Fashion Fallacies, Dreams, and the Blue Planet: Exploring Common Misconceptions

Posted on Oct 31, 2024 in English

Fashion Fallacies

  1. a) FALSE: For airline travel, there are better choices than the ones mentioned. b) TRUE: Tent-shaped dresses can be slimming.
  2. a) Climb-up b) Overweight c) Clutch d) Fashion
  3. a) Not too soft; shoulder bags wouldn’t slide off. b) Be worn c) Wearing d) Provided

Dreams

  1. a) TRUE: In a dream, a friend’s prediction may turn out to be true. b) FALSE: A middle-aged man dreaming of glamorous girlfriends is not necessarily a sign of anything.
  2. a) Twisted b) Quarrel c) Turn out d) Tiny
  3. a) Don’t / Do I b) Created / Which are c) Who / That d) Are / Does

The Blue Planet

  1. a) TRUE: “As long ago…all life is on the oceans.” b) FALSE: “Some of the other planets…459°F of absolute zero.”
  2. Oasis / Surface / Contrast / Waste
  3. a) Reveals / Dry / Is / Until / Is converted / With d) From / Of

A Yes of Siesta

  1. a) TRUE: “Without clocks, natural light…two hours in the afternoon.” b) FALSE: “Afternoon sleep is usually dreamless, deep, and restful.”
  2. a) Corporations b) Cues c) Drawback d) Reward
  3. a) Did you wake up / Wake up b) Didn’t have / Because c) How many times / For d) Said / Didn’t work

Incineration

  1. a) TRUE: “They also emphasize the high…maintenance of facilities.” b) FALSE: “Even if recycling rates…be accommodated in landfills.”
  2. a) Less b) Incineration c) Stimulus d) Accommodated
  3. a) Who / Of them b) Often / Once c) Poisoned / Causing d) For / In the

Man Bites Shark

  1. a) TRUE: “Contrary to their…restaurant each week.” b) FALSE: “The portable POD…unwilling to enter.”
  2. Clear / Battled / To harm / Unwilling
  3. a) More / A b) Found / Was c) In / Of / Don’t enter / Bleed

Romeo and Juliet in Turkey (1996)

  1. a) TRUE: “Weeks later, Sarah…attended by their parents.” b) TRUE: “Turks cannot understand…with their parents’ agreement.”
  2. a) Pestering b) Dowry c) Outraged d) Urging
  3. a) Musa may be faced with a 5-year sentence for rape. b) Supported want that Sarah to stay in Turkey. c) Who / When d) At / Although

European Youth See Britons as Racist Drunks

  1. a) FALSE: “Other Europeans do not…of the British.” b) FALSE: “Other factors contributing…racial intolerance.”
  2. a) Report b) Rioting c) Portrayed d) Findings
  3. a) Drink / Up b) Hadn’t traveled / Wouldn’t have learned c) Sailing / For d) Must / Has left

Alternatives to Military Service in Italy

  1. a) TRUE: “The number of young…recent years.” b) FALSE: “They give you an…follow it.”
  2. a) Stating b) Corps c) To gain d) To run
  3. a) Doing / Hadn’t seen b) Moving / Better / Staying / Of d) Ezeo didn’t know what he could do for those people.

Eating Habits of Young Citizens of Hong Kong

  1. a) FALSE: “But fewer than…weight later.” b) TRUE: “Hong Kong should follow…programme in schools.”
  2. a) Alarming b) Stick c) Bribe d) But
  3. a) Unless you eat properly as a child, you won’t become a healthy adult. b) Parents want their children to do their homework. c) At / To d) Watching / In

The Bermuda Islands

  1. a) FALSE: Spanish explorer Juan Bermudez…left his name and fled. b) FALSE: Mr. Allen’s aim is to mend…its former glory.
  2. Snared / Starving / Shipwreck / Launched
  3. Far / From / Its / Since / To visit / Had / Are inhabited / Is called

Rhinoceros Lake

  1. a) FALSE: A good instance…know American artist. b) TRUE: Excitedly, they…Beebe Lake.
  2. Misconceptions / Instance / Rope / Learned
  3. With / The / Can / From / Who / Seeing / The cleverest / Have ever met

Abuse of Antibiotics

  1. a) TRUE: In poor countries, the biggest…course of treatment. b) TRUE: Developed nations must drastically reduce antibiotic usage.
  2. Scratch / Remain / Soared / Bequeath
  3. Some / For / Killing / Have once been easily cured / Stronger to / Should / Have lived / For

Burglars Move in for the Weekend

  1. a) FALSE: She had arranged for her…wedding in London. b) TRUE: Mrs. Cox has a cared-for husband…for her.
  2. Making off / Haul / Locked / Cared
  3. That / Was told / Will visit / About / If / Would / Warned / Opened

Pointing the Finger

  1. a) FALSE: A report published…index finger. b) FALSE: Early symptoms…by the tender age of 18 months.
  2. Creases / Gaze / Ratio / Average
  3. Is fixed / Be governed / Although / To / Earlier / Easier / I could never imagine that my fingers could say so many things.

