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Exercise 2.
Read this text and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.
Learning yocabulary
Do you(1)_____hours trying to memorize lists of words? Do you look (2)____
in a dictionary the meaning of every word you don't know? If (3)_____, you may not (4)_____ doing yourself a favour.Research suggests that the (5)____
way of building your vocabulary is by seeing words (6)______context and the obvious way to do that is to read (7)_____often as you (8)_____.
Regular exposure to written English, say 15 minutes every day, will be much (9)_____ useful than working really hard (10)_____ the
evening once a week. This is (11)____ the brain remembers information best when (12)_____ is associated with other informaion. The more you enjoy reading, the (13)______ you will read. Pop songs ( as long (14)_____, they are in English) and TV programmes will help in the same way. Who says that learning(15)_____ be fun?!
1)spend
2)up
3)yes
4)be
5)best
6)in
7)as
8)can
9)more
10)in
11)how
12)it
13)more
14)as
15)can't
Intelligence and learning languages
Human being may be the most intelligent animal (1)__, but most of us are not too sure what we (2)__ when we talk about intelligence. One moment we will use the word to (3)__ someone who knows the answer to a difficult question, and the next we will say that someone is intelligent because they have (4)__ a lot of money. Intelligence is the ability to (5)__ up with new approaches to solve problems, as (6)__ to doing things out of habits or conditioning. Rats in a maze can learn (7)__ the mistakes that they (8)__, but this isn't really intelligence. A good example of intelligence is the way that humans use tools to make life easier (9)__ themselves. One measure of intelligence is the (10)__ of learning, or how long it (l 1)__ to find a solution to a problem. The ability to learn a language isn't directly (12)__ to inteligence. As children, we are all programmed to learn to speak and it is not the (13)__ that inteligent children always speak at a younger age. But as we (14)__ older, intelligent people have an advantage because they will find ways of making the (15)__ of the abilities they have.
1b
A brain
B species
C type
D kind
2b
A say
B mean
C want
D think
3 d
A refer
B say
C mention
D describe
4 b
A done
B.made
C taken
D had
5 a
A come
Bput
Cget
D make
6
A contrast
B different
C opposed
D compared
7 c
A of
B about
C from
D with
8 a
A did
B make
C have
D were
9 c
A with
B to
C for
D at
10 a
A speed
B fast
Ć quick
D quickly
11 d
A gets
B is
C makes
D takes
12 a
A related
B relative
C compared
D comparative
13 c
A instance
B example
C case
D fact
14 d
A make
B were
C are
D grow
15 a
A most
B top
C way
D right