- Câu hỏi 134265:
All the given sentences make up a body paragraph of an essay. Which sentence is supposed to be the last?
A. Unlike gasoline, vegetable oil is renewable.
B. It means farmers can plant them over and over again.
C. Vegetable oil comes from plants such as corn or soybeans.
D. This makes vegetable oil a long-term solution for our energy needs.
- Câu hỏi 134266:
Read the introductory paragraph and decide what the sentence in bold does. Choose the correct answer.
Most people do not realize that technology can tell who they are without a passport or even a name. The science of biometrics uses people’s physical characteristics in order to identify them. It uses information like the distance between the nose and the mouth, the pattern in the iris, or fingerprints. This information is very personal. If it gets into the wrong hands, the results can be terrible. Biometrics can violate personal privacy in several serious ways.
A. It adds more words to the paragraph.
B. It provides general background information about the topic.
C. It gives the overall topic of the essay, or what the rest of the essay will be about.
D. It gets the reader’s attention.
- Câu hỏi 134271:
Read the topic sentence from a descriptive essay. Choose the correct sentence to support it:
A third terrible disaster was the earthquake in China that happened in April 2010.
A. More than 200,000 people died, and more than one million Haitians were homeless after the quake. Cities were noisy and frightening as people tried to rescue others.
B. It was so strong that some people felt it in Argentina. Homes, hospitals, and other buildings were destroyed, leaving large piles of rocks and cement in many years.
C. This earthquake hit the center of the country, about 1,500 miles from Beijing. Many homes were destroyed. Rescue workers give people warm coats and tents.
- Câu hỏi 134272:
Read the excerpt of an essay body paragraph and choose what it describes.
Darlene was rescued after a neighbor heard her voice. He and others began to dig, and soon French rescue workers arrived. Gradually, they opened a hole, and they pulled her out…
A. How Darlene was rescued
B. What tools the rescue workers used
C. Darlene’s neighbor and his family
- Câu hỏi 134286:
Choose the correct option to complete the definition for one of basic components of a narrative.
… are the person, people, sometimes the storyteller included, and the animals the story is about.
A. Details
B. Characters
C. Theme
D. Sequence of events
- Câu hỏi 134287:
Read the first paragraph of a narrative essay.
What does the part in bold do?
A janitor changed my life. I was at a low point, ready to quit everything–even when I had it all. I didn’t realize how lucky I was. At 5 foot nothing, 100 and nothing pounds, I was hardly your typical football player. But, that didn’t stop me from believing that I could play for Notre Dame. It turns out, the most important part of achieving my dreams is believing in myself.
A. To give factual information
B. To define the purpose
C. to give the reader some context for the story
D. to capture the attention of the readers
- Câu hỏi 134291:
Choose the correct verb form for the narrative sentence:
We got to the cinema late, and the film ...
A. had already started.
B. was already started
C. has already started
D. already started
- Câu hỏi 134307:
Choose the supporting sentence for this topic sentence: Some people think green tea slows the aging process.
A. Drinking it frequently may help you live longer.
B. My 90-year-old grandmother adds honey to her tea.
C. You can stay young by exercising and eating right.
- Câu hỏi 134310:
Match the independent clause with the correct relative clause to make up a complete sentence: There are many cities in the world…
A. …which are in Texas.
B. who designs building in Portland.
C. …which are green cities.
- Câu hỏi 134315:
The topic sentence is often the …………sentence in a paragraph.
