Focus on Words
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5. Choose the correct c<strong>on</strong>nective.<br />
1. You must buy the tickets; ___, we w<strong>on</strong>’t be able to see that play.<br />
a. otherwise b. although c. besides<br />
2. The neighborhood isn’t very interesting. I like the house, ___.<br />
a. moreover b. thus c. though<br />
3. We live in the same building; ___, we hardly see each other.<br />
a. however b. therefore c. furthermore<br />
4. He didn’t earn enough m<strong>on</strong>ey. ___, his wife decided to get a job.<br />
a. Moreover b. Therefore c. Although<br />
5. That house isn’t big enough for us, and ___, it’s too expensive.<br />
a. furthermore b. hence c. although<br />
6. We have plenty of m<strong>on</strong>ey and workers; ___, we hope to finish the house remodeling<br />
so<strong>on</strong>.<br />
a. nevertheless b. unless c. thus<br />
7. She’s extremely rich; ___, she’s not snobbish.<br />
a. hence b. however c. otherwise<br />
8. It was a windy and rainy night. ___, I decided to go out.<br />
a. nevertheless b. otherwise c. hence<br />
6. Insert articles where necessary.<br />
No museum as Newsy as Newseum<br />
Do you ever watch ... news and think, “I could do that?” Are you ... kind of pers<strong>on</strong><br />
who reads two (or three, or four) newspapers before ... breakfast?<br />
If so, ... trip to ...Newseum is definitely in order.<br />
... Newseum in Washingt<strong>on</strong>, DC is ... six-level, high-tech and interactive museum<br />
tracing ... history of ... news reporting from ... 16th century to ... present day. It is<br />
located between ... White House and ... U.S. Capitol and adjacent to the Smiths<strong>on</strong>ian<br />
museums <strong>on</strong> the Nati<strong>on</strong>al Mall.<br />
... Newseum offers ... visitors 15 theaters, 14 major galleries, two state-of-the-art<br />
broadcast studios and a 4-D time-travel experience. ... exhibiti<strong>on</strong> galleries explore ...<br />
news history, ... electr<strong>on</strong>ic news, ... photojournalism, ...world news and how ... media<br />
have covered ...major historical events.<br />
7. Read the story and add as many adjectives and adverbs as<br />
possible.<br />
Lear had three daughters. He decided to divide his kingdom between his daughters<br />
and give up his power. Then the king went to stay with his daughters -G<strong>on</strong>eril and<br />
Regan. So<strong>on</strong> they grew tired of him. Cordelia, his youngest daughter was in France. So<br />
Lear was left al<strong>on</strong>e and homeless, out in the open air, wandering through the fields in a<br />
storm. Cordelia came to save his father but was killed by his enemies. When Cordelia<br />
died, Lear died of a broken heart.<br />
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