Nowadays all the information we could ever need is available online and some people say that means the end of having to learn anything.
It is true that these days everything you want to know is a few clicks away as long as you have internet access. However, not everyone has working internet all the time, for example in certain buildings or remote locations, so we do need to be able to remember information. Moreover, it takes time to look up everything you need to know online, whereas remembering something is immediate. The human memory is a much more efficient system.
a) the 2. The Second World War ... in 1939. a) broke out. 3. This test consists ... a number of multiple-choice questions. c) of 4. She could ... open her eyes. b) hardly 5. Peter ... since he left school. c) has been working 6. Jane is as ... as her elder sister. a) tall. 7. Take your umbrella. It ... . c) is raining. 8. I knew him ... a considerate man. c) to be 9. He said they ... to buy flowers for her. d) had forgotten. 10. When I came they ... things. c) were packing 11. Mrs White ... Mary that she was going away. a) said 12. This is ... very important news. c) — 13. They ... yet. b) haven't arrived 14. How old ... when you got married? c) were you 15. I am not very good ... learning languages. a) at. 16.1 don't know if she ... to the party. a) comes 17. You ... work hard to pass the exam. a) must 18. Don't worry. All your expenses ... . b) will be paid 19. Is there ... strange in what she is saying? b) anything 20. This time she has ... mistakes in her test. a) fewer
Nowadays all the information we could ever need is available online and some people say that means the end of having to learn anything.
It is true that these days everything you want to know is a few clicks away as long as you have internet access. However, not everyone has working internet all the time, for example in certain buildings or remote locations, so we do need to be able to remember information. Moreover, it takes time to look up everything you need to know online, whereas remembering something is immediate. The human memory is a much more efficient system.
My dream is to visit ... Sahara.
a) the
2. The Second World War ... in 1939.
a) broke out.
3. This test consists ... a number of multiple-choice questions.
c) of
4. She could ... open her eyes.
b) hardly
5. Peter ... since he left school.
c) has been working
6. Jane is as ... as her elder sister.
a) tall.
7. Take your umbrella. It ... .
c) is raining.
8. I knew him ... a considerate man.
c) to be
9. He said they ... to buy flowers for her.
d) had forgotten.
10. When I came they ... things.
c) were packing
11. Mrs White ... Mary that she was going away. a) said
12. This is ... very important news.
c) —
13. They ... yet.
b) haven't arrived
14. How old ... when you got married?
c) were you
15. I am not very good ... learning languages.
a) at.
16.1 don't know if she ... to the party.
a) comes
17. You ... work hard to pass the exam.
a) must
18. Don't worry. All your expenses ... .
b) will be paid
19. Is there ... strange in what she is saying?
b) anything
20. This time she has ... mistakes in her test.
a) fewer