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Written May 3, 2008

 

Other Things Often Compared in the Test

 

The table below shows just a few other examples of A & B that have been used in the test (or could be used).

Topic

A & B

 emails

 emails/letters

 emails/telephone

 emails/face-to-face communication

 magazines

 magazines/newspapers

 magazines/books

 gardens

 public gardens/private gardens

 growing food/growing flowers

 teenagers

 teenagers/adults

 teenagers/children

 advice  advice from friends/advice from parents

 professional advice/advice from family & friends

 work  working/being a student

 being an employee/being self-employed

 being an employee/being the boss

 news  newspapers/ TV

 newspapers/magazines

 newspapers/the internet

 local news/international news

 TV  TV/radio

 TV/the internet

 reading  reading/watching TV
 skills  'practical' skills/'academic' skills

 money

 poor people/wealthy people

 poor people's possessions/wealthy people's possessions

 children's attitudes towards money/adults' attitudes towards money

 films  films/TV

 watching films in a cinema/watching films at home

 watching films/reading

 documentary films/entertainment films

 transportation  public transport/private transport

 long distance travel/short distance travel

 housing  flats/houses
 shopping  big shops/small shops
 furniture  office furniture/home furniture
 neighbours  neighbours/friends
 photography  still photographs/video

 professional photography/amateur photography

 business  employees/employers
 animals  pets/wild animals

 wild animals/domestic animals

 pets/work animals

 pets/farmed animals (farmed for food)

 languages  learning Chinese/learning English
 libraries  reading in libraries/reading at home

 borrowing from libraries/buying books

 hotel  hotel accommodation/staying in someone's home
 friends  friends/family

 friends/acquaintances

 friends/workmates

 friends/strangers

 meals  breakfast/other meals

 snacking/eating three regular meals

 food  eating at home/eating out

 healthy food/junk food

 telephones  cellphones/fixed-line phones

 phone conversations/face-to-face communication

 phone conversations/letters

 phone conversations/emails

 clothes  your clothes/other people's clothes

 casual clothes/formal clothes

 uniforms/individual attire

 competition  competition/co-operation
 leaders  leaders/followers