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BW2/3 Posted 19 years ago
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establish her position

0It is commonly accepted that we should be concerned about our own physical health. The desire to take responsibility for all aspects of our physical condition, however, produces a number of negative consequences. By focusing exclusively on our physical health, we tend to ignore out mental health. Therefore, although we can derive physical benefits from our preoccupation with physical health, we often do so at the expense of our mental health.02br
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00  The author establishes her position in the passage by doing which one of the following?02br
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00  (A) She defends her position and then extencls it into a second area.02br
00  (B) She reveals a contradiction in a position commonly held to be correct.02br
00  (C) She supports a commonly held point of view by providing additional evidence02br
00  (D) She first states her position and then qualifies it with a number of concessions02br
00  (E) She argues that a popular position can lead to problems if taken to an extre02br
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00I pick 'e'02br
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0 I would probably agree with 'e'. It's all about balance. Too much of one thing obviously means less time dedicated to others.

  • 0 I would probably agree with 'e'.
  • It's all about balance.
  • Too much of one thing obviously means less time dedicated to others.
  • English exams for example - if you spend too much time on poetry, then you may do really well in that part of the exam, but not so well in literature or interpretation, and as a result may fail.
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0 I would probably agree with 'e'. It's all about balance. Too much of one thing obviously means less time dedicated to others. English exams for example - if you spend too much time on poetry, then you may do really well in that part of the exam, but not so well in literature or interpretation, and as a result may fail. 0-

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