vestcil
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Here is a test question below the dotted line. Pretty long reading for just one question. By the way, does it sound natural?
Everything in green colored letter is my thoughts. Black letters are original content.
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Th health of cities(What? health of cities? I think what examiner wanted to say is "people's health condition or people's state of health") like New
York, Los Angelese, and San francisco represents(Is 'represent' a good choice for this case? How about the word' shows') an astonishing turnaround
from the past (from the past? Isn't it "from that of the past?"), when [(A) density/ isolation]
too often meant death. Through out most of human history, proximity enabled the spread of infectious diseases that stuck down those humans who
had boldness to risk living near one another. Huge investments in massive waterworks were needed to [(B) curb/predict] the spread of cholera and
yellow fever, just as huge inverstments in policing were needed to reduce crime in the 1990s. The massing of millions in small land areas requires a
vigorous [(C) private/ public] sector to combat crime and illiess. This explains why people in New York are so much fonder of big governments than
people in rural Kansas.
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To choose correct words is the question. Well the content itself is not that difficult but the usage of word and expression, does it flow natually?
Well you can choose correct answer easily for A and B. But C, which do you think is correct?
Everything in green colored letter is my thoughts. Black letters are original content.
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Th health of cities(What? health of cities? I think what examiner wanted to say is "people's health condition or people's state of health") like New
York, Los Angelese, and San francisco represents(Is 'represent' a good choice for this case? How about the word' shows') an astonishing turnaround
from the past (from the past? Isn't it "from that of the past?"), when [(A) density/ isolation]
too often meant death. Through out most of human history, proximity enabled the spread of infectious diseases that stuck down those humans who
had boldness to risk living near one another. Huge investments in massive waterworks were needed to [(B) curb/predict] the spread of cholera and
yellow fever, just as huge inverstments in policing were needed to reduce crime in the 1990s. The massing of millions in small land areas requires a
vigorous [(C) private/ public] sector to combat crime and illiess. This explains why people in New York are so much fonder of big governments than
people in rural Kansas.
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To choose correct words is the question. Well the content itself is not that difficult but the usage of word and expression, does it flow natually?
Well you can choose correct answer easily for A and B. But C, which do you think is correct?
