tailieunhanh - A resource for reading and words part 6

Tham khảo tài liệu 'a resource for reading and words part 6', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | READING COMPREHENSION 1. We can infer from the passage that every act A has to mean something. B sends a message. C is a signal D should be seen. E is not a gesture. 2. Gestures are done either on purpose or. A to signal something. B cautiously. C by chance. D by somebody else. E meaningfully. 3. Hand waving has no other purpose than A to give information to others B sneezing C to go on communication D to finish a communication E setting out. PASSAGE 39 SOCIALNORMS Social order is contingent upon most individuals doing what is expected of them by others. Yet we are generally fascinated by the people who do not comply with the rules. Generally we call these people deviants. By definition deviants are people who violate group norms and we tend most often to think of criminals as the mentally ill people. But deviance can also describe acts that are more industrious more ambitious or more honest than that generally expected within the social system. VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS Order Harmony To be contingent upon To be dependent upon To fascinate To charm To comply with To obey Deviant Abnormal unusual To violate To break To tend To be inclined Mentally Psychologically Industrious Hardworking Ambitious Determined EXERCISES Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the .words defined above 1. Waiting in one area is . activity in others. 2. I ensured that Construction work . the relevant building regulations. 3. In other words for an action to be . it has to cause some form of critical reaction and disapproval from others in the particular society. 4. The islanders are . they are either out at work or working at home. 5. They tend to be young energetic and . but so they are likely to realize their goals. READING COMPREHENSION 1 The writer points out that social order cannot be maintained if individuals. A depend on others in the society. B do what most people do. C do not conform to generally accepted rules D expect others to do what they do. E are not fascinated by those