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Unit 7: Comprehension and Quick Reading of Texts

2. State whether the following statements are true or false: notes
(a) Dr. R. Burchfield is not the Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
currently.
(b) Malcom Bradbury is a novelist who works at an assembly line.

3. Find a word or phrase in the text which, in context, is similar in meaning to:
(a) Essentially: ………………… .
(b) That can be trusted: ………………… .
4. Choose a, b or c in each question below. Only one choice is correct.

(a) The English Language
(i) is a good source of money for UK and USA.
(ii) is not a good source of money for UK and USA.

(iii) is a good source.
(b) The English Language
(i) has not been accepted in the British colonies.
(ii) has been accepted in the British colonies.

(iii) has become obsolete in the British colonies.
(c) The English language is an official language
(i) in Zambia and Singapore.

(ii) in Nigeria.
(iii) in Nigeria and Zambia.
(d) Dr. Robert Burchfield

(i) is not a novelist.
(ii) works for the OED.
(iii) worked for the OED.

7.1.3 comprehension Passage iii: the murder

In a few minutes they emerged, carrying the stiffened body between them. It was wrapped in a
comforter. They eased it up into the wagon-box. Jim walked back towards them.
`Do I have to go in with you now?’
`Where’s your wife, Mr. Moore?’ the deputy sheriff demanded.
`I don’t know,’ he said wearily. `She’s somewhere around.’

`You’re sure you didn’t kill her too?’
`No. I didn’t touch her. I’ll find her and bring her in this afternoon. That is, if you don’t want me
to go in with you now.’

`We’ve got your statement,’ the coroner said. `And by God, we’ve got eyes, haven’t we, Will? Of
course there’s a technical charge of murder against you, but it’ll be dismissed.

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