TL2 Logical Connection-Practice 2017-20 LPB

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND CULTURE
READING WORKSHOP 2
READING STRATEGY PRACTICE
LOGICAL CONNECTION
A. For each pair of sentences below, answer the question about the relationship between the sentences.
_____ 1. → In different cultures, people consider very unusual foods to be treats.
→ People eat huge fried spiders on special occasions in parts of Asia.
What does the second sentence do?

a. It establishes a cause and effect relationship
b. It presents an event that happened later in time than the event in the first sentence.
c. It gives an example to support what is stated in the first sentence.
d. It contrasts with the first sentence.
_____ 2. Super-compact cars are becoming increasingly popular due to their impressive gas mileage.
 Very small cars are death traps because they provide very little protection and are unsafe on interstate
highways.
What is the relationship between the two sentences?
a. They contradict each other.
b. They repeat the same idea.
c. They provide a cause and an effect.
d. They compare similar situations.
_____3. Due to global warming, some drastic changes are taking place on our planet.
 Melted global ice could raise sea levels as much as 23 inches by the year 2100.
What does the second sentence do?
a. It sums up the point made in the first sentence.
b. It gives evidence to support the claim made in the first sentence.
c. It contrasts with the first sentence.
d. It gives contradictory information.
_____4.  Serving sizes in restaurants have increased dramatically in the past thirty years.
 On average, Americans weigh twenty pounds more today than they did thirty years ago.
How are the two sentences related?
a. They repeat the same idea.
b. They provide a cause and an effect.
c. They contradict each other.
d. They present two events in the order in which they happened.
_____5. In the 1400s, armored knights raised their visitors to identify themselves when they rode by their king.
 Later, this custom became the modern military salute.
What is the relationship between the two sentences?
a. Addition c. Contrast
b. Comparison d. Time order
B. For the following paragraphs, choose the best connector. Take into account its function and the punctuation
patterns.
1. (1) If there is one product that American business can manufacture in large amounts, it is doublespeak. (2) Doublespeak
is a term applied to the use of words that are evasive, vague, or stilted for the purpose of deceiving or confusing the reader
or listener. (3) _____, a company that decides to fire workers may talk of the need for “re-engineering,” “restructuring,” or
“downsizing” its work force.
a. Because
b. For instance
c. Similarly
d. Instead
2. (1) Here are some pointers for reading without eyestrain. (2) First, whenever possible, read by natural light. (3) Second,
avoid reading in a dark room with light only on your reading material. (4) Third, so that your page-turning hand doesn’t
cast a shadow across the text, position your reading light to your left if you are right-handed and to your right if you are
left-handed. (5) _____, hold your reading material fourteen to eighteen inches from your eyes.
a. First of all
b. Second
c. Finally
d. However
3. (1) On average, we sleep one-third of our life. (2) Usually, the amount that we sleep decreases with age. (3) As
newborns, we sleep up to 20 hours a day. (4) At age 4 or so, we sleep about 12 hours. (5) By the time we’re 10, we sleep
about 10 hours. (6) _____, as adults, we sleep 7-9 hours. (7) Eventually, when we’re elderly, we may sleep only 4-6
hours.
a. Therefore
b. Because
c. Before
d. Later
4. (1) Most animal expressions are based in falsehood. (2) Far from being “chicken,” hens fiercely defend their chicks,
and roosters bravely protect their flock. (3) Instead of sweating or eating “like a pig,” pigs lack functional sweat glands
and do not overeat. (4) In contrast to human “rats,” rats loyally, tenderly, even selflessly assist companions in need.
(5) And _____ a human “wolf,” actual wolves are faithful to one mate.
a. unlike
b. similar to
c. consequently
d. for example

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_____ 1. → In different cultures, people consider very unusual foods to be treats.

→ People eat huge fried spiders on special occasions in parts of Asia.

What does the second sentence do?

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