Unit 10 Answers
Exercise 1
1.
he or she
……… a child
2.
his or her
……… a child
3.
This
……… children are neglected
4.
they
……… parents
5.
their
……… parents
6.
this
……… the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
7.
those
……… people (who are poorer)
8.
this
……… (poorer will have to) resort to illegal means to get what others have
Exercise 2
5.
Taking
drug
companies as an example, governments usually require rigorous trials for
new
medicines
that can take many years.
6.
The arts such as theatre and dance need a lot of
money
to operate. If they don’t have the
necessary
funds
, they may have to close.
7.
Traffic congestion in many cities around the world is severe.
One possible solution
to
this problem is to impose heavy taxes on car drivers and use this money to make public
transport better. This essay will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of
such a measure
.
8.
I believe that it is very important to protect and preserve old buildings as we can
learn
about our history
as can others from other countries.
Such knowledge
can also help us
to understand how to modernize our countries in the best way.
Exercise 3
1.
Historic buildings are important to our culture.
For this reason
, they should be
preserved.
‘since’ does not fit grammatically here. ‘Leads to’ is not used to give reasons and it is a
verb so it cannot fit here.
2.
Since
financial AID stigmatises developing countries, it should not continue.
‘Consequently’ and ‘therefore’ give results, not reasons, and they do not fit
grammatically.
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3.
Deforestation is a serious problem
because
it
leads to
flooding and landslides.
‘Caused by’ does not have the right meaning or grammar to fit in either of the spaces.
4.
Diabetes can be
a result of
an unhealthy diet.
‘As’ is a subordinating conjunction to join clause and ‘cause of’ cannot be used as it
would need to be ‘caused by’ to be correct.
5.
Corporal punishment should be allowed in schools
as
it helps to control children’s
behaviour.
‘As’ needs to be used as the word in the gap is introducing a reason.
Exercise 4
1.
Having a smaller family is now common in many countries,
yet
some cultures still view a
larger family as more viable. (however / yet / although)
‘However’ is followed by a semi-colon or full-stop and ‘although’ does not have a comma
before it
2.
Single parent households are now commonplace in the West.
On the other hand
, they
are much more unusual in Asian countries. (On the other hand / But / Though)
We don’t normally start sentences with ‘but’ in academic writing and ‘though’ would not
have a full-stop before it as it is joining the clauses.
3.
Although
the age that people can legally drink alcohol has increased to 18, the age that
people can smoke has remained the same. (Although / Nevertheless / But)
A subordinating clause is being used to a subordinating conjunction is needed.
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