The Quiz # Origin Of Punctuation

The quiz given below is based on the reading passage Origin Of Punctuation.

The table given has two columns, Column A and Column B. Column A consist of words from the passage and column B has their respective meanings. Your task is to match the word with the correct meaning.

 COLUMN A  COLUMN B
1. intimately  (i)to lay stress upon
 2. librarian (ii)eminent above or before others
3. eloquent (iii)to supply with critical or explanatory notes
4. persuasive  (iv)the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer
5. mangle (v)associated in close personal relations
6. emphasize (vi)deeply engrossed or absorbed
7. bystander (vii)to place between
8. annotate (viii)a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject
9. convinced (ix)having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech
10. preeminent (x)a person present but not involved; chance spectator; onlooker
11. abandoned (xi)the group of spectators at a public event
12. rapt (xii)a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing,person, ideal, etc
13. audiences (xiii)able, fitted, or intended to persuade
14. stroke (xiv)(a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low,indistinct voices
 15. interposed  (xv)to spoil
16. cult  (xvi)forsaken or deserted
 17. scholars (xvii) a person in charge of a library, especially the chief administrative officer of a library
 18. murmuring  (xviii)to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action

ANSWERS

  1. v
  2. xvii
  3. ix
  4. xiii
  5. xv
  6. i
  7. x
  8. iii
  9. xviii
  10. ii
  11. xvi
  12. vi
  13. xi
  14. iv
  15. vii
  16. xii
  17. viii
  18. xiv

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IELTS Essay Sample Answer # Selection In Schools

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.

Some people think that schools should admit students on the basis of their academic abilities, while others are of the opinion that schools must allow students of different cadre to sit together and learn.

Discuss both views and state your opinion.

Write at least 250 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER

Schools are the learning place for students, a place where they develop new skills and improve on their already existing skills. However, there are opinions that schools must give admissions to students on the basis of their academic accomplishments while some are of the belief that mixed ability classes are more beneficial for development of children. In my opinion, mixed classes are more beneficial then classified classes.

Admittedly, streaming students is more beneficial to students as well as teachers. For teachers, separating students facilitates effective teaching as all the students sitting are on their toes to learn new topics. Even more, students can learn difficult topics and teachers can go ahead with providing in depth knowledge to students.

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SCHOOLS

However, it is mixed classes that the all round development of a child takes place. It is because a mixed class tend to have the best academic student as well as the best football player. Interaction between these two students will help both of them, to improve on a facet that they are weak in. Even more, a streamed class tends to create the feeling in minds of students that they are less or more than others. This feeling in young minds is not a healthy approach in their upbringing.

Overall, streamed classes are beneficial for students who are interested in merely studies and also help teachers to provide effective teaching. However, in my opinion, it is in mixed classes versatile development of a child takes place, helping him/her in later years of life.

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IELTS Essay Sample Answer # Death Of Tradition

You should spend 40 minutes on this task.

With the advancement in technology, the traditional skills and way of life are dying out. In this era of development, it is pointless to try and keep them alive.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Write at least 250 words.

SAMPLE ANSWER

Technology has made a way into our lives such that one cannot imagine living without it.  Some argue that such impact is so extraordinary that it would make conventional skills and life obsolete. Although, to an extent it has surely impacted the way tradition played its role in our live, saying, it would completely dissolve it, might not be the most sure statement to be made.

In this world of technology, tradition has surely made its way into it. Firstly, traditional skills and way of life are slowly becoming an alternative to the problems caused by living life influenced by modern technology. For instance, a home like restaurant that offers traditional food with an ambiance of traditional things can prove to be a another experience to people who are bored with the same kind of restaurants everywhere. In venues like these, people become more relaxed and at the same time educated about different cultures. Providing diversity and thus enriching modern ways of life, such traditional skills and ways of life would continue to have their place.

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Tradition Vs Technology

Secondly, conventional methods tend to provide ideas to the modern technology. For instance, the way in which homes are decorated traditionally has allowed various industries to make products that help in decorating houses easily and giving the traditional touch. This has helped in increasing their business.

Overall, traditional skills and life styles are increasingly becoming a useful alternative to the homogeneity brought by global applications of modern technologies. Although one cannot deny that technology is surely obsoleting some traditions, it is impossible in near future to completely dissolve tradition.

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The Quiz # Pesticides Are Dangerous

The quiz given below is based on the reading passage PESTICIDES ARE DANGEROUS.

The table given has two columns, Column A and Column B. Column A consist of words from the passage and column B has their respective meanings. Your task is to match the word with the correct meaning.

 

 COLUMN A COLUMN B
1.  pounds (i) chemical containing carbon and phosphates
2. pesticides  (ii)a disease of the nervous system that gets worse over a period of time and causes the muscles to become weak and the arms and legs to shake
3.quintupled  (iii)a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests
4.formulations  (iv)to prevent something from happening or make it happen more slowly or less frequently than normal
5.revealing  (v)lasting for a long time
6.organophosphates  (vi)being five times as as much or as many
7.inhibiting  (vii)a cell that carries information within the brain and between the brain and other parts of the body
 8.cholinesterase  (viii) an umbrella term for a range of conditions which primarily affect the neurons in the human brain
 9.neurons  (ix)the basic monetary unit of the United Kingdom
 10.Alzheimer’s disease  (x)a serious disease, especially affecting older people, that prevents the brain from functioning normally and cause loss of memory, loss of ability to speak clearly etc
 11.neuro degenerative disease  (xi)an enzyme, found especially in the heart, brain, and blood, that hydrolyzes acetyl choline to acetic acid and choline
 12.Parkinson  (xii)the facts, signs, or objects that make you believe that something is true
 13.evidence  (xiii)to create or prepare something carefully, giving particular attention to the details
 14.chronic (xiv)
 15.exposed  (xv)giving your interesting information that you did not know before

ANSWERS

  1. ix
  2. iii
  3. vi
  4. xiii
  5. xv
  6. i
  7. iv
  8. xi
  9. vii
  10. x
  11. viii
  12. ii
  13. xii
  14. v
  15. xiv

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