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The following three compound words end in-ship. What does each of them mean?
| airship | flagship | lightship |
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The following are the meaning listed in the dictionary against the phrase `take on’. In which meaning is it used in the third paragraph of the account:
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Take on sth: |
to begin to have a particular quality or appearance; to assume sth |
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take sb on: |
to employ sb; to engage sb |
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Take sb/sth on: |
to decide to do sth; to allow sth/sb to enter e.g. a bus, plane or ship; to take sth/sb on board |
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Notice the kind of English Tsetan uses while talking to the author. How do you think he picked it up?
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Given on the next page is a picture of a yacht. Label the parts of the yacht using the terms given in the box
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Bow |
cabin |
rudder |
cockpit |
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stern |
boom |
mainsail |
mast |
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Give reasons for the following statement.
The article has been titled ‘Silk Road.’
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Give reasons for the following statement.
Tibetan mastiffs were popular in China’s imperial courts.
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Here is some information downloaded from the Internet on Ile Amsterdam. You can view images of the isle if you go online.
| Location | South Indian Ocean, between southern most parts of Australia and South Africa |
| Latitude and longitude | 37 92 S, 77 67 E |
| Sovereignty | France |
| Political status notes | Part of French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
| Population | 35 |
| Census notes | Meteorological station staff |
| Land area in square kilometers | 86 |
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Give reasons for the following statement.
The author’s experience at Hor was in stark contrast to earlier accounts of the place.
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Give reasons for the following statement.
The author was disappointed with Darchen.
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Give reasons for the following statement.
The author thought that his positive thinking strategy worked well after all.
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Locate Ile Amsterdam on the world map.
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Discuss in groups of four.
The sensitive behaviour of hill-folk.
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Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
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forensic reconstruction
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scudded across
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casket grey
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Resurrection
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funerary treasures
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Circumvented
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computed tomography
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eerie detail
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Give reasons for the following.
King Tut’s body has been subjected to repeated scrutiny.
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Give reasons for the following.
Howard Carter’s investigation was resented.
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Give reasons for the following.
Carter had to chisel away the solidified resins to raise the king’s remains.
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Give reasons for the following.
Tut’s body was buried along with gilded treasures.
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Give reasons for the following.
The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun.
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Give reasons for the following.
List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.
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Give reasons for the following.
What were the results of the CT scan?
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