J. J. Abrams was born in NewYorkCityin 1966. Growing up, Abrams lovedmysteries and magictricks-anything that was unexpected. His favorite movies and television programs were science fictionones like The Twilight Zone.


When he was 11 or 12, Abrams' grandfather gave him a movie camera called a Super 8. He used the camera to make short movies with his sister and their friends. From then on, Abrams' ambition was to work in Hollywoodand make movies and TVshows. He soon got his 10 first opportunity at 16 years old,when he wrote music for a movie called Nightbeast.


In college, Abrams co-wrote and sold a screenplay to a Hollywoodproduction company. He started gaining popularity for his work, and his next two dramas-Regarding Henry and Forever 15 Young-were hit movies. Abrams continued to write and produce screenplays throughout his 20s, the biggest being Armageddon.


But Abrams never lost his passion for the mysterious and wanted to create shows like the ones he enjoyed as a child. His next move was into television in 1998, when he helped create the popular TVseries Felicity. Some of his shows became huge hits, 20 like the spy drama Alias and the Emmy-winningmystery thriller Lost. Abrams made his movie directing debut almost a decade later in 2006, with Mission: Impossible III. He then went on to direct the science fictionmovie Star Trek in 2009. His movie success caught the attention of top filmmaker Steven Spielberg.Together,they created the monster movie Super 8, named for the camera both men experimented with when 25 they were young.


The Super 8 camera has proved to be very influential in Abrams' life, but there is another special gift that has helpedAbrams becomewho he is today.Notlongafter the camera, Abrams' grandfather gave him a box of magictricks. Abrams calls it a "mystery box,"because he never opened it. He says he wants to preserve the mystery, and remind 30 himself to create unexpected stories. Tohim, the box "represents infinitel possibility. It represents hope. It represents potential."


Abrams has even used the box metaphor to describe movie theaters. "What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? Yougoto the theater, you're just so excited to see anything ...mystery boxes are everywhere in what I do."The box remains a source of 35 inspiration for Abrams, and he keeps it on a shelf in his office.


At a dinner party in 1994, Abrams met a woman named Katie McGrath and they got married soon after. Today,the couple and their three children live near LosAngeles, California, where Abrams runs his own production company called Bad Robot.He keeps busy, usually working on many projects at once,and is always lookingto create 40 more and more mystery boxes.


Read the following sentences. Write true (T) or false (F).


1 …F……….Abrams mostly wrote screenplays in his 20s.


2 ………….Abrams compares the movie theater to his Super 8 camera.


3 ………….Steven Spielberg has worked with Abrams since Abrams' television days.


4 ………….Abrams works for his wife's production company, Bad Robot.


5 ………….Abrams likes to work on more than one project at a time.

Answer:

1 …F……….Abrams mostly wrote screenplays in his 20s.

2 ……F…….Abrams compares the movie theater to his Super 8 camera.

3 ………F….Steven Spielberg has worked with Abrams since Abrams' television days.

4 ………F….Abrams works for his wife's production company, Bad Robot.

5 ……T…….Abrams likes to work on more than one project at a time.:

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1. direct and vivid
2.concise
3.It is much more formal and complex.

Match the function to the term.

1. functions as an adjective

A) participial phrase

2. functions as a noun

B) gerund phrase

3. functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb

C) infinitive phrase

What does this excerpt from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer reveal about Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer?
Huck Finn's wealth and the fact that he was now under the Widow Douglas' protection introduced him into society—no, dragged him into it
hurled him into it—and his sufferings were almost more than he could bear. The widow's servants kept him clean and neat, combed and
brushed, and they bedded him nightly in unsympathetic sheets that had not one little spot or stain which he could press to his heart and
know for a friend. He had to eat with a knife and fork; he had to use napkin, cup, and plate; he had to learn his book, he had to go to church;
he had to talk so properly that speech was become insipid in his mouth; whithersoever he turned the bars and shackles of civilization shut
him in and bound him hand and foot.
He bravely bore his miseries three weeks, and then one day turned up missing. For forty-eight hours the widow hunted for him everywhere
in great distress. The public were profoundly concerned; they searched high and low, they dragged the river for his body. Early the third
morning Tom Sawyer wisely went poking among some old empty hogsheads down behind the abandoned slaughter-house, and in one of
them he found the refugee. Huck had slept there; he had just breakfasted upon some stolen odds and ends of food, and was lying off, now,
in comfort, with his pipe. He was unkempt, uncombed, and clad in the same old ruin of rags that had made him picturesque in the days
when he was free and happy. Tom routed him out, told him the trouble he had been causing, and urged him to go home. Huck's face lost its
tranquil content, and took a melancholy cast.

