Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

62 practice makes perfect Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

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EXERCISE

Nonacademic vocabulary Match each nonacademic word or phrase in column 1

with its deinition in column 2. Then, indicate each item’s part of speech (n., v., or adj.).

1. account for


2. cope


3. dichotomy


4. inluence


5. intimacy


6. pattern


7. relationship


8. represent


9. stereotype
   10. value

Reading comprehension

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EXERCISE

Reading for main ideasIndicate which of the following areas are a main

diference (✓) between men and women and which are not (X).

1. Biological functions and physical build


2. Jobs and career choice


3. Character traits


4. Intelligence


5. Ways of communicating and use of language


6. Brain structure and functions


7. Upbringing and roles in society


8. Love and the need for intimacy


9. Political opinions


10. Motivation


11. The importance of family


12. Values

a. deal efectively with something

b. close familiarity or friendship

c. oversimpliied idea of a person’s characteristics

d. be the primary factor in

e. a form, design, or order that repeats itself

f. have a strong efect on someone or something

g. a belief about what is important

h. a connection between people or things

i. a separation between two things that are opposite

j. be an example of something