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Mamger Posted 19 years ago
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how to complete this sentence (UDS Science December 2005)
31. ---- because it affects the average rate of material loss across a landscape.
After this brief info, what do you think abut the answer. Which choice is proper and why? What the meaning of this complete sentence is?
Please rephrase, if possible.
PS: No official answer was provided fpr the test by tester.
PS: You can reach the whole test via http://www.dilforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6895 , ÜDS Fen 2005 Aralik
A) More moisture also promotes the growth of vegetationThe question was taken from UDS, an official language proficiency exam for Turkish Academicians in Turkey. The test is supposed to assess only reading comprehension of the testee, not the science itself.
B) Wetter conditions favour faster rates of erosion
C) Mountains in polar latitudes are the least vulnerable to erosion
D) Climate is inextricably linked with erosion
E) Mountain glaciers aggressively attack surface rock
After this brief info, what do you think abut the answer. Which choice is proper and why? What the meaning of this complete sentence is?
Please rephrase, if possible.
PS: No official answer was provided fpr the test by tester.
PS: You can reach the whole test via http://www.dilforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6895 , ÜDS Fen 2005 Aralik
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D. It is easy to exclude A as the rest of the sentence is talking about loss of something, not an increase of something. BCE - the verb tenses don't match with a singular 'it' affecting something.
- D.
- It is easy to exclude A as the rest of the sentence is talking about loss of something, not an increase of something.
- BCE - the verb tenses don't match with a singular 'it' affecting something.
- Mountains=plural.
- Conditions=plural.
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D.
It is easy to exclude A as the rest of the sentence is talking about loss of something, not an increase of something.
BCE - the verb tenses don't match with a singular 'it' affecting something. Mountains=plural. Conditions=plural.
It is easy to exclude A as the rest of the sentence is talking about loss of something, not an increase of something.
BCE - the verb tenses don't match with a singular 'it' affecting something. Mountains=plural. Conditions=plural.
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Nona The BritD.What do you think about B?
It is easy to exclude A as the rest of the sentence is talking about loss of something, not an increase of something.
BCE - the verb tenses don't match with a singular 'it' affecting something. Mountains=plural. Conditions=plural.
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Wetter conditions does not match with 'it'. 'it' would need to be replaced with 'they'.
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Nona The BritWetter conditions does not match with 'it'. 'it' would need to be replaced with 'they'.But EROSION can match with "it", can't it?
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Yes, but then it makes no semantic sense, MM-- I think that it is necessary to understand the general meaning of a test question, even if the scientific details elude us-- in e.g. SAT, TOEFL, one is expected to have a basic general knowledge of the world about one.
B) Wetter conditions favour faster rates of erosion because it affects the average rate of material loss across a landscap
B) Wetter conditions favour faster rates of erosion because it affects the average rate of material loss across a landscap
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Mister MicawberYes, but then it makes no semantic sense, MM-- I think that it is necessary to understand the general meaning of a test question, even if the scientific details elude us-- in e.g. SAT, TOEFL, one is expected to have a basic general knowledge of the world about one.
B) Wetter conditions favour faster rates of erosion because it affects the averag
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