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Exercise 47: Difficult paragraph headings
Sometimes it's difficult to decide between two paragraph headings. Look at this
example from Cambridge IELTS 6.
Paragraph:
It was once assumed that improvements in telecommunications would lead to
more dispersal in the population as people were no longer forced into cities.
However, the ISTP team's research demonstrates that
the population and job
density of cities rose or remained constant in the 1980s after decades of decline.
The explanation for this seems to be that it is valuable to place people working
in related fields together. 'The new world will largely depend on human
creativity, and creativity flourishes where people come together face-to-face.'
Which paragraph heading would you choose and why?
1. The impact of telecommunications
on population distribution
2. The benefits of working together in cities
Exercise 48: True, False, Not Given
Read the text below about the Stanford marshmallow experiment.
The Stanford marshmallow experiment was a study on deferred gratification.
The experiment was conducted in 1972 by psychologist Walter Mischel of
Stanford University. It has
been repeated many times since, and the original
study at Stanford is regarded as one of the most successful experiments in the
study of human behaviour. In
the study, a marshmallow was offered to each
child. If the child could resist eating the marshmallow, he was promised two
instead of one. The scientists analysed how long
each child resisted the
temptation of eating the marshmallow, and whether or not doing so had an
effect on their future success. The results provided
researchers with great
insight on the psychology of self control.
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