Despite his good performance, he does not know what he will choose as his future career.
Despite his good performance, he does not know what he will choose as his future career.
Combine these pairs of sentences.
He is performing well at school. He does not know what he will choose as his future career (despite)
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Read the passage and answer the questions.
John Brown is a lecturer. He went to university in 1982, and was one of the best students at that time. In 1990, he became a professor. He has been a senior lecturer since then. He is a very well known in his teaching career. He has written five books about education, including a book “How to teach deaf children” in 1995. He is married to his assistant, Linda. They have two children.
What does he do?
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Read the passage and answer the questions.
John Brown is a lecturer. He went to university in 1982, and was one of the best students at that time. In 1990, he became a professor. He has been a senior lecturer since then. He is a very well known in his teaching career. He has written five books about education, including a book “How to teach deaf children” in 1995. He is married to his assistant, Linda. They have two children.
Is he a very well-known in his teaching career?
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Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several scientists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well - especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael's mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Winston, Michael's friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to …………
A. push their child into trying too much
B. help their child to become a genius
C. make their child become a musician
D. neglect their child's education
Read the passage and answer the questions.
John Brown is a lecturer. He went to university in 1982, and was one of the best students at that time. In 1990, he became a professor. He has been a senior lecturer since then. He is a very well known in his teaching career. He has written five books about education, including a book “How to teach deaf children” in 1995. He is married to his assistant, Linda. They have two children.
Who is he married to?
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Read the passage and answer the questions.
John Brown is a lecturer. He went to university in 1982, and was one of the best students at that time. In 1990, he became a professor. He has been a senior lecturer since then. He is a very well known in his teaching career. He has written five books about education, including a book “How to teach deaf children” in 1995. He is married to his assistant, Linda. They have two children.
Has he got any children?
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Read the passage and answer the questions.
John Brown is a lecturer. He went to university in 1982, and was one of the best students at that time. In 1990, he became a professor. He has been a senior lecturer since then. He is a very well known in his teaching career. He has written five books about education, including a book “How to teach deaf children” in 1995. He is married to his assistant, Linda. They have two children.
How many books about education has he written?
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Rewrite these sentences so that it has the same meaning as the root ones.
Although he has a very important job, he isn’t particularly well-paid ( In spite of)
6. As far as I am_______ ,you can do what you like.
A concern B. concerned C. know D. knew
7. He is inclined to _______the facts.
A. embroider B. weave C. knit D. mould
8. Will Ronaldo be able_______ to his magic against Italy on Wednesday?
A. knit B. mould c. carve D. weave
9. She's__________the baby a shawl.
A. painting B. weaving C. knitting D. moulding
10. All flights have been cancelled_________bad weather.
A. although B. because C. because of D. even though
11. Just_________ I don't complain, people think I'm satisfied.
A. because B. because of C. although D. though
12. ‘I'm just going to buy some postcards.’ ‘Can you get me some stamps_______ you're at it?’
A. when B. while C. as soon as D. before
13. She's never really________her sister.
A. live on B. get on with C. got on with D. lived on
14. Why did she_________your invitation?
A. get on with B. come back C. pass down D. turn down
15.1 don't know where my book is. I must look_________ it.
A. up B. for C. out D. in