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Paraphrasing Quiz

Quiz by Madiha Saad

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  • Q1
    Choose the best paraphrase of the following: In general, female birds are less colorful than male birds.
    On the whole, the feathers of the female birds are not as striking as that of their counterpart
    Generally speaking, female birds are less colorful than male birds.
    In general, male birds are more attractive than female birds.
    30s
  • Q2
    Choose the best paraphrase of the following: A handshake does not mean the same thing around the world.
    A handshake does not mean the same thing around the world.
    Internationally, a greeting by shaking hands is not the same.
    A handshake means something different around the world.
    30s
  • Q3
    Choose the best paraphrase of the following: Trip 5th grade students are the best students in all of Gwinnett county.
    Trip has the best students in the GCPS system
    Trip 5th grade students are the best students
    GCPS has it's best elementary pupils in it's last year at Trip
    30s
  • Q4
    Choose the best paraphrase of the following: Climbing mountains is a dangerous activity.
    Climbing mountains can be an unsafe activity.
    A perilous sport is mountain climbing
    Climbing mountains is a dangerous activity.
    30s
  • Q5
    Choose the best paraphrase of the following: His job wasn't very interesting, but it paid well.
    Though somewhat boring, his position earned him a handsome income.
    Though somewhat uninteresting, his job paid well.
    Though somewhat interesting, his position earned him a handsome income.
    30s
  • Q6
    Choose the best paraphrase of the following: You shouldn't talk in school when you are not supposed to.
    Talking in school is only allowed at lunch
    When in class it is best not to talk, but to listen
    You shouldn't talk in school during math class
    30s
  • Q7
    Upon returning home, Osiris was murdered by his evil brother Set, who cut Osiris’s body into pieces and dumped it in the Nile River. Isis found the body and put it back together by winding linen bandages around it.
    Osiris’s brother Set killed Osiris by cutting his body into pieces, and Isis put the body back together
    Osiris was murdered and Isis found the body
    Osiris’s body was cut into pieces and dumped it in the Nile River
    45s
  • Q8
    Commonly used paraphrasing techniques. Which is NOT a paraphrasing technique.
    sentence combining
    Synonym
    Writing down the words exactly as you see them
    30s
  • Q9
    This is an example of what technique? Statement 1-Overuse of ground water would lead to pervasive drought Statement 2- Overuse of ground water would cause widespread dryness
    Synonym
    Moving phrases
    Changing Voices
    30s
  • Q10
    “Death rates for males are substantially higher than for females for every age group of children and youth, but the largest difference occurs among teens, ages 15 to 19”
    Death rates for males are much higher than for females for all age groups of children and youth, but the largest difference occurs among teens, ages 15 to 19
    A recent study found that death rates for male children and teens are higher than those for females in all age groups, but the most significant difference between death rates for male and female children occurs between the ages of 15 and 19
    30s
  • Q11
    Choose the correct paraphrase for this original text: "So dynamic is the Web that new technologies and techniques are emerging all the time. What's commonplace one year becomes old hat the next. The only thing that seems to remain constant is people's desire to transmit and receive information efficiently and to communicate with others, no matter what that means. That's what drives people to shop, invest, and converse online, and it is the same force that is propelling them to learn online as well"
    The Web is so exciting, and new technologies and techniques are emerging all the time. What's commonplace one year becomes old hat the next. The only thing that seems to remain constant is people's need to transmit information and to communicate with one another. These things drive people to shop, invest, and converse online, and it is this same force that is propelling them to learn online
    Change for the World Wide Web in ongoing, with innovation constantly changing and shaping the experiences people have online. The one stability among all this change is that people want to be able to send and receive information conveniently and efficiently, and people want to be able to communicate with each other. These forces, which drive people to the internet for shopping, investing, and communicating, also drive people toward online learning
    60s
  • Q12
    Three issues are especially crucial to understanding the possible uses of the human genome.
    Understanding potential uses of the human genome is linked to three vital issues.
    Three problems are especially crucial to understanding the possible uses of the human genome.
    30s
  • Q13
    On June 26 Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, and Craig Venter, head of Celera Genomics, announced that they had completed the reading of a "rough draft" of the human genome - the complete set of human DNA
    It was announced by two researchers that they had read the first reading of the complete set of human DNA.
    On June 26 two scientists stated they had finished the initial reading of the human genome.
    30s
  • Q14
    The fact that adult Europeans are twice as likely as Asians to tolerate lactose in milk reflects a much longer history of dairy farming in the West.
    In comparison to Europeans, adult Asians have an inability to tolerate lactose in dairy products such as milk. This is because Europeans have had dairy farms longer than Asians.
    Twice as few Asians can tolerate lactose in milk. However, the Europeans, who have a long history of dairy farming, can better tolerate the lactose.
    30s
  • Q15
    It is not ethical to cheat on tests.
    moral
    okay
    30s

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