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Cohesive Devices Test

This document appears to be a test assessing a student's understanding of cohesive devices. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions testing the identification of anaphoric and cataphoric reference words, use of linking words and phrases, comprehension of a paragraph discussing the Oxford English Dictionary, and ordering sentences into a coherent paragraph about the construction of the Hancock Tower in Boston. The test evaluates a student's ability to understand relationships between ideas in text through devices like reference words and transitions.

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Cohesive Devices Test

This document appears to be a test assessing a student's understanding of cohesive devices. It contains multiple choice and short answer questions testing the identification of anaphoric and cataphoric reference words, use of linking words and phrases, comprehension of a paragraph discussing the Oxford English Dictionary, and ordering sentences into a coherent paragraph about the construction of the Hancock Tower in Boston. The test evaluates a student's ability to understand relationships between ideas in text through devices like reference words and transitions.

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Name: _______________________________________________ Date: ________________

Subject: ________________________ Section: ______________ Grade: ________________

COHESIVE DEVICES TEST

I. Identify whether the bolded reference words below are anaphoric or cataphoric. (5pts)

For many years, East German people devised creative ways to sneak out of East Germany. Some
people dug tunnels; others tried crashing through checkpoints with cars, trucks, or buses; still others flew
out in small airplanes or balloons. One woman tied herself to the bottom of a car and passed through a
checkpoint unnoticed. And one family sewed fake Russian uniforms for themselves; then, they pretended
to be Russian soldiers and simply drove through a checkpoint. Some desperate people tried scrambling over
a barbed-wire fence or a wall. These people were often shot.

II. Read each sentence below. Underline the correct linking word or phrase. (5pts)

a. Many companies want to know d. Many companies offer their employees


customers’ opinions of their product. professional development opportunities.
(Consequently / For instance), the (Although / In other words), the
companies conduct surveys. companies give the employees money to
b. When McDonald’s restaurant started, take classes so they can learn more about
many people said it would fail. (In their current jobs.
addition / However), everyone was e. Etihad Airlines has many flights each day
shocked when it achieved great to Europe. (Furthermore / As a result)
popularity. it also has many daily flights to Asia and
c. The clothing store Zara has expanded North America.
into several new countries (such as /
while) Brazil, Indonesia and Zaire.

III. Read the paragraph. Then answer the questions. (5pts)


The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is an outstanding dictionary. It goes far beyond
meaning and punctuation, containing the history of every word that has ever been used in the
English language. It not only tell you what a word means today, it tells you everything that a word
has ever meant, using examples from classical literature, specialist periodicals, film scripts and
cookbooks. The OED also contains many more words than the average dictionary. The latest
edition of the OED contains over 600,000 words, and because it is so big, the OED is made up of
multiple volumes, like an encyclopedia.
a. What is the topic of the paragraph?
b. What is the paragraph’s main idea?
c. List the major supporting details that support the main idea.

IV. Number the sentences in an appropriate order to form a coherent paragraph. (5pts)

_____ a. When it was being constructed in the early 1970s, its windows began cracking and falling to the
ground.
_____ b. They were replaced with plywood until the problem could be found and solved.
_____ c. The Hancock Tower in Boston is a thin, mirror-glass slab that rises almost eight hundred feet.
_____ d. Eventually, the cracking was blamed on the windows' rigid, double-paned glass.
_____ e. Single-pane windows were installed, and the plywood building crystallized into a shining jewel.

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