Signalwords, gap fill and comprehension text exercises 2

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• Leerjaar 4

Signaalwoorden + gap fill & comprehension text exercises part 2

They were angry ....... their plans had been discovered.

1. moreover
2. because
3. therefore
4. admittedly

We listened carefully, ...... he brought news of the accident

1. besides
2. despite
3. hence
4. for

He never works, ....... he failed his exam.

1. in addition
2. conversely
3. that's why
4. in fact

......... I’m here early, I can help you make dinner.

1. Since
2. As well as
3. Consequently
4. Instead

Film and cinema

Tom Hanks is my favourite
1.--- in Hollywood. There is a new horror film opening tomorrow night. I saw the 2.--- on the internet and it looks really scary. I'm not interested in the actors. I always choose a film for its
3.----There are lots of crashes and explosions in this latest  4.---- film. I love the 5.--- in sci-fi films, they look so real! The 6.--- is the group of actors that star in a film.

Tom Hanks is my favourite 1.--- in Hollywood.

1. cast
2. director
3. actor
4. singer

I saw the 2.--- on the internet and it looks really scary.

1. trailer
2. actor
3. special effects
4. director

I'm not interested in the actors. I always choose a film for its 3.----

1. trailer
2. sounds
3. actor
4. director

There are lots of crashes and explosions in this latest 4.---- film.

1. romantic
2. action
3. silent
4. foreign

I love the 5.--- in sci-fi films, they look so real!

1. special effects
2. actor
3. trailer
4. director

Intelligence pills

Some scientists have predicted that healthy adults and children may one day take drugs to improve their intelligence and intellectual performance. A research group has suggested that such drugs might become as common as coffee or tea within the next couple of decades.

Only children will take pills to improve their intellectual performance.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

Intelligence pills are already as common as coffee or tea.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

Coffee is as common as tea.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

To counter this, students taking exams might have to take drugs tests like athletes. There are already drugs that are known to improve mental performance, like Ritalin, which is given to children with problems concentrating. A drug given to people with trouble sleeping also helps people remember numbers.

examination. 

Students could have to take intelligence drugs tests.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

A sleeping pill helps people remember numbers.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

These drugs raise serious legal and moral questions, but people already take vitamins to help them remember things better, so it will not be a simple problem to solve. It will probably be very difficult to decide at what point a food supplement becomes an unfair drug in an examination. 

Vitamins to help people study are illegal.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say