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Harvest.
There is the harvest moon, and there are fall festivals in celebration of the gathering of crops, but actually we are "bringing in the sheaves" from the first dandelion we snare in April to the last kale or collards or brussels sprouts we brush the snow from before we take it into the kitchen. If you can or freeze your products or have a root cellar you will find that gardening is a constant, satisfying routine of reaping the rewards of your labor.
According to the except, harvest happens
1. only in fall
2. during the summer
3. from spring to early winter
4. when the harvest moon is up
5. during the spring

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It is not usually news, when another old cave is discovered in the South of France. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably,horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals. Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex. Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside. Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

1. Why is discovering a cave considered an ordinary event?
2. What did the paintings on the walls of Lascaux cave depict?


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Read and write the answer to the given question below...
People have been trying for centuries to prove that aliens exist. But no one has yet been able to do it. Therefore, aliens do not exist. { highlight text = herefore, aliens do not exist. }

1. Which of the following logical fallacies does the author commit upon concluding that "Aliens do not exist"?

a) Begging the question, present in an argument in which the arguer asks his or her opponent to simply accept a conclusion absent any real evidence; the argument either relies on a premise that says the same thing as the conclusion (commonly referred to as “being circular” or “circular reasoning”) or simply ignores an important (but questionable) assumption that the argument rests on.

b) Appeal to ignorance, present in an argument in which the arguer relies on the supposition that, due to a lack of conclusive evidence, the conclusion of an argument should be accepted.

c) Ad populum, present in an argument in which the arguer takes advantage of the desire most people have to be liked and to fit in with others, using that desire to try to get the audience to accept his or her argument.

d) False dichotomy, present in an argument in which the arguer makes it look as though the answer to a question admits of only two alternatives (one that is logical and one that is illogical), when, in reality, there are multiple undisclosed options available.

e) Appeal to Fear, present in an argument in which the arguer relies on the instillation of fear in the opponent, rather than the presentation of evidence, to support a claim. (Also known as a “scare tactic”.)

Tick (1) the correct when adverbs that will complete these sentences. 1 Please come home (early yesterday) 2. I think you have told me this story (before / ago) 3. We shall begin our homework. (now / early) 4. Lata has been to London. (never / soon) 5. I see Nikhil in the park quite (often never)​

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Which of the following statements about writing dialogue is correct?
A. Punctuation marks are placed outside of the quotation marks.
B. Each change of speaker equals a new paragraph.
C.Quotation marks surround the speaker’s words and the taglines.
DThe spoken words should not be capitalized or punctuated.

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What kind of spider is dangerous or deathly?

List at least 3 of them

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Select the correct answer.
Maria is discussing with her friend who lives across the country her no-fault divorce fror
situation and wants to provide Maria with tips she learned throughout the process. Why
friends?
O A.
Most divorce regulations are based on state law.
OB.
Most divorce regulations and based on the judge assigned to the case.
O C.
Most divorce regulations are based on federal law.
OD.
Most divorce regulations are based on local law.

Write down all the feelings, thoughts, or ideas you have about the penny. Ignore spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Brainstorm about the penny and record your thoughts.

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A predicate adjective ____.
CAN BE MORE THAN ONE OR TWO ANSWERS

follows a linking verb√ this is correct.
functions as an adjective in a sentence
describes the simple subject
is located in the predicate of a sentence
answers the question "to whom?"

9.Express your wishes in the following situations in two different ways using I wish/ If only..(5x1=5)
a. You are feeling sick.
b. You don’t know the answer of a question from the lesson.
c. You live in a countryside.
d. You dreamt of being a billionaire.
e. You have poor English.​

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Which phrase could complete each conversation with a response to an argument?

A: I was reading some studies which say that raising animals for meat is bad for the environment, so I think we should all stop eating meat. That would be better for the planet.

B: ____ isn’t it also true that many people wouldn’t have enough protein in their diet if they stopped eating meat?

Group of answer choices

I disagree

You're right that...

That may be true, but...

Read the excerpt from Richard Wright's Black Boy.
The hunger I had known before this had been no grim, hostile stranger; it had been a normal hunger that had
made me beg constantly for bread, and when I ate a crust or two was satisfied. But this new hunger baffled
me, scared me, and made me angry and insistent.
Which best describes the new ype of hunger the narrator experiences?
. It is aggressive, and it terrorizes him.
It is a strange experience, and it confuses him.
O It is an ordinary type of hunger he has felt before.
O It is routine to
him, but he knows it is temporary.

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How could they end up deleterious?

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Worksheet 62
Gap-Filling
Read the following paragraphs carefully and fill in each blank with one word only.

6. Anything we eat (6.1)............
life. It is the basic need(6.2)..........
life. we need food (6.3)...........
grow, to get energy (6.4)...........
to keep ourselves healthy. Most of our food comes(6.5)................
plants. Growing food is known (6.6)............. agriculture. It is the farmer(6.7)................
does it for us. The farmer(6.8)................
very hard to get good crops.

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