Saturday, June 23, 2018

Fill in the Blanks Practice Activities

A computer 1………… has been developed that uses radiomic features found in routine MRI scans to distinguish between radiation necrosis and recurrent brain 2………. In a comparison, the program was nearly twice as accurate as a pair of neruoradiologists.
program / specialist / cancer / function

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1. Program 2. Cancer
Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
Children differ 1………. in their mathematical 2………. In fact, some children cannot routinely add or subtract, even after extensive schooling. This new paper proposes that math disability arises from 3………. in brain areas supporting procedural memory. Procedural memory is a learning and memory 4………. that is crucial for the automatization of non-conscious skills, such as driving or grammar.
  1.                           2.                      3.                             4.
substantial          abilities            abnormal                systems
substantially        ability               abnormalities        system

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1. substantially 2. abilities 3. abnormalities 4. system
Read the following paragraph and choose the correct words to complete it.
In the summer of 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s approval (1)………. was understandably high. He’d just led the Allies to victory in Europe, and politicians and commentators confidently (2)………. that he would lead the Conservatives to victory at the forthcoming (3)………. election. Yet those who anticipated Conservative victory were shocked when the Labour Party won the House of Commons in a landslide, costing Churchill his office.
  1.                   2.                   3.                           
rating            guessed        common
record           predicted       general

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1. rating 2. predicted 3. general
Read the following paragraph and choose the correct words to complete it.
Analytical (1) ………. is best used for problems in which known strategies have been laid out for solutions, such as arithmetic. But for new problems without a set path for finding a (2) ………., insight is often best. The new study shows that more weight should be placed on these sudden thoughts. When a solution to a problem seems to have come to you out of thin (3) ………., it turns out you’ve more than likely been struck with the right idea, according to a new study.
  1.                   2.               3.                           
thought        strategy      air
thinking        solution      water

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1. thinking 2. solution 3. air
In the text below, some words are missing. Choose words from the box below to complete the text.
Among a group of older women, self-reported caffeine (1)__________ of more than 261 mg per day was (2)__________ with a 36 percent (3)__________ in the risk of incident dementia over 10 years of follow-up. This level is (4)__________ to two to three 8-oz cups of coffee per day, five to six 8-oz cups of black tea, or seven to eight 12-ounce cans of cola.
reductionequivalent
decisionassociated
consumptioninformation

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1. consumption 2. associated 3. reduction 4. equivalent

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