The stock exchange market crashed in October 1929 in the United States, and along with it went the prosperity and euphoria of the 1920s. The President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, elected in an avalanche the preceding November, looked to private enterprise for solutions to what he believed would be a transitory “depression,” as he named it. Sadly, the situation over the next three years declined, as businesses and industries that had over-expanded during the 1920s went into bankruptcy. Every week, thousands of new workers joined the classes of the unemployed; banks foreclosed on defaulted loans and finally closed themselves. By the fall of 1932, over one-quarter of the labor force was jobless. As the ranks of the destitute and homeless grew in urban centers, families took refuge in makeshift shacks, sarcastically named Hoovervilles, put together from salvaged bits of wood, tar paper, cardboard, and tin. The unemployed queued up for bread and daily rations at soup kitchens or sold apples on street corners. Devastating droughts in the Midwest that eroded soil and transformed once fertile regions into arid dust bowls exacerbated the economic catastrophe. Powerless against the drought and the competition from large-scale, mechanized farms, thousands of small farmers unable to pay rent or meet loan payments migrated westward in search of work.

            The initial government response to the economic collapse was ineffective, as President Hoover insisted that prosperity would shortly return. The stress between citizens seeking government response and Hoover’s administration came to a head in 1932. Over 17,000 soldiers marched on Washington, D.C., demanding an advance on the bonus payment the government owed them for their service in the First World War. The government refused, however, and when some members of the so-called “Bonus Army” did not leave the capital, national troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur forced the revolting soldiers to leave the city. Hoover defended MacArthur’s action; it was one of his last actions as president. That autumn, the country voted for change. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as the thirty-second President of the United States in January 1933, assuring the nation that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

What can be inferred about “Hoovervilles”?

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The stock exchange market crashed in October 1929 in the United States, and along with it went the prosperity and euphoria of the 1920s. The President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, elected in an avalanche the preceding November, looked to private enterprise for solutions to what he believed would be a transitory “depression,” as he named it. Sadly, the situation over the next three years declined, as businesses and industries that had over-expanded during the 1920s went into bankruptcy. Every week, thousands of new workers joined the classes of the unemployed; banks foreclosed on defaulted loans and finally closed themselves. By the fall of 1932, over one-quarter of the labor force was jobless. As the ranks of the destitute and homeless grew in urban centers, families took refuge in makeshift shacks, sarcastically named Hoovervilles, put together from salvaged bits of wood, tar paper, cardboard, and tin. The unemployed queued up for bread and daily rations at soup kitchens or sold apples on street corners. Devastating droughts in the Midwest that eroded soil and transformed once fertile regions into arid dust bowls exacerbated the economic catastrophe. Powerless against the drought and the competition from large-scale, mechanized farms, thousands of small farmers unable to pay rent or meet loan payments migrated westward in search of work.

            The initial government response to the economic collapse was ineffective, as President Hoover insisted that prosperity would shortly return. The stress between citizens seeking government response and Hoover’s administration came to a head in 1932. Over 17,000 soldiers marched on Washington, D.C., demanding an advance on the bonus payment the government owed them for their service in the First World War. The government refused, however, and when some members of the so-called “Bonus Army” did not leave the capital, national troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur forced the revolting soldiers to leave the city. Hoover defended MacArthur’s action; it was one of his last actions as president. That autumn, the country voted for change. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as the thirty-second President of the United States in January 1933, assuring the nation that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

The word exacerbated is closest in meaning to

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The stock exchange market crashed in October 1929 in the United States, and along with it went the prosperity and euphoria of the 1920s. The President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, elected in an avalanche the preceding November, looked to private enterprise for solutions to what he believed would be a transitory “depression,” as he named it. Sadly, the situation over the next three years declined, as businesses and industries that had over-expanded during the 1920s went into bankruptcy. Every week, thousands of new workers joined the classes of the unemployed; banks foreclosed on defaulted loans and finally closed themselves. By the fall of 1932, over one-quarter of the labor force was jobless. As the ranks of the destitute and homeless grew in urban centers, families took refuge in makeshift shacks, sarcastically named Hoovervilles, put together from salvaged bits of wood, tar paper, cardboard, and tin. The unemployed queued up for bread and daily rations at soup kitchens or sold apples on street corners. Devastating droughts in the Midwest that eroded soil and transformed once fertile regions into arid dust bowls exacerbated the economic catastrophe. Powerless against the drought and the competition from large-scale, mechanized farms, thousands of small farmers unable to pay rent or meet loan payments migrated westward in search of work.

