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23٭. Write an academic essay on one of the following topics: “The Advances of Science in the 21st century”; “Science Will Never End”; “The Discovery I am Proud of”. Write at least 250 words (see Appendix 2).
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23٭. Write an academic essay on one of the following topics: “The Advances of Science in the 21st century”; “Science Will Never End”; “The Discovery I am Proud of”. Write at least 250 words (see Appendix 2).
SELF-STUDY ACTIVITIES
24. Complete the passage putting the verb into the correct form.
Following the request for minor revisions, we (1)carefully ________ (analyze) the comments we (2) ________ (receive) from the reviewers. We (3) ________ (find) all the comments very useful and we (4) ________ (try) to revise the paper accordingly. In this accompanying letter, we (5) ________ (detail) how we (6) ________ (deal) the reviewers’ comments (quoted in italics), discussing how these (7) ________ (be addressed). One particular change that should be considered is to make the paper less focused on one particular product. We (8) ________ (agree) with this point. We (9) ________ (change) the title, abstract and introduction so as to mention more the one product. The main product (10) now ________ (be introduced) only later when discussing the specific dataset and experiments reported in the paper. There are two papers, which are highly relevant to the work proposed in this paper: Papers D and Paper E. Given the reference limit in your journal, we (11)originally________ (decide) to include only references to A and B. To enable us to incorporate D, we (12) ________ (delete) the reference to Paper C. Could you present the properties of the dataset you used in the new applications? To deal with this request we (13) ________ (add) a new table (Table 6) and figure (Figure 3). The plot in the new Figure 3 (14) ________ (show) the large amount of data currently available and… How did you calculate the Pearson correlation? The description is not very clear. We (15) ________ (revise) the description to make it clearer. In any case during our research we (16) ________ (create) a grid over the area under investigation, we (17) ________ (sample) the two distributions at the points of the grid, and then we (18) ________ (compute) the sample correlation coefficient to estimate the Pearson correlation. In conclusion, we (19) ________ (hope) that the paper will be suitable for publication in The Journal of…
25٭. Choose the correct option.
1. Erica wishes she would / could write good detective stories. 2. They wish they bought / had bought a better security system. 3. I wish you wouldn’t / don’t dress like a gangster; it’s so annoying. 4. Do you regret stealing / to steal that watch from your uncle? 5. If only we didn’t have to / hadn’t had to stay in after dark every day. 6. I wish we lived / would live in a safer neighborhood. 7. I wish we were going / are going to study law at the same university. 8. We regret informing / to inform you that your belongings cannot be returned to you. 9. He wishes he didn’t listen / hadn’t listened to his friend when he suggested breaking into a shop. 10. The residents wish there are / were more police patrols in the area.
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26. Change the sentences into reported speech. Give alternative tenses where possible.
Example: I broke my leg when I was skiing. → She said (that) she broke / had broken her leg when she was skiing .
1. It’s going to rain later today. → He thinks later today …
2. I don't think this is my coat. → She didn't think …
3. You must set the alarm when you leave the house. → She said …
4. Where have I left my handbag? → She couldn’t remember …
5. I’m playing football this afternoon. → He said yesterday afternoon …
6. I won’t be able to give you a lift after all. → He said so I’ll have to take a taxi …
7. How much do you earn? → He wanted to know …
8. We might go to Italy in the summer. → She mentioned in the summer …
9. What shall I do with this painting? → He wanted to know …
27 *. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words from the list.
differentiate, comprised, inferred, guarantee, contrary, reversible, extracted, empirical, global, phenomenon, insertion, definite, visibility, submissive, quote, mode, channels, survival, advocates, ultimatum
1. While the lung damage that smoking causes is not _______, quitting smoking prevents more lung damage from occurring. 2. Iraq said it didn't have any weapons of mass destruction, but the U. S. claimed it had _______ information. 3. Bill Gates once stated that the most meaningful way to _______ your company from the competition is to do an outstanding job with information. 4. Henderson e-mailed a couple of items to me for _______ in tomorrow’s agenda for our management meeting. 5. Difficult weather conditions can be hazardous for drivers because _______ is often reduced. 6. B. J. Gupta once observed that hard work doesn’t _______ success, but improves its chances. 7. At the most fundamental level, human social behavior is necessary to ensure human _______. 8. The two leaders have been in communication through regular diplomatic _______. 9. Estimates of the number of child laborers worldwide are difficult to obtain because governments are not keen to measure a _______ which is not supposed to exist. 10. Scientists have recently _______ DNA evidence from fossilized bone samples which suggests that Neanderthal man was not actually our ancestor. 11. The _______ method requires a duplication of results for experiments done by a variety of sources. 12. Our increasing _______ population is fueling a demand for more and better food. 13. Health _______ in the U. S. recently applauded the decision by the Los Angeles school district to ban the sale of soft drinks in schools. 14. Roderigo de Triana was the sailor who made the first _______ sighting of land in the New World on October 12, 1492, from Columbus' ship the Pinta. 15. I'll tell you what I think, but please don't _______ me on this. 16. You can play the game on-line in multi-user _______, which allows you to play against friends, or even people you don't even know. 17. The dog is very _______, and will roll on its back when another dog threatens it. 18. The boss gave him an _______; quit drinking or be fired. 19. We _______ from your improved state of health that you had started on a regular exercise program. 20. Human bones are _______ of 22% water.
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