501 CRITICAL READING QUESTIONS POPULAR CULTURE

anecdote, ruling out choice a. Choices b and e are never mentioned, and choice c is not backed up by the passage.e. Lines 16–18 of the passage clearly state that Newton becameProfessor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge.e. In paragraph 4, Newton’s Laws of Motion are said to govern tftemoti[r]

8Page elevenORText 3 — ProseIf you choose this text you may not write a critical essay on Prose in Section 2.Read the extract below and then attempt the following questions.The Cone-Gatherers by Robin JenkinsIn this extract, Roderick, the son of Lady Runcie-Campbell, has become stuck,[r]

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graduate, get a job, and move ahead in our lives.”9Another pleasant surprise was the close and open relationships American students enjoy with their teachers.It’s a sharp contrast to Australia, where college students keep a discreet but respectful distance from theirteachers. “ I was surprised when[r]

extend320. b. eminent means prominent, or famous; obscure means notprominent, or unknown321. b. to abdicate means to renounce power or high office; to usurpmeans seize power or high office322. a. indolent means lazy; industrious means hardworking323. c. fortuitous means occurring by chance, or acciden[r]

resist202. d. to placate means to soothe or calm; to enrage means to anger203. b. popular means frequently encountered or accepted, orcommon, therefore uncommon is the opposite204. c. felicitous means very well-suited or apt; inopportune meansinconvenient or not well-suited205. a. austere mea[r]

c. illicitd. messy199. repudiatea. argueb. softenc. slanderd. admit200. pristinea. freeb. sulliedc. wided. thorough201. concedea. sitb. withstandc. dismissd. elaborate202. placatea. appeaseb. stripc. tremendousd. enrage203. populara. emptyb. uncommonc. famousd. feisty42501 Synonym & Antonym[r]

e.developing their skills as artists.In the third paragraph (lines 14–26), the author states that thePRB believed their peers’ art lack[ed] in meaning and aestfteticftonesty because it often depicted overly idealized landscapes, carefully arranged family portraits and still lifes, and overly dramati[r]

count, is it almost impractical not to?What stops me? Perhaps it is queasiness about the surgeon’sscalpel. Risks accompany any kind of surgery. Perhaps I find theidea of para- lyzing my facial muscles somewhat repellent and abetrayal of the emotions I have experienced—the joys and loses ofa lifetime—[r]