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List of heading
Tip
: more than one heading may seem to match a paragraph at first.
After reading the paragraph, read each heading and decide which
one best sums up the main
point of the paragraph.
Example
:
Here is a part of a text about the scientific system for naming species of animals and plant. You
have to choose the correct heading for each paragraph.
List of heading
I.
example of the system in use
II.
reaction to Linnaeus’s work
III.
the origin of the system
IV.
which animals are lions and tigers related to ?
A.
The scientific conventions for naming living organisms were established by the 18
th
century
Swedish botanist ,physician and zoologist Carl Linnaeus,
who developed binominal
nomenclature , a two word system for naming every species of animal and plant. The first
word indentifies the genus and the second word is the specific name.
B.
As an illustration, lions belong to the genus
Panthera
. And their
specific name is
Leo
. Here the
species is specified as panthera leo.
Their relation the tiger, on the other hand, is named
panthera tigirs. The two-word names indicate the relationship in a way that lion and tiger dot.
