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The sentence: “Few would deny that technology has brought benefits to humanity in terms of better health, improved communications, and a better quality of life for millions” is an example of Present Perfect. Choose the alternative which follows the same grammar rule.
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In the sentence: “We tend to misinterpret other people’s behaviour, blame them, or judge their intentions or competence without realizing that we are experiencing cultural rather than individual differences”. The expression rather than could be correctly replaced by
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Considering the sentence: “ do you spend online? I usually spend an hour a day surfing the Internet and checking the e-mail”. Choose the best alternative to fill in the sentence.
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Check the alternative that presents the antonym of better.
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In the excerpt: “If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potential...” The best definition to the word gamut, in bold, is:
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Choose the correct alternative to replace the sentence “Maybe if you read more, you’d have a larger vocabulary”.
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Managing globalization: if it’s here to stay, what do we know?
Daniel Altman
Two decades have passed since the word “globalization” started showing up with any frequency in discussions of business and economics. At first, the focus was on Western companies trying to compete with cheaper, sometimes better imports from Japan, South Korea, China and other countries. It was a straight fight: the battle lines were drawn along each country’s borders.
Later on, things become more complex. Asian companies started designing and assembling products in the West. Western companies opened up new fronts by sending jobs abroad - not just in manufacturing but in service industries as well.
At the turn of the millennium, there was a lot of talk about whether globalization was a Good Thing or a Bad Thing. One side argued that it allowed big, multinational corporations to exploit workers in poor countries to pad their profit margins. The other side retorted that the expansion of these corporations into the developing world offered the best hope for raising living standards. One side complained that globalization was creating and destroying industries too quickly for the labor force to adjust. The other side answered that these shifts were rapidly improving the world’s ability to use its resources efficiently. Now, it’s pretty clear that globalization, be it good or bad, is an Unavoidable Thing (...)
Adapted from Sharma, Pete. Reading the News, Thomson ELT, 2007.
Choose the sentence that correctly summarizes the text.
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Managing globalization: if it’s here to stay, what do we know?
Daniel Altman
Two decades have passed since the word “globalization” started showing up with any frequency in discussions of business and economics. At first, the focus was on Western companies trying to compete with cheaper, sometimes better imports from Japan, South Korea, China and other countries. It was a straight fight: the battle lines were drawn along each country’s borders.
Later on, things become more complex. Asian started designing and assembling products in the West. Western companies opened up new fronts by sending jobs abroad - not just in manufacturing but in service industries as well.
At the turn of the millennium, there was a lot of talk about whether globalization was a Good Thing or a Bad Thing. One side argued that it allowed big, multinational corporations to exploit workers in poor countries to pad their profit margins. The other side retorted that the expansion of these corporations into the developing world offered the best hope for raising living standards. One side complained that globalization was creating and destroying industries too quickly for the labor force to adjust. The other side answered that these shifts were rapidly improving the world’s ability to use its resources efficiently. Now, it’s pretty clear that globalization, be it good or bad, is an Unavoidable Thing (...)
Adapted from Sharma, Pete. Reading the News, Thomson ELT, 2007.
Choose the alternative that completes the text.
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Read the text and answer question.
Managing globalization: if it’s here to stay, what do we know?
Daniel Altman
Two decades have passed since the word “globalization” started showing up with any frequency in discussions of business and economics. At first, the focus was on Western companies trying to compete with cheaper, sometimes better imports from Japan, South Korea, China and other countries. It was a straight fight: the battle lines were drawn along each country’s borders.
Later on, things become more complex. Asian companies started designing and assembling products in the West. Western companies opened up new fronts by sending jobs abroad - not just in manufacturing but in service industries as well.
At the turn of the millennium, there was a lot of talk about whether globalization was a Good Thing or a Bad Thing. One side argued that it allowed big, multinational corporations to exploit workers in poor countries to pad their profit margins. The other side retorted that the expansion of these corporations into the developing world offered the best hope for raising living standards. One side complained that globalization was creating and destroying industries too quickly for the labor force to adjust. The other side answered that these shifts were rapidly improving the world’s ability to use its resources efficiently. Now, it’s pretty clear that globalization, be it good or bad, is an Unavoidable Thing (...)
Adapted from Sharma, Pete. Reading the News, Thomson ELT, 2007.
The word whether, in bold in the text, is correctly replaced in the sentence.
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Read the text and answer question.
Managing globalization: if it’s here to stay, what do we know?
Daniel Altman
Two decades have passed since the word “globalization” started showing up with any frequency in discussions of business and economics. At first, the focus was on Western companies trying to compete with cheaper, sometimes better imports from Japan, South Korea, China and other countries. It was a straight fight: the battle lines were drawn along each country’s borders.
Later on, things become more complex. Asian companies started designing and assembling products in the West. Western companies opened up new fronts by sending jobs abroad - not just in manufacturing but in service industries as well.
At the turn of the millennium, there was a lot of talk about whether globalization was a Good Thing or a Bad Thing. One side argued that it allowed big, multinational corporations to exploit workers in poor countries to pad their profit margins. The other side retorted that the expansion of these corporations into the developing world offered the best hope for raising living standards. One side complained that globalization was creating and destroying industries too quickly for the labor force to adjust. The other side answered that these shifts were rapidly improving the world’s ability to use its resources efficiently. Now, it’s pretty clear that globalization, be it good or bad, is an Unavoidable Thing (...)
Adapted from Sharma, Pete. Reading the News, Thomson ELT, 2007.
Write T for true and F for false, then choose the alternative with the right sequence.
According to the text, globalization
( ) has appeared in discussions involving business and economics for two decades and its a subject that people haven’t decided yet whether it is a good or a bad thing.
( ) was first focused on Western companies that brought cheaper products, better from those imported from Japan, South Korea, China and other countries.
( ) as a good thing, through the expansion of multinational corporations into the developing world, offered the best hope for rising living standards.
( ) at the turn of the millennium, became a more complex subject influenced by Asian and Western companies.
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