READING (18) BUILDING SKILLS CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST

 

CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST BUILDING SKILLS READING (18)

 

EXERCISES R4-R8 Use Exercises R4-R8 to build your skills in understanding the connection of ideas in reading passages. EXERCISE R7 Understanding transition words Complete the sentences by choosing the letter of the phrase or clause that would most likely follow the underlined transition words. 1 Glass was precious to Egyptians, who used it interchangeably with gemstones, but A it is over 4,000 years old B its novelty as an artist’s material prevents is being taken seriously C today it has come out of factories and into the workshops D today it is so commonplace in everyday objects that it is seldom given a second thought.​ 2 Glimpses into the prenatal world via ultrasound imaging occasionally show behaviour such us A the development of the central nervous system B the sex of the baby-to-be C a fetus sucking its thumb D structures as small as the pupil of an eye of a second-trimester fetus 3 Although the animals and plants that live in the world’s various deserts come from different ancestral stocks, A they have solved their problems of survival differently B none of them have adapted to the jungles C they are from different deserts D they resemble one another to a surprising degree

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