            The initial government response to the economic collapse was ineffective, as President Hoover insisted that prosperity would shortly return. The stress between citizens seeking government response and Hoover’s administration came to a head in 1932. Over 17,000 soldiers marched on Washington, D.C., demanding an advance on the bonus payment the government owed them for their service in the First World War. The government refused, however, and when some members of the so-called “Bonus Army” did not leave the capital, national troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur forced the revolting soldiers to leave the city. Hoover defended MacArthur’s action; it was one of his last actions as president. That autumn, the country voted for change. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as the thirty-second President of the United States in January 1933, assuring the nation that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

The word fall in this context is closest in meaning to

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The stock exchange market crashed in October 1929 in the United States, and along with it went the prosperity and euphoria of the 1920s. The President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, elected in an avalanche the preceding November, looked to private enterprise for solutions to what he believed would be a transitory “depression,” as he named it. Sadly, the situation over the next three years declined, as businesses and industries that had over-expanded during the 1920s went into bankruptcy. Every week, thousands of new workers joined the classes of the unemployed; banks foreclosed on defaulted loans and finally closed themselves. By the fall of 1932, over one-quarter of the labor force was jobless. As the ranks of the destitute and homeless grew in urban centers, families took refuge in makeshift shacks, sarcastically named Hoovervilles, put together from salvaged bits of wood, tar paper, cardboard, and tin. The unemployed queued up for bread and daily rations at soup kitchens or sold apples on street corners. Devastating droughts in the Midwest that eroded soil and transformed once fertile regions into arid dust bowls exacerbated the economic catastrophe. Powerless against the drought and the competition from large-scale, mechanized farms, thousands of small farmers unable to pay rent or meet loan payments migrated westward in search of work.

            The initial government response to the economic collapse was ineffective, as President Hoover insisted that prosperity would shortly return. The stress between citizens seeking government response and Hoover’s administration came to a head in 1932. Over 17,000 soldiers marched on Washington, D.C., demanding an advance on the bonus payment the government owed them for their service in the First World War. The government refused, however, and when some members of the so-called “Bonus Army” did not leave the capital, national troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur forced the revolting soldiers to leave the city. Hoover defended MacArthur’s action; it was one of his last actions as president. That autumn, the country voted for change. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as the thirty-second President of the United States in January 1933, assuring the nation that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

The passage mentions that, due to the economic depression, small farmers were forced to

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The stock exchange market crashed in October 1929 in the United States, and along with it went the prosperity and euphoria of the 1920s. The President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, elected in an avalanche the preceding November, looked to private enterprise for solutions to what he believed would be a transitory “depression,” as he named it. Sadly, the situation over the next three years declined, as businesses and industries that had over-expanded during the 1920s went into bankruptcy. Every week, thousands of new workers joined the classes of the unemployed; banks foreclosed on defaulted loans and finally closed themselves. By the fall of 1932, over one-quarter of the labor force was jobless. As the ranks of the destitute and homeless grew in urban centers, families took refuge in makeshift shacks, sarcastically named Hoovervilles, put together from salvaged bits of wood, tar paper, cardboard, and tin. The unemployed queued up for bread and daily rations at soup kitchens or sold apples on street corners. Devastating droughts in the Midwest that eroded soil and transformed once fertile regions into arid dust bowls exacerbated the economic catastrophe. Powerless against the drought and the competition from large-scale, mechanized farms, thousands of small farmers unable to pay rent or meet loan payments migrated westward in search of work.

            The initial government response to the economic collapse was ineffective, as President Hoover insisted that prosperity would shortly return. The stress between citizens seeking government response and Hoover’s administration came to a head in 1932. Over 17,000 soldiers marched on Washington, D.C., demanding an advance on the bonus payment the government owed them for their service in the First World War. The government refused, however, and when some members of the so-called “Bonus Army” did not leave the capital, national troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur forced the revolting soldiers to leave the city. Hoover defended MacArthur’s action; it was one of his last actions as president. That autumn, the country voted for change. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as the thirty-second President of the United States in January 1933, assuring the nation that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

