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Sun 94 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Expected, thought, revealed, known
I wonder why the other verbs can't be the right answers .( my answeer sheet says only known is correct)
It used to be thought that people could not swallow well in space, so the food programmes for astronauts consisted of bite-sized pieces of food pushed out of tubes.question) But now, it is ____ that you can eat in speace in the same way as on earth.
a. expected b. thought c. revealed d. known
It used to be thought that people could not swallow well in space, so the food programmes for astronauts consisted of bite-sized pieces of food pushed out of tubes.question) But now, it is ____ that you can eat in speace in the same way as on earth.
a. expected b. thought c. revealed d. known
Top answer
The other words could be used but they would not match the message given by the preceeding sentence. expected - would suggest that people might eat in a different way than they would on earth, not what the previous sentence is talking about thought - the preceeding sentence indicated that in the past we did not know if eating would be the same as on earth, in fact we do know otherwise, so 'thought' is not the right choice. revealed - this could be used but only if there was no better choice and it would be more correct to have the preceeding words be - it has been as in: But now it has been revealed that you .
- The other words could be used but they would not match the message given by the preceeding sentence.
- expected - would suggest that people might eat in a different way than they would on earth, not what the previous sentence is talking about thought - the preceeding sentence indicated that in the past we did not know if eating would be the same as on earth, in fact we do know otherwise, so 'thought' is not the right choice.
- revealed - this could be used but only if there was no better choice and it would be more correct to have the preceeding words be - it has been as in: But now it has been revealed that you .
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- That leaves known as the proper answer.
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The other words could be used but they would not match the message given by the preceeding sentence.
expected - would suggest that people might eat in a different way than they would on earth, not what the previous sentence is talking about
thought - the preceeding sentence indicated that in the past we did not know if eating would be the same as on earth, in fact we do
expected - would suggest that people might eat in a different way than they would on earth, not what the previous sentence is talking about
thought - the preceeding sentence indicated that in the past we did not know if eating would be the same as on earth, in fact we do
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