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A. |
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. |
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1. |
'Choose
your ancestors carefully.' Why does the writer say this? |
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2. |
What is
Russell's recipe for remaining young? Do you agree with
him?
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3. |
What are the two psychological dangers that we must guard against
in old age? |
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4. |
What
should one do to achieve a successful old age? |
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5. |
Who may be
justifiably afraid of death, and why? |
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6. |
How does
the writer himself wish to die? |
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B. |
CHOOSE EXPRESSIONS IN THE ESSAY TO PUT IN PLACE OF THOSE
IN BOLD TYPE. |
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1. |
My
mother's father died at the age of sixty-seven. |
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2. |
My
grandmother spent all her time on women's education. |
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3. |
There is a
good set of instructions for making bread in this cookery book. |
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4. |
Are you
interested in books on science for non-scientific readers?
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5. |
You need
not worry about the actual figure of your age. |
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6. |
Old people
sometimes have too deep an interest in the past. |
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7. |
Animals stop taking an interest in
their young after a time. |
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8. |
Old people
should try to develop interests outside themselves and their own
families. |
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9. |
You can
still help your children by giving them things that they
need.
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10. |
In an old man, the fear of death is rather shameful. |
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C. |
LET'S PRACTISE THE THREE
CONDITIONALS (FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CONDITIONAL). WRITE
EACH OF THESE SENTENCES THREE TIMES, FOLLOWING THE MODEL OF
THE EXAMPLE BELOW:
Example: They
(hear) you if you (shout).
(a) They will
hear you if you shout.
(b) They
would hear you if you shouted.
(c) They
would have heard you if you had shouted. |
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1. |
If you
(be) incapable of impersonal interests, you (find) your life empty. |
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2. |
If
weariness (increase), the thought of rest (be) welcome. |
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3. |
If you
(tell) them that, they (not believe) you. |
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4. |
You
(become) a burden to your children if you (be) too interested in them.
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5. |
If you
(can see) your life in this way, you (not suffer). |
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6. |
You
(not think) of the shortness of your future if you (have)
wide interests. |
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7. |
She (read)
popular science if she (can't sleep). |
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8. |
If it (be)
forgotten, it (be) probably not true. |
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9. |
They
(lead) an empty life unless they (concern) themselves with their children. |
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10. |
If she
(be) sad each time she (part) from them, she (have) a miserable existence. |
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D. |
COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH
SUITABLE PREPOSITIONS OR ADVERBS. |
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1. |
... spite ... the title, this essay will really be ... how not
... grow
old, which, ... my time ... life, is a much more important subject. |
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2. |
My
grandfather was cut ... ... the flower ... his youth ... the age ... sixty-seven. |
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3. |
Only one ... them did not live ... a great age, and he died
... a disease which is
now rare. |
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4. |
... her
last day she remained a terror ... all her descendants.
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5. |
She worked
hard ... opening the medical profession ... women. |
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E. |
CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO MAKE EACH SENTENCE AGREE
WITH THE ESSAY. |
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1. |
This essay is really on... |
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2. |
A great-grandmother of mine... |
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3. |
The way to
remain young is to... |
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4. |
Old people
should... |
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5. |
A successful old age is easiest for those who... |
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F. |
SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITION AND
DISCUSSION: |
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1. |
'This
article will really be on how not to grow old.' Explain the
author's aim in writing the article. |
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2. |
What have
you learnt from this article about Bertrand Russell's attitude to other
people and to himself? |
