English Through Reading for efl learners


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Intermediate-Reading-Passages

MORE WORDS (a-z) 
to baptize: christen, accept as a member of a church - controversial: disputed, not always accepted - data 
bank: information bank - evangelical: proselytizing, trying to convert new members - friction: tension - high-
rise: with very tall buildings - missionaries: people who go to another country to spread their religion - 
nuclear fallout shelter: undergroung vault that can resist a nuclear bomb - ostracize: exclude from ordinary 


English Through Reading for EFL Learners
 
INSTRUCTOR: DR. H. GHAEMI 27 
society - overtones of: resemblances to - perceived: seen - polygamy: one man having several wives - 
posthumously: after they have died - refute: contradict - retroactively: with effect that is pre-dated - trial: 
legal hearing before a judge. 
the Mormons : Exercises: 
Make up one correctly structured sentence for each of the groups of words below. Keep as close 
as possible to the meaning of the original article. You can use the words in any order, but do NOT 
change the verb tenses.
 
a The Great Temple / the Mormons / spiritual headquarters / Salt Lake City / four million followers 
/ considered a sect. 
 
b church / most powerful / wealthy / controls / Utah / corporations. 
 
c Joseph Smith / legend / discovered / 1823 / New York / Book of Mormon 
 
d the fact / "golden tablets" / have never been seen / anyone else / conclusion / Joseph Smith / 
charlatan. 
 
e migrated / Missouri / Illinois / local militiamen / executed / Joseph Smith 
 
f Brigham Young / became / leader / took / trek 
 
g settler / desert / green pastures / determination / streams 
 
h forty years / to complete / Temple 
 
i average Mormon / soberly / respect / a tenth / goes / church 
 
j visitors / a hard time / alcoholic drinks / however / crime rate / clean streets /

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