The phrase came to a head is closest in meaning to

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The stock exchange market crashed in October 1929 in the United States, and along with it went the prosperity and euphoria of the 1920s. The President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, elected in an avalanche the preceding November, looked to private enterprise for solutions to what he believed would be a transitory “depression,” as he named it. Sadly, the situation over the next three years declined, as businesses and industries that had over-expanded during the 1920s went into bankruptcy. Every week, thousands of new workers joined the classes of the unemployed; banks foreclosed on defaulted loans and finally closed themselves. By the fall of 1932, over one-quarter of the labor force was jobless. As the ranks of the destitute and homeless grew in urban centers, families took refuge in makeshift shacks, sarcastically named Hoovervilles, put together from salvaged bits of wood, tar paper, cardboard, and tin. The unemployed queued up for bread and daily rations at soup kitchens or sold apples on street corners. Devastating droughts in the Midwest that eroded soil and transformed once fertile regions into arid dust bowls exacerbated the economic catastrophe. Powerless against the drought and the competition from large-scale, mechanized farms, thousands of small farmers unable to pay rent or meet loan payments migrated westward in search of work.

            The initial government response to the economic collapse was ineffective, as President Hoover insisted that prosperity would shortly return. The stress between citizens seeking government response and Hoover’s administration came to a head in 1932. Over 17,000 soldiers marched on Washington, D.C., demanding an advance on the bonus payment the government owed them for their service in the First World War. The government refused, however, and when some members of the so-called “Bonus Army” did not leave the capital, national troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur forced the revolting soldiers to leave the city. Hoover defended MacArthur’s action; it was one of his last actions as president. That autumn, the country voted for change. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in as the thirty-second President of the United States in January 1933, assuring the nation that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

What was the “Bonus Army”?

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Stage performances have been set to music since the era of the ancient Greeks, when lyres and flutes accompanied the dramas of Sophocles and Aeschylus; however, 1600 is the commonly accepted date for the introduction of opera, as we know it. As part of the celebration of the marriage of King Henry IV of France to the Italian aristocrat Maria de Medici, the Florentine composer Jacopo Perí produced his famous Eurydice, which is usually considered to be the first opera. Following his example, a group of Italian musicians called the Camerata started to revive the style of musical story that had been used in Greek tragedy.

            For several years, the center of opera was Florence, but it gradually stretched throughout Italy and into Europe. The European form emphasized the dramatic aspect and new orchestral effects and even ballet was introduced under the guise of opera.

            Composers succumbed to the demands of singers, writing many operas that were nothing more than a succession of brilliant tricks for the voice. Arias, recitatives, and duets evolved. The aria, which is a long solo, may be compared to a song. The recitative, which is also a solo, is a recitation set to music, while the duet is a musical piece written for two voices.

The text is mainly the outline of…

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Stage performances have been set to music since the era of the ancient Greeks, when lyres and flutes accompanied the dramas of Sophocles and Aeschylus; however, 1600 is the commonly accepted date for the introduction of opera, as we know it. As part of the celebration of the marriage of King Henry IV of France to the Italian aristocrat Maria de Medici, the Florentine composer Jacopo Perí produced his famous Eurydice, which is usually considered to be the first opera. Following his example, a group of Italian musicians called the Camerata started to revive the style of musical story that had been used in Greek tragedy.

            For several years, the center of opera was Florence, but it gradually stretched throughout Italy and into Europe. The European form emphasized the dramatic aspect and new orchestral effects and even ballet was introduced under the guise of opera.

            Composers succumbed to the demands of singers, writing many operas that were nothing more than a succession of brilliant tricks for the voice. Arias, recitatives, and duets evolved. The aria, which is a long solo, may be compared to a song. The recitative, which is also a solo, is a recitation set to music, while the duet is a musical piece written for two voices.

According to the author Eurydice was produced…

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Stage performances have been set to music since the era of the ancient Greeks, when lyres and flutes accompanied the dramas of Sophocles and Aeschylus; however, 1600 is the commonly accepted date for the introduction of opera, as we know it. As part of the celebration of the marriage of King Henry IV of France to the Italian aristocrat Maria de Medici, the Florentine composer Jacopo Perí produced his famous Eurydice, which is usually considered to be the first opera. Following his example, a group of Italian musicians called the Camerata started to revive the style of musical story that had been used in Greek tragedy.

            For several years, the center of opera was Florence, but it gradually stretched throughout Italy and into Europe. The European form emphasized the dramatic aspect and new orchestral effects and even ballet was introduced under the guise of opera.

            Composers succumbed to the demands of singers, writing many operas that were nothing more than a succession of brilliant tricks for the voice. Arias, recitatives, and duets evolved. The aria, which is a long solo, may be compared to a song. The recitative, which is also a solo, is a recitation set to music, while the duet is a musical piece written for two voices.

