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Question:

Multiple choice question

Rejected means not to accept or not to agree to something.

Rejected can be used as a verb or adjective. In this exercise it is used as a verb.

For example:

The bank manager rejected John’s request to borrow money since she thought that John could not pay back the money.

The professor rejected the student's conclusions because they were not based on enough strong evidence.

refused

did not accept

supported

disagreed

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

Response:

did not accept

refused

disagreed

supported
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Question:

Multiple choice question

The examples below illustrate the meaning of rejected.

a girl who tells her boyfriend that she no longer wants to be with him

a student who is told he is not accepted to the university

results of a study that confirmed the researcher's hypothesis

a hypothesis which is not supported by statistical evidence

Which of the following are examples of rejection? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

a girl who tells her boyfriend that she no longer wants to be with him

results of a study that confirmed the researcher's hypothesis

a student who is told he is not accepted to the university

a hypothesis which is not supported by statistical evidence
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Question:

Multiple choice question

don't agree to it.

don't increase it.

don't support it.

refuse to accept it.

Which answers below best complete this sentence? Choose the 3 correct answers. If you reject something, you...

Response:

refuse to accept it.

don't agree to it.

don't support it.

don't increase it.
Feedback:

If you rejected something you didn't allow it, accept it or agree with it. To increase something means to make it bigger, not to reject it.
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Question:

Multiple choice question

Read this paragraph and answer the question below.

the immune system of the person receiving the organ does not recognize or accept it.

both the donor and person who receives the organ are healthy.

Organ Transplants

 

An organ transplant is a special type of surgery in which a healthy organ (such as a kidney or a heart) from a donor's body is used to replace an organ that does not function well. Unfortunately, sometimes the body rejects the new organ because the immune system sees it as a 'foreign’ element - as something that does not belong to the body.

In this case the immune system will try to destroy the new organ.

Which answers below best complete this sentence? Choose 1 correct answer. According to the text, the body may reject an organ if..

Response:

both the donor and person who receives the organ are healthy.

the immune system of the person receiving the organ does not recognize or accept it.