Difficulties in communication can arise even between two people who ostensibly
speak the same language. Although both New Yorkers and Londoners speak English,
there are enough differences between American English and British English to cause
communication miscues. Speakers of English on opposite sides of the Atlantic often use
different words to refer to the same thing. To illustrate, Londoners put their trash in a
dustbin, not a garbage can; they take a lift, not an elevator; and they live in flats, not
apartments. To further complicate matters, the same word used in England and the United
States can convey very different meanings. For example, in England the word homely (as
in the statement I think your wife is very homely) means warm and friendly, not plain
or ugly; for the British, the phrase to table a motion means to give an item a prominent
place on the agenda rather than to postpone taking action on an item, as it means in the
United States; and a rubber in British English is an eraser, not a condom. These are just
some of the linguistic pitfalls that North Americans and Brits may encounter when they
attempt to communicate using their own versions of the same language.
A student who decides that the author is effectively comparing and contrasting. What level is
the student operating on?
a. Level 1: Remembering
b. Level 2: Understanding
c. Level 3: Applying
d. Level 4: Analyzing
e. Level 5: Evaluating
Ques. 2Words and phrases such as should, must, and ought to are common when the purpose of the
composition is to __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Ques. 3Difficulties in communication can arise even between two people who ostensibly
speak the same language. Although both New Yorkers and Londoners speak English,
there are enough differences between American English and British English to cause
communication miscues. Speakers of English on opposite sides of the Atlantic often use
different words to refer to the same thing. To illustrate, Londoners put their trash in a
dustbin, not a garbage can; they take a lift, not an elevator; and they live in flats, not
apartments. To further complicate matters, the same word used in England and the United
States can convey very different meanings. For example, in England the word homely (as
in the statement I think your wife is very homely) means warm and friendly, not plain
or ugly; for the British, the phrase to table a motion means to give an item a prominent
place on the agenda rather than to postpone taking action on an item, as it means in the
United States; and a rubber in British English is an eraser, not a condom. These are just
some of the linguistic pitfalls that North Americans and Brits may encounter when they
attempt to communicate using their own versions of the same language.
A student recalls that speakers of British English refer to elevators as lifts. On what level is
the student operating?
a. Level 1: Remembering
b. Level 2: Understanding
c. Level 3: Applying
d. Level 4: Analyzing
e. Level 5: Evaluating
Ques. 4Information that readers already have about a topic is called ____________.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Ques. 5King Hieron of ancient Syracuse suspected that a goldsmith had not made his
crown of pure gold as instructed. He asked the scientist Archimedes to find out the truth
without damaging the crown. Archimedes wasn't sure how to do this at first, but one
day, while at the public baths, he noticed that the deeper he descended into the bathtub,
the more water flowed over the edge. He suddenly realized that he could solve the
problem of the king's crown. He was so excited by his discovery that he ran naked
through the street, shouting Eureka Eureka a Greek word which means I've found
it.
Archimedes, the greatest scientist and mathematician of antiquity, immersed the
crown in a container that was completely full of water and collected the water that
overflowed. When he placed a lump of pure gold equal to the weight of the crown in
the water, a lesser amount of water overflowed. Thus Archimedes concluded that the
goldsmith had substituted some gold with a metal of lesser weight, such as silver.
A student reads the story and is able to tell her professor that the Greek word Eureka means,
I have found it.
a. Level 1: Remembering
b. Level 2: Understanding
c. Level 3: Applying
d. Level 4: Analyzing
e. Level 5: Evaluating
Ques. 6The purpose of textbooks and assembly instructions is mostly to __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Ques. 7King Hieron of ancient Syracuse suspected that a goldsmith had not made his
crown of pure gold as instructed. He asked the scientist Archimedes to find out the truth
without damaging the crown. Archimedes wasn't sure how to do this at first, but one
day, while at the public baths, he noticed that the deeper he descended into the bathtub,
the more water flowed over the edge. He suddenly realized that he could solve the
problem of the king's crown. He was so excited by his discovery that he ran naked
through the street, shouting Eureka Eureka a Greek word which means I've found
it.
Archimedes, the greatest scientist and mathematician of antiquity, immersed the
crown in a container that was completely full of water and collected the water that
overflowed. When he placed a lump of pure gold equal to the weight of the crown in
the water, a lesser amount of water overflowed. Thus Archimedes concluded that the
goldsmith had substituted some gold with a metal of lesser weight, such as silver.
A student of physics tries to determine whether water could be a used not just on a gold
crown, but on all kinds of objects. On what level is the student working?
a. Level 2: Understanding
b. Level 3: Applying
c. Level 4: Analyzing
d. Level 5: Evaluating
e. Level 6: Creating
Ques. 8The __________ is the person, place, thing, or idea you are writing about.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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