The word which refers to… 

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Stage performances have been set to music since the era of the ancient Greeks, when lyres and flutes accompanied the dramas of Sophocles and Aeschylus; however, 1600 is the commonly accepted date for the introduction of opera, as we know it. As part of the celebration of the marriage of King Henry IV of France to the Italian aristocrat Maria de Medici, the Florentine composer Jacopo Perí produced his famous Eurydice, which is usually considered to be the first opera. Following his example, a group of Italian musicians called the Camerata started to revive the style of musical story that had been used in Greek tragedy.

            For several years, the center of opera was Florence, but it gradually stretched throughout Italy and into Europe. The European form emphasized the dramatic aspect and new orchestral effects and even ballet was introduced under the guise of opera.

            Composers succumbed to the demands of singers, writing many operas that were nothing more than a succession of brilliant tricks for the voice. Arias, recitatives, and duets evolved. The aria, which is a long solo, may be compared to a song. The recitative, which is also a solo, is a recitation set to music, while the duet is a musical piece written for two voices.

According to the text, the modern opera began…

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Stage performances have been set to music since the era of the ancient Greeks, when lyres and flutes accompanied the dramas of Sophocles and Aeschylus; however, 1600 is the commonly accepted date for the introduction of opera, as we know it. As part of the celebration of the marriage of King Henry IV of France to the Italian aristocrat Maria de Medici, the Florentine composer Jacopo Perí produced his famous Eurydice, which is usually considered to be the first opera. Following his example, a group of Italian musicians called the Camerata started to revive the style of musical story that had been used in Greek tragedy.

            For several years, the center of opera was Florence, but it gradually stretched throughout Italy and into Europe. The European form emphasized the dramatic aspect and new orchestral effects and even ballet was introduced under the guise of opera.

            Composers succumbed to the demands of singers, writing many operas that were nothing more than a succession of brilliant tricks for the voice. Arias, recitatives, and duets evolved. The aria, which is a long solo, may be compared to a song. The recitative, which is also a solo, is a recitation set to music, while the duet is a musical piece written for two voices.

Which of the following is an example of a solo?

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Stage performances have been set to music since the era of the ancient Greeks, when lyres and flutes accompanied the dramas of Sophocles and Aeschylus; however, 1600 is the commonly accepted date for the introduction of opera, as we know it. As part of the celebration of the marriage of King Henry IV of France to the Italian aristocrat Maria de Medici, the Florentine composer Jacopo Perí produced his famous Eurydice, which is usually considered to be the first opera. Following his example, a group of Italian musicians called the Camerata started to revive the style of musical story that had been used in Greek tragedy.

            For several years, the center of opera was Florence, but it gradually stretched throughout Italy and into Europe. The European form emphasized the dramatic aspect and new orchestral effects and even ballet was introduced under the guise of opera.

            Composers succumbed to the demands of singers, writing many operas that were nothing more than a succession of brilliant tricks for the voice. Arias, recitatives, and duets evolved. The aria, which is a long solo, may be compared to a song. The recitative, which is also a solo, is a recitation set to music, while the duet is a musical piece written for two voices.

The word stretched   could be best replaced by…

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 Many non-metric measurements may at first glance appear to lack the logic and clarity of the metric system, with its measurements all neatly based on tens and multiples of ten. Yet, these non-metric measurements developed over time from the habitual use of mundane things to make simple measurements.

The foot and the yard were developed based on average lengths of body parts. As can be deduced from the name, the Romans used the word foot to describe the length of a man’s foot from the base of the heel to the tip of the big toe. Despite not being quite an accurate measurement, because of the various lengths of men’s feet, a foot was a measurement that was easy to conceive and visualize by most people. The word yard was used widely by the English as the measurement from the tip of a man’s nose to the tip of his outstretched thumb. However, in 1305, English king Edward I redefined a yard as equivalent to three feet and it has this meaning until today.

 Besides, to describe longer distances, the Romans invented the use of the term mile. The word mile comes from the Latin word “mille”, which means one thousand. A mile was meant to correspond to a distance of one thousand paces, each pace comprising two steps or approximately five thousand feet.

On the ocean, speed is measured in knots, with one knot being around one nautical mile per hour. This measurement of speed comes from the days when sailors used a knotted rope to calculate their speed while at sea. A rope was knotted at regular intervals and tossed overboard. The rope was let out as sand flowed through an hourglass. When the sand had passed through the hourglass, the speed of the boat was established by counting the number of knots that had been made.

According to the text, non-metric measurements…

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 Many non-metric measurements may at first glance appear to lack the logic and clarity of the metric system, with its measurements all neatly based on tens and multiples of ten. Yet, these non-metric measurements developed over time from the habitual use of mundane things to make simple measurements.

