This first text gives you information on these cohesion quizzes. Cohesion is the term for the way writers tie their sentences together so that readers can follow their line of thought through the text. A common way to do this is to use connectives such as however, therefore, in addition, on the other hand.
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#Which is the only connective that fits in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^but also~however~in fact~on the other hand'); q('Fish cannot close their eyes [.....] they do sleep. They sleep by keeping very still in the water. In this way their bodies rest, just as yours does when you are asleep.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^but~so~since~if~while'); q('Many people think that the camel stores water in its hump, but [.....] it does not. Instead it stores something else there - food. The camel\'s hump is really a hump of fat. When the camel is travelling across the desert and food is scarce, it can lived off the stored fat in its hump.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^in fact~instead~indeed~in spite of~in addition'); q('Why don\'t spiders get trapped in their own webs? The reason is that they use two different kinds of threads to spin their webs. One kind of thread is sticky, and is used to catch the flies and insects that spiders like to eat. The [.....] is a non-sticky thread. It is on the non-sticky threads that the spider walks when it wants to get to different parts of its web.
#Which word makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^other~kind~thread~spider~web'); q('[.....] rabbits and hares belong to the same animal family and look so much alike, there is a difference between them. For example, rabbits are born blind, without fur and cannot move about, whereas hares are born with their eyes open, have a full coat of fine fur, and can hop about within a few hours after birth.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^Although~Since~If~As~Whereas'); q('When a bat flies at night it emits a high squeaking sound, unable to be heard by human ears. As the sound travels outwards, it hits objects and bounces back. These sound waves tell the bat where objects are so that they can be avoided. [.....] bats can fly safely at night by using their ears and not their eyes.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^So~However~Nevertheless~Although~Whenever'); q('[.....] it lives in the sea, the whale is a warm-blooded mammal. It must breathe oxygen from the air to live. When surfacing, the whale takes in oxygen through the blowhole on top of its head. Then, filling its large elastic lungs which are connected to the blowhole, the whale dives to feed. While underwater, the whale\'s body heats up that air. When the whale surfaces, it forces the air that was held in its lungs out the blowhole. This action is called spouting, or blowing.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^Though~Therefore~Because~So~Also'); q('Of course it\'s not true that cats have nine lives. They have good memories, keen eyesight, and excellent senses of smell and hearing. These combine with their speed and agility to help them out of danger. So [.....] a cat may escape with its life many times, it still lives only once, just as any other animal!
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^even though~therefore~despite~instead of~furthermore'); q('It is likely that early in the history of the solar system the climate of Mars was very much like that of Earth as we know it today. It was warm enough for water to flow. [.....] it is so cold on Mars that carbon dioxide freezes at the Poles during the Martian winter.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^Now~If~Nevertheless~Furthermore~However'); q('Since the second world war, life expectancy in areas where people are well- nourished has improved greatly. [.....], a newborn infant in Scandinavia can be expected to live more than seventy years. On the other hand, where diet and health conditions are not good, newborns may have a life expectancy as short as thirty years.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^For example~On the other hand~Nevertheless~Furthermore~However'); q('Humpback whales will sometimes leap clear up out of the water, an act known as breaching. [.....] a humpback whale can weigh thirty tons and measure 15 meters in length, it takes an enormous amount of energy to do this. It is believed that breaching may be one of the ways that these whales use to communicate with each other.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^Since~Although~If~While'); q('It is estimated that the temperature of the inner core of the planet earth is between four and five thousand degrees Celsius. Lava, the molten rock that flows down the sides of an erupting volcano, is much cooler than that. [.....], fresh lava is hot enough to emit light. A night view of an erupting volcano is a spectacular sight.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^Even so~So~Also~Moreover~Conversely'); q('In the colder regions of the world, the feathers of birds help retain their body warmth. [.....], the feathers of birds that live in the desert often serve to keep the external heat out. Because of this insulation, there are many kinds of birds that can sit in the desert heat all day and not be harmed by it.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^On the other hand~Even so~Furthermore~Also~Moreover~Nevertheless'); q('A common mistake of ESL students is to use their dictionary to look up each unknown word in the black text on the lefts they are given to read. Occasionally this is necessary - [.....], when reading examination questions. But it takes a long time and can be very boring. It can even make understanding more difficult because by the time you reach the end of the paragraph you have forgotten what you read at the beginning!
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^for instance~on the other hand~furthermore~additionally~except'); q('Ancient people began to measure things by comparing them to the length of a stick or a stone. Then measurements were made by comparing parts of the human body to the length or width of the object to be measured. [.....], because no human bodies were identical in size none of these measurements was very accurate.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^However~On the other hand~Furthermore~For instance~Conversely'); q('You do not have to be a smoker to be affected by tobacco smoke. [.....] you are in a room, car or bus with someone who smokes, you are breathing in the smoke from their cigarettes. It has been estimated that several hundred non-smokers die each year from diseases caused by passive smoking.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^If~So~Although~Since~Except'); q('[.....] an octopus has eight arms, it does not use them for swimming. It uses its arms to catch food. In order to move in the water, an octopus squirts water out from a tube just under its head.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^Although~Therefore~Because~So~Also'); q('Many people think that the camel stores water in its hump, but in fact it does not. [.....] it stores something else there - food. The camel\'s hump is really a hump of fat. When the camel is travelling across the desert and food is scarce, it can lived off the stored fat in its hump.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^Instead~Indeed~In spite of~In addition'); q('Although rabbits and hares belong to the same animal family and look so much alike, there is a difference between them. For example, rabbits are born blind, without fur and cannot move about, [.....] hares are born with their eyes open, have a full coat of fine fur, and can hop about within a few hours after birth.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^whereas~as~because~despite~so'); q('Due to the long-term American presence in South Korea many (city-dwelling) Koreans are used to seeing and hearing English on a daily basis. Korean also has borrowed some words directly from English. However, there is an absence of the significant number of cognates that help, [.....], the German student quickly begin to understand much of what he or she hears and reads in English.
#Which connective makes the best sense in the gap [.....] in the black text on the left?^say=The word say, when it enclosed by commas as in the question text, has the meaning of for example.~indeed~nevertheless~except');