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 |