Beauty Over Youth

  1. a) FALSE: They showed the pictures…same eight pictures. b) TRUE: All three groups of men chose her.
  2. Countless / Primarily / Take into account / Bequeath
  3. About / Enough / Was done / Since / Who / Has been / Helping / Biggest

Elvis Lives

  1. a) FALSE: “It was at her 11th…American GI in Germany.” b) FALSE: “Even though they realised…to the local Elvis Presley society.”
  2. a) Swooned b) Grave c) Staying d) Tracking down
  3. a) Their / Was b) Was found / Was cleaned out c) To / Could

Dragons

  1. a) TRUE: “To the Chinese…which brought good luck.” b) FALSE: “All these dragons do have some things…and they can often breathe fire.”
  2. a) Wise b) Guarding c) Resemble d) Submerged
  3. a) Have formed / To know b) Was seen / Because c) Largeness / Bigger d) That dragons had played an important role in his life.

Coetzee Wins Nobel Prize

  1. a) FALSE: “The Nobel has often been misapplied. It evaded Tolstoy, Chekhov, Joyce, Kafka, and Nabokov.” b) FALSE: “Coetzee was born in Cape Town in 1940…in a superb autobiographical novel.”
  2. a) Unquestionably b) Wholly c) Assumptions d) Swiftly
  3. a) Who / Last b) Winning / Received c) Whose / Was not chosen d) About / His

What’s It Like to Be a Dog?

  1. a) FALSE: “Common sense is sometimes difficult to reconcile with science sense.” b) TRUE: “Today many scientists are accepting…some kind of emotional activity as well.”
  2. a) Indeed b) In addition c) Increasing d) As well
  3. a) Study / Will understand b) That show / Have been explored c) Worthing / The most intelligent d) That his experiments would prove the existence of the emotional lives of animals

Too Much Television

  1. a) FALSE: “Experts say that…young developing brains.” b) FALSE: “This new study tested…to attention problems by the age of seven.”
  2. a) Amount b) Signs c) Tested d) Earlier
  3. a) Began / Between b) Often / A c) On / Is d) What she would do when she finishes her homework

Amphibian Decline Serves as Global Warning

  1. a) TRUE: “The discovery, reported in the journal…environmental disaster.” b) FALSE: “Of these, 1,856 – 32 percent…are considered to be endangered.”
  2. a) Comprehensive b) Since c) Drastic d) Remarkable
  3. a) Continues / Will rise b) Was created / Protecting c) Caused / Most important d) Polluting / To

Skin Art

  1. a) FALSE: “The Romans considered decorative tattooing…and used tattoos to mark slaves and criminals.” b) FALSE: “Cook also introduced to the English language the word ‘tattoo’, taken from the Tahitian.”
  2. a) Mummies / Nearly / Deep / Fully
  3. a) Becoming / His b) What / A c) Whose / It d) Were linked / Is worn

South American Wild Cats Find Hope in Test Tube

  1. a) TRUE: “Since times immemorial…form of modern statues.” b) FALSE: “So far, the problem…to poor chances of success.”
  2. a) Declined b) Threat c) Farming d) So far
  3. a) To / Must b) Had / Carelessly c) Too / For d) The journalist asked researchers when they had begun their new wild cat project.

Mobile Phones in Social Life

  1. a) TRUE: “So many happy people talking away into their mobile phones.” b) TRUE: “If you really have to either make…the situation to the others at the outset.”
  2. a) Perhaps b) Outset c) Apologize d) Come across
  3. a) Using / Is applied b) Have been / Than c) Who / From d) If / Whether there was a mobile phone in her bag.

Not Without My Dog!

  1. a) FALSE: “Mary Marcus of New York City…which has a no-dog policy…” b) TRUE: “Marcus can’t understand…and non-smoking rooms.”
  2. a) Inappropriate b) Vivacious c) Trend d) Realizing
  3. a) So / Them b) Has admitted / Don’t like c) Began / Between d) Leaving / On

Compulsive Shopping

  1. a) FALSE: “Men are just as likely as women to suffer from compulsive buying.” b) TRUE: “Doctors have concluded…to try to complete themselves.”
  2. a) Finding / Rocketed / Trends / Seeking
  3. a) Be experienced / With b) Admitting / For c) Should / Than d) Yesterday the salesman told me not to pay him then.

Smart Shoes

  1. a) FALSE: “The expression ‘square-eyes’…are exposed to too much television.” b) TRUE: “Some researchers believe the invention…will allow clothes to monitor our health.”
  2. a) Concerns / Expired / Device / Raise
  3. a) Easiest from b) Which c) Of / Has increased d) Watching / Tries / Spent

Do You Think You Can Recycle?

  1. a) TRUE: The village to change…incinerator. b) FALSE: Despite some opposition…80% today.
  2. Aim / Lid / Ages / Sort
  3. Don’t recycle / Will have to abandon / Using / With / Is made / Which / Must be recycled by color.