 The foot and the yard were developed based on average lengths of body parts. As can be deduced from the name, the Romans used the word foot to describe the length of a man’s foot from the base of the heel to the tip of the big toe. Despite not being quite an accurate measurement, because of the various lengths of men’s feet, a foot was a measurement that was easy to conceive and visualize by most people. The word yard was used widely by the English as the measurement from the tip of a man’s nose to the tip of his outstretched thumb. However, in 1305, English king Edward I redefined a yard as equivalent to three feet and it has this meaning until today.

 Besides, to describe longer distances, the Romans invented the use of the term mile. The word mile comes from the Latin word “mille”, which means one thousand. A mile was meant to correspond to a distance of one thousand paces, each pace comprising two steps or approximately five thousand feet.

 On the ocean, speed is measured in knots, with one knot being around one nautical mile per hour. This measurement of speed comes from the days when sailors used a knotted rope to calculate their speed while at sea. A rope was knotted at regular intervals and tossed overboard. The rope was let out as sand flowed through an hourglass. When the sand had passed through the hourglass, the speed of the boat was established by counting the number of knots that had been made.

The word neatly could be replaced by…

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Many non-metric measurements may at first glance appear to lack the logic and clarity of the metric system, with its measurements all neatly based on tens and multiples of ten. Yet, these non-metric measurements developed over time from the habitual use of mundane things to make simple measurements.

The foot and the yard were developed based on average lengths of body parts. As can be deduced from the name, the Romans used the word foot to describe the length of a man’s foot from the base of the heel to the tip of the big toe. Despite not being quite an accurate measurement, because of the various lengths of men’s feet, a foot was a measurement that was easy to conceive and visualize by most people. The word yard was used widely by the English as the measurement from the tip of a man’s nose to the tip of his outstretched thumb. However, in 1305, English king Edward I redefined a yard as equivalent to three feet and it has this meaning until today.

 Besides, to describe longer distances, the Romans invented the use of the term mile. The word mile comes from the Latin word “mille”, which means one thousand. A mile was meant to correspond to a distance of one thousand paces, each pace comprising two steps or approximately five thousand feet.

 On the ocean, speed is measured in knots, with one knot being around one nautical mile per hour. This measurement of speed comes from the days when sailors used a knotted rope to calculate their speed while at sea. A rope was knotted at regular intervals and tossed overboard. The rope was let out as sand flowed through an hourglass. When the sand had passed through the hourglass, the speed of the boat was established by counting the number of knots that had been made.

It is NOT mentioned in the text that the word yard…

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 Many non-metric measurements may at first glance appear to lack the logic and clarity of the metric system, with its measurements all neatly based on tens and multiples of ten. Yet, these non-metric measurements developed over time from the habitual use of mundane things to make simple measurements.

 The foot and the yard were developed based on average lengths of body parts. As can be deduced from the name, the Romans used the word foot to describe the length of a man’s foot from the base of the heel to the tip of the big toe. Despite not being quite an accurate measurement, because of the various lengths of men’s feet, a foot was a measurement that was easy to conceive and visualize by most people. The word yard was used widely by the English as the measurement from the tip of a man’s nose to the tip of his outstretched thumb. However, in 1305, English king Edward I redefined a yard as equivalent to three feet and it has this meaning until today.

 Besides, to describe longer distances, the Romans invented the use of the term mile. The word mile comes from the Latin word “mille”, which means one thousand. A mile was meant to correspond to a distance of one thousand paces, each pace comprising two steps or approximately five thousand feet.

 On the ocean, speed is measured in knots, with one knot being around one nautical mile per hour. This measurement of speed comes from the days when sailors used a knotted rope to calculate their speed while at sea. A rope was knotted at regular intervals and tossed overboard. The rope was let out as sand flowed through an hourglass. When the sand had passed through the hourglass, the speed of the boat was established by counting the number of knots that had been made.

It is implied in the text that…

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Many non-metric measurements may at first glance appear to lack the logic and clarity of the metric system, with its measurements all neatly based on tens and multiples of ten. Yet, these non-metric measurements developed over time from the habitual use of mundane things to make simple measurements.

 The foot and the yard were developed based on average lengths of body parts. As can be deduced from the name, the Romans used the word foot to describe the length of a man’s foot from the base of the heel to the tip of the big toe. Despite not being quite an accurate measurement, because of the various lengths of men’s feet, a foot was a measurement that was easy to conceive and visualize by most people. The word yard was used widely by the English as the measurement from the tip of a man’s nose to the tip of his outstretched thumb. However, in 1305, English king Edward I redefined a yard as equivalent to three feet and it has this meaning until today.

