “a few” in “a few channels” (lines 7 and 8).
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In “Candidates can also check Internet job sites and the classified ads in local newspapers as well” (lines 45- 47), the modal verb can is replaced, without change in meaning, by
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Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text III, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
The expression “come to grief” (l.10) means to end in failure.
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Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text IV, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
The expression “on a par with” (l.30) means competing.
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Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text V, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
The word “sleuth” (l.13) is used in a disparaging way.
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Considering the grammatical and semantic aspects of text VI, decide whether the following items are right (C) or wrong (E).
The phrase “obtain more” (l. 10 and 11) could be correctly replaced by accrue, without altering the meaning of the passage.