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Question:

Multiple choice question

Focus means the center of attention or interest.

Focus can be used as a verb or a noun. In this exercise it is used as a noun.

For example:

When you are at college, your major focus should be on studying, not on having fun.

The central focus of this article is on how people learn new words.


	major emphasis
	detail
	main topic
	center of attention

Which answers below are closest in meaning to focus? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	main topic
	detail
	Feedback: Focus means the center of interest or attention. A detail is something small that is usually not important, so we don't focus our attention on it.
	center of attention
	major emphasis

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Multiple choice question

In order to understand an academic text, it is important to focus more on the main points and to focus less on the details.

Here are more examples which illustrate the meaning of focus.


	the central theme
	the important points
	whether the author is a man or a woman
	the main ideas

Which answers are examples of what we should focus on when we read an academic text? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	the important points
	the main ideas
	the central theme
	whether the author is a man or a woman

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Multiple choice question


	do several other things at the same time.
	direct all our energy towards something.
	think only about that one thing.
	concentrate on what we are doing.

Which answers best complete the sentence below? Choose the 3 correct answers. When we focus our attention on something, we ...

Response:

	concentrate on what we are doing.
	think only about that one thing.
	direct all our energy towards something.
	do several other things at the same time.

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Multiple choice question

A book review is an article that gives us a general idea of what the book is about. The author of the review may also tell us what he thinks about the book, and what he sees as the book's strong and weak points.

Read the paragraph and answer the question below.


	a comparison of different educational theories and their use
	Dr. Williams' new educational theory and its use in the classroom
	the history of educational theories

Example of a Book Review

The first chapter of Dr. William's new book summarizes the history of educational theory. In the second chapter he compares the works of many psychologists and explains how their theories have been used in the classroom. In the next four chapters he focuses on his latest theory of education and how it has been used successfully in the modern classroom. In the final chapter, Dr. Williams briefly discusses the implications of his theory for the future and gives several recommendations.

According to this book review, what is the main focus of Dr. William's book? Choose 1 correct answer.

Response:

	the history of educational theories
	a comparison of different educational theories and their use
	Dr. Williams' new educational theory and its use in the classroom