 Besides, to describe longer distances, the Romans invented the use of the term mile. The word mile comes from the Latin word “mille”, which means one thousand. A mile was meant to correspond to a distance of one thousand paces, each pace comprising two steps or approximately five thousand feet.

On the ocean, speed is measured in knots, with one knot being around one nautical mile per hour. This measurement of speed comes from the days when sailors used a knotted rope to calculate their speed while at sea. A rope was knotted at regular intervals and tossed overboard. The rope was let out as sand flowed through an hourglass. When the sand had passed through the hourglass, the speed of the boat was established by counting the number of knots that had been made.

The word it refers to … 

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Many non-metric measurements may at first glance appear to lack the logic and clarity of the metric system, with its measurements all neatly based on tens and multiples of ten. Yet, these non-metric measurements developed over time from the habitual use of mundane things to make simple measurements.

The foot and the yard were developed based on average lengths of body parts. As can be deduced from the name, the Romans used the word foot to describe the length of a man’s foot from the base of the heel to the tip of the big toe. Despite not being quite an accurate measurement, because of the various lengths of men’s feet, a foot was a measurement that was easy to conceive and visualize by most people. The word yard was used widely by the English as the measurement from the tip of a man’s nose to the tip of his outstretched thumb. However, in 1305, English king Edward I redefined a yard as equivalent to three feet and it has this meaning until today.

Besides, to describe longer distances, the Romans invented the use of the term mile. The word mile comes from the Latin word “mille”, which means one thousand. A mile was meant to correspond to a distance of one thousand paces, each pace comprising two steps or approximately five thousand feet.

On the ocean, speed is measured in knots, with one knot being around one nautical mile per hour. This measurement of speed comes from the days when sailors used a knotted rope to calculate their speed while at sea. A rope was knotted at regular intervals and tossed overboard. The rope was let out as sand flowed through an hourglass. When the sand had passed through the hourglass, the speed of the boat was established by counting the number of knots that had been made.

According to the text, it is NOT true that…

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In the second half of the nineteenth century, Peter Day formulated the classification system for cataloging and arranging the books and pamphlets in libraries. This system classifies books and other publications into ten main groups, each one of them being further subdivided by number. Day was fortuitous enough to see the Day Decimal System adopted by libraries throughout the world and by 96 percent of the public and 89 percent of the college libraries in the US. However, his work did not terminate with this success. He also helped found the American Library Association, started the first library school in America, established the Lake Placid Club, and worked out his orthography.

            Day considered the spelling system of English a nuisance and an enormous waste of time, called for the simplification of the language, and insisted that once spelling was free from complexities and absurdities inherited from the past and made uniform, three years could be saved in a child’s education. His zeal was such that he not simply used his simplified spelling exclusively; he even would correct the spelling in his mail as he read it through.

The text states that Day’s major claim to fame rests on

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In the second half of the nineteenth century, Peter Day formulated the classification system for cataloging and arranging the books and pamphlets in libraries. This system classifies books and other publications into ten main groups, each one of them being further subdivided by number. Day was fortuitous enough to see the Day Decimal System adopted by libraries throughout the world and by 96 percent of the public and 89 percent of the college libraries in the US. However, his work did not terminate with this success. He also helped found the American Library Association, started the first library school in America, established the Lake Placid Club, and worked out his orthography.

            Day considered the spelling system of English a nuisance and an enormous waste of time, called for the simplification of the language, and insisted that once spelling was free from complexities and absurdities inherited from the past and made uniform, three years could be saved in a child’s education. His zeal was such that he not simply used his simplified spelling exclusively; he even would correct the spelling in his mail as he read it through.

It can be understood that the Day Decimal System was embraced by

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In the second half of the nineteenth century, Peter Day formulated the classification system for cataloging and arranging the books and pamphlets in libraries. This system classifies books and other publications into ten main groups, each one of them being further subdivided by number. Day was fortuitous enough to see the Day Decimal System adopted by libraries throughout the world and by 96 percent of the public and 89 percent of the college libraries in the US. However, his work did not terminate with this success. He also helped found the American Library Association, started the first library school in America, established the Lake Placid Club, and worked out his orthography.

