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Questions 4 – 7
Do the following statements reflect the claims of the writer in the Sample Passage?
In boxes 4-7 on your answer sheet write
YES
if the statement reflects the claims of the writer
NO
if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
4. Thirty per cent of deaths in the United States are caused by
smoking-related
diseases.
5. If one partner in a marriage smokes, the other is likely to take up smoking.
6. Teenagers whose parents smoke are at risk of getting
lung cancer at some time
during their lives.
7. Opponents of smoking financed the UCSF study.
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Exercise 26:
1. Read this statement:
"Thirty per cent of deaths in the United States are caused by smoking-related
diseases."
2. Discuss with your partner which key words in the
statement you could scan
the text for.
3. Remember synonyms or paraphrasing might be used. Brainstorm some
different ways of expressing this same information.
4. Start at the beginning of the text and scan the text
until you find the part
which this statement refers to. See if you can find the relevant section more
quickly than your partner. Underline the sentence(s).
Which words from the
statement did you find in the text?
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