HOMEWORK To be done before Class 2 1. In an age without radio or recordings, an age ________ by print, fiction gained its greatest ascendancy. decimated denigrated dominated emphasized resurrected 2. The sight of a single actor portraying several characters in the same scene is no longer a shock to the average moviegoer, such special-effects trickery having become so _____. expensive specialized sinister commonplace unreliable 3. The figure-skating pair’s convincing victory last week was particularly (i)____ to their rivals, who were in peak form and complained privately about the judging. That the pair won when their rivals were (ii)____ too is also impressive. Blank (i) Blank (ii) unsurprising terrific irksome nervous gratifying inconsistent 4. In his initial works, the playwright made physical disease (i)_____ factor in the action; from this, his early critics inferred that he had a predilection for focusing on (ii)____ subject matter. Blank (i) Blank (ii) a pivotal recondite a nonexistent uncomplicated an obscure morbid 7 5. We have yet to (i)____ the assessment of Canada’s biodiversity. Most of the vertebrates have been assessed, but our challenge will be the assessment of invertebrates and plants. This task is (ii)____ not only because of the high number of species, but also because of the diversity, each species requiring a different approach. Blank (i) Blank (ii) initiate repetitious complete trivial limit daunting 6. Researchers trying to make it possible to trace counterfeit documents to the printer that produced them are (i) _____ the fact that the rotating drums and mirrors inside laser printers are imperfect devices that leave unique patterns of banding in their output. Although these patterns are (ii) _____ to the naked eye, they can be (iii) ______ and analyzed by computer programs that the researchers have spent the past year devising. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) exploiting invisible detected facing obvious implemented manipulating unappealing generated 7. The chances that a species will (i)________ are reduced if any vital function is restricted to a single kind of organ; (ii)________ by itself possesses an enormous survival advantage. Blank i Blank ii persist uniformity expire symmetry degenerate redundancy CLASS 1 - Homework
For Questions 8 to 10, select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentence that are alike in meaning. 8. Retrofitted with stabilizing devices, some of which _____ its aesthetics, the bridge has been reopened, no longer prone to excessive swaying but not quite the breathtaking structure it originally was. impair resist improve enhance restore compromise 9. Although cosmic objects have struck Earth since the planet’s very formation, humanity has only recently become aware of these events: two centuries ago the idea that objects orbiting the Sun could collide with Earth was widely ______. ridiculed doubted disseminated promulgated marginalized disbelieved 10. Britain is attractive to worldwide advertisers because it is ______ market, so there is no need to tailor advertisements for different parts of the country. a global an uncomplicated a vast a homogeneous a uniform an immense Questions 1 to 4 are based on the following reading passage. (The article from which the passage was taken appeared in 1982.) Theorists are divided concerning the origin of the Moon. Some hypothesize that the Moon was formed in the same way as were the planets in the inner solar Line system (Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Earth)—from (5) planet-forming materials in the presolar nebula. But, unlike the cores of the inner planets, the Moon’s core contains little or no iron, while the typical planet- forming materials were quite rich in iron. Other theo- rists propose that the Moon was ripped out of the (10) Earth’s rocky mantle by the Earth’s collision with another large celestial body after much of the Earth’s iron fell to its core. One problem with the collision hypothesis is the question of how a satellite formed in this way could have settled into the nearly circular orbit that the Moon has (15) today. Fortunately, the collision hypothesis is testable. If it is true, the mantlerocks of the Moon and the Earth should be the same geochemically. 8 1. The primary purpose of the passage is to present two hypotheses concerning the origin of the Moon discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the collision hypothesis concerning the origin of the Moon propose that hypotheses concerning the Moon’s origin be tested argue that the Moon could not have been formed out of the typical planet-forming materials of the presolar nebula describe one reason why the Moon’s geochemical makeup should resemble that of the Earth CLASS 1 - Homework
For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply. 2. According to the passage, Mars and the Earth are similar in which of the following ways? Their satellites were formed by collisions with other celestial bodies. Their cores contain iron. They were formed from the presolar nebula. 3. Which of the following, if true, would be most likely to make it difficult to verify the collision hypothesis in the manner suggested by the author? The Moon’s core and mantlerock are almost inactive geologically. The mantlerock of the Earth has changed in composition since the formation of the Moon, while the mantlerock of the Moon has remained chemically inert. Much of the Earth’s iron fell to the Earth’s core long before the formation of the Moon, after which the Earth’s mantlerock remained unchanged. Certain of the Earth’s elements, such as platinum, gold, and iridium, followed iron to the Earth’s core. The mantlerock of the Moon contains elements such as platinum, gold, and iridium. 4. Select the sentence in the passage, in which, the author states a conundrum in collision hypothesis. 9 1. C 2. D 4. A, F 6. A, D, G 7. A, F 8. A, F 9. B, F 10. D, E ANSWER KEY 3. B, D 5. B, F READING COMPREHENSION 1 A 2 B, C 3 B 4 One problem with the collision hypothesis is the question of how a satellite formed in this way could have settled into the nearly circular orbit that the Moon has today. CLASS 1 - Homework
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