            Day considered the spelling system of English a nuisance and an enormous waste of time, called for the simplification of the language, and insisted that once spelling was free from complexities and absurdities inherited from the past and made uniform, three years could be saved in a child’s education. His zeal was such that he not simply used his simplified spelling exclusively; he even would correct the spelling in his mail as he read it through.

The word inherited could be best replaced by

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In the second half of the nineteenth century, Peter Day formulated the classification system for cataloging and arranging the books and pamphlets in libraries. This system classifies books and other publications into ten main groups, each one of them being further subdivided by number. Day was fortuitous enough to see the Day Decimal System adopted by libraries throughout the world and by 96 percent of the public and 89 percent of the college libraries in the US. However, his work did not terminate with this success. He also helped found the American Library Association, started the first library school in America, established the Lake Placid Club, and worked out his orthography.

 Day considered the spelling system of English a nuisance and an enormous waste of time, called for the simplification of the language, and insisted that once spelling was free from complexities and absurdities inherited from the past and made uniform, three years could be saved in a child’s education. His zeal was such that he not simply used his simplified spelling exclusively; he even would correct the spelling in his mail as he read it through.

Day’s objections to traditional English spelling were based on

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In the second half of the nineteenth century, Peter Day formulated the classification system for cataloging and arranging the books and pamphlets in libraries. This system classifies books and other publications into ten main groups, each one of them being further subdivided by number. Day was fortuitous enough to see the Day Decimal System adopted by libraries throughout the world and by 96 percent of the public and 89 percent of the college libraries in the US. However, his work did not terminate with this success. He also helped found the American Library Association, started the first library school in America, established the Lake Placid Club, and worked out his orthography.

Day considered the spelling system of English a nuisance and an enormous waste of time, called for the simplification of the language, and insisted that once spelling was free from complexities and absurdities inherited from the past and made uniform, three years could be saved in a child’s education. His zeal was such that he not simply used his simplified spelling exclusively; he even would correct the spelling in his mail as he read it through.

The word it refers to 

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In the second half of the nineteenth century, Peter Day formulated the classification system for cataloging and arranging the books and pamphlets in libraries. This system classifies books and other publications into ten main groups, each one of them being further subdivided by number. Day was fortuitous enough to see the Day Decimal System adopted by libraries throughout the world and by 96 percent of the public and 89 percent of the college libraries in the US. However, his work did not terminate with this success. He also helped found the American Library Association, started the first library school in America, established the Lake Placid Club, and worked out his orthography.

 Day considered the spelling system of English a nuisance and an enormous waste of time, called for the simplification of the language, and insisted that once spelling was free from complexities and absurdities inherited from the past and made uniform, three years could be saved in a child’s education. His zeal was such that he not simply used his simplified spelling exclusively; he even would correct the spelling in his mail as he read it through.

All of the following can be inferred from the text EXCEPT

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All mammals nourish their young. Some whale mothers nurse their calves for about twenty months, until they are about to give birth again and their young can find their own food. This practice of feeding the young is built into the reproductive system. It is a non-elective part of parental care and the defining feature of a mammal, the most important thing that mammals whether marsupials, platypuses, spiny anteaters, or placental mammals have in common.

 But not all animal parents, even those that take tend their offspring to the point of hatching or birth, feed their young. Most egg-guarding fish do not, because their young are so much smaller than the parents and eat food that is also much smaller than the food eaten by adults. In reptiles, the crocodile mother protects her young after they have hatched and takes them down to the water, where they will find food, but she does not feed them. Few insects feed their young after hatching, but some make other arrangements, provisioning their cells and nests with caterpillars and spiders that they have paralyzed with their venom and stored in a state of suspended animation so that their larvae might have a supply of fresh food when they hatch.

  For animals other than mammals feeding is not intrinsic to parental care. Animals add it to their reproductive strategies to give them an edge in their lifelong quest for descendants. The most vulnerable moment in any animal’s life is when it first finds itself completely on its own, when it must forage and fend for itself. Feeding postpones that moment until a young animal has grown to such a size that it is better able to cope. Young that are fed by their parents become nutritionally independent at a much greater fraction of their full adult size. And in the meantime, those young are shielded against the vagaries of fluctuating difficult-to-find supplies. Once a species takes the step of feeding its young, the young become dependent on the extra effort. If both parents are removed, the young rarely survive.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

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All mammals nourish their young. Some whale mothers nurse their calves for about twenty months, until they are about to give birth again and their young can find their own food. This practice of feeding the young is built into the reproductive system. It is a non-elective part of parental care and the defining feature of a mammal, the most important thing that mammals whether marsupials, platypuses, spiny anteaters, or placental mammals have in common.

