Why should you find and cite common ground between your opinion and the opinion of your opposition?

a) As a writer, you won't have to address the opposition anymore.

b) As a writer, you look very knowledgeable.

c) As a writer, you will make your opponents realize how foolish they are.

d) As a writer, you look fair.


d;

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III. Les courses.Pour préparer un dîner pour votre famille, vous n'avez pas le temps d'aller au supermarché. Alors, dans quels petits magasins du quartier (neighborhood) allez-vous trouver les aliments suivants? Vous voulez aller chaque fois dans un magasin différent. Pour acheter de la viande, je vais aller ____________________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Todo empezó porque las máquinas hacían....

Read the following story, then indicate the letter that best completes the statements that follow. «Apocalipsis, I», de Marco Denevi La extinción de la raza de los hombres se sitúa aproximadamente a fines del siglo XXXI.a La cosa sucedió así:b las máquinas habían alcanzadoc tal perfección que los hombres no necesitaban comer, ni dormir, ni leer, ni escribir, ni siquierad pensar. Les bastaba apretare un botón y las máquinas lo hacían todo por ellos. Gradualmente fueron desapareciendo las mesas, los teléfonos, los Leonardo da Vinci, las rosas té, las tiendas de antigüedades,f los discos con las nueve sinfonías de Beethoven, el vino de Burdeos, las golondrinas,g los cuadros de Salvador Dalí, los relojes, los sellosh postales, los alfileres,i el Museo del Prado, la sopa de cebolla, los transatlánticos, las pirámides de Egipto, las Obras Completas de don Benito Pérez Galdós.j Sólo había máquinas. Después, los hombres empezaron a notar que ellos mismos iban desapareciendo paulatinamentek y que en cambiol las máquinas se multiplicaban. Bastó poco tiempo para que el número de los hombres quedase reducido a la mitadm y eln de las máquinas aumentase al doble y luego al décuplo.ñ Las máquinas terminarono por ocupar todo el espacio disponible.p Nadie podía dar un paso, hacer un simple ademánq sin tropezarse conr una de ellas. Finalmente los hombres se extinguieron.s Comot el último se olvidó de desconectar las máquinas, desde entoncesu seguimos funcionando. _______________ aa… at the end of the 31st century ? bLa… It happened like this ? chabían… had achieved ? dni… not even ? eLes… It was enough to push ? fantiques ? gswallows ? hstamps ? ipins ? j19th century Spanish novelist ? klittle by little ? len… in contrast ? mBastó… It only took a little while for the number of men to be reduced to half ? nthat ( the number )? ñtenfold oended up ? pavailable ? qgesture ? rsin… without running into ? sse… died out ? tSince ? udesde… since then a) solamente los quehaceres domésticos. b) solamente los trabajos electrónicos. c) todos los trabajos necesarios.

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Io _________ per studiare la lezione d’italiano.

Completate le frasi con i verbi stare, dare, o andare. (Decide which of the verbs: stare, dare, or andare best completes the sentence, then write the correct from of the verb in the blank.)

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Read each of the following passages and respond to the questions that follow by choosing the letter of the correct answer.

The educational paths and attainments of adolescents are partially set long before they enter adolescence. Because many individuals’ IQ test scores remain stable from childhood on, some children enter adolescence with more aptitude for schoolwork than others do. Moreover, some students have more achievement motivation than others. Clearly, a bright and achievement-oriented student is more likely to obtain good grades and go on to college and is less likely to drop out of school than a student with less ability and less need to achieve. By early elementary school, and sometimes even before they enter school, future dropouts are often identifiable by such warning signs as low IQ and achievement test scores, poor grades, aggressive behavior, low socioeconomic status, and troubled homes. The major purpose of this passage is to a. inform readers about the type of students who go to college. b. entertain readers with stories of high school students. c. persuade readers that there are early indicators of ability to succeed.

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