academic writer: quiz: argument 4 quiz

Argument 4 Quiz

The following phrases are samples of the kind of language that is used in academic argument. They are taken from the advanced language section. Choose one of the phrases to complete each of the sentences.

1. ____________________________ the long-lived greenhouse gases, aerosols are very short-lived in the atmosphere.

To some extent
To sum up
As we have seen
In contrast to

2. Mature students should not have to pay tuition fees. _______________, it could be argued that they would have an unfair advantage if they were given loans which they were not required to repay.

As a result
Consequently
On the other hand
In contrast to

3. As suggested in Chapter 1 students now have a much wider range of choices when entering higher education. ________________investigate, therefore, what influenced their choices.

As a result to
To some extent to
Finally to
It is important to

4. ____________ most of the rest of the United Kingdom, Scotland has benefited from having universities in its main centres of population for several centuries.

In contrast to
To sum up
As we have seen
To some extent

5. The pilots rushed their approach. They entered the final approach flying at 80 knots above final approach speed, and without clearance from the tower. _______________, the pilots flew an incorrect course and crashed.

As a result
To some extent
On the other hand
In contrast to

6. Western coal, for instance, is low in sulfur since it contains less than 1 percent. ________________, the districts in the east produce coal ranging from 2 to 4 percent sulfur.

To some extent
Consequently
In contrast
As a result

7. In our view, _________________ safeguard universities' power to awards degrees.

it is important to
to some extent to
finally to
in contrast to

8. Only one in fifteen Scottish students had moved outside their region to attend a higher-education institution. _________________ Scottish universities or colleges were populated nearly exclusively by people who had lived in the region.

To some extent
As a result
Finally
In contrast to