But not all animal parents, even those that take tend their offspring to the point of hatching or birth, feed their young. Most egg-guarding fish do not, because their young are so much smaller than the parents and eat food that is also much smaller than the food eaten by adults. In reptiles, the crocodile mother protects her young after they have hatched and takes them down to the water, where they will find food, but she does not feed them. Few insects feed their young after hatching, but some make other arrangements, provisioning their cells and nests with caterpillars and spiders that they have paralyzed with their venom and stored in a state of suspended animation so that their larvae might have a supply of fresh food when they hatch.

For animals other than mammals feeding is not intrinsic to parental care. Animals add it to their reproductive strategies to give them an edge in their lifelong quest for descendants. The most vulnerable moment in any animal’s life is when it first finds itself completely on its own, when it must forage and fend for itself. Feeding postpones that moment until a young animal has grown to such a size that it is better able to cope. Young that are fed by their parents become nutritionally independent at a much greater fraction of their full adult size. And in the meantime, those young are shielded against the vagaries of fluctuating difficult-to-find supplies. Once a species takes the step of feeding its young, the young become dependent on the extra effort. If both parents are removed, the young rarely survive.

The word tend is closest in meaning to

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All mammals nourish their young. Some whale mothers nurse their calves for about twenty months, until they are about to give birth again and their young can find their own food. This practice of feeding the young is built into the reproductive system. It is a non-elective part of parental care and the defining feature of a mammal, the most important thing that mammals whether marsupials, platypuses, spiny anteaters, or placental mammals have in common.

But not all animal parents, even those that take tend their offspring to the point of hatching or birth, feed their young. Most egg-guarding fish do not, because their young are so much smaller than the parents and eat food that is also much smaller than the food eaten by adults. In reptiles, the crocodile mother protects her young after they have hatched and takes them down to the water, where they will find food, but she does not feed them. Few insects feed their young after hatching, but some make other arrangements, provisioning their cells and nests with caterpillars and spiders that they have paralyzed with their venom and stored in a state of suspended animation so that their larvae might have a supply of fresh food when they hatch.

For animals other than mammals feeding is not intrinsic to parental care. Animals add it to their reproductive strategies to give them an edge in their lifelong quest for descendants. The most vulnerable moment in any animal’s life is when it first finds itself completely on its own, when it must forage and fend for itself. Feeding postpones that moment until a young animal has grown to such a size that it is better able to cope. Young that are fed by their parents become nutritionally independent at a much greater fraction of their full adult size. And in the meantime, those young are shielded against the vagaries of fluctuating difficult-to-find supplies. Once a species takes the step of feeding its young, the young become dependent on the extra effort. If both parents are removed, the young rarely survive.

What can be inferred about the practice of animal parents feeding their young?

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All mammals nourish their young. Some whale mothers nurse their calves for about twenty months, until they are about to give birth again and their young can find their own food. This practice of feeding the young is built into the reproductive system. It is a non-elective part of parental care and the defining feature of a mammal, the most important thing that mammals whether marsupials, platypuses, spiny anteaters, or placental mammals have in common.

But not all animal parents, even those that take tend their offspring to the point of hatching or birth, feed their young. Most egg-guarding fish do not, because their young are so much smaller than the parents and eat food that is also much smaller than the food eaten by adults. In reptiles, the crocodile mother protects her young after they have hatched and takes them down to the water, where they will find food, but she does not feed them. Few insects feed their young after hatching, but some make other arrangements, provisioning their cells and nests with caterpillars and spiders that they have paralyzed with their venom and stored in a state of suspended animation so that their larvae might have a supply of fresh food when they hatch.

For animals other than mammals feeding is not intrinsic to parental care. Animals add it to their reproductive strategies to give them an edge in their lifelong quest for descendants. The most vulnerable moment in any animal’s life is when it first finds itself completely on its own, when it must forage and fend for itself. Feeding postpones that moment until a young animal has grown to such a size that it is better able to cope. Young that are fed by their parents become nutritionally independent at a much greater fraction of their full adult size. And in the meantime, those young are shielded against the vagaries of fluctuating difficult-to-find supplies. Once a species takes the step of feeding its young, the young become dependent on the extra effort. If both parents are removed, the young rarely survive.

The word provisioning is closest in meaning to

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All mammals nourish their young. Some whale mothers nurse their calves for about twenty months, until they are about to give birth again and their young can find their own food. This practice of feeding the young is built into the reproductive system. It is a non-elective part of parental care and the defining feature of a mammal, the most important thing that mