domingo, 8 de septiembre de 2013

Effects of alcoholism on social relationships

Which words go in the gaps (a)-(j) in the text? Choose the words from list below.


  • Sympathy (a)
  • Seasoned (b)
  • stagger (c)
  • Dipsomaniac (d)
  • Numbly (e)
  • Vision (f)
  • Babble (g)
  • Universe (h)
  • Pathway (i)
  • Clear (j)



Answer the following questions.



a   About whom is Jack London writing?
b   Which word in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to 'extremist'?
c   How are some alcoholics described in the second paragraph?
d   How is the imaginative drinker different from the unimaginative one?
e   What is the only truth in the imaginative drinker's life?
f    Why is 'HE' written in block letters in line 54?
g   What does 'HE' know?
h   'Good is bad, truth is a cheat, and life is a joke' (lines 71-72). What does this sentence tell    
     us about the kind of days, and nights, the imaginative drinker has?
i   What is the price the imaginative drinker pays for drinking?
j   Which word in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to inadequacy?


a Jack london wrote about himself and his personality for drinking.
b the word excessivist is the closest
they are described like a stupid people
the are difference because they know the limits of as much they can to drink
the truth is, they are going to die
f because with that word represent the mortality of the people
g he know he can die from the alcohol and represent the mortality of the persons
h This phrase represent a negative person who like to see the bas aspects of the life 
i He has to deal with the negative ideas from his form to see the life and ideas like he going to die
j The word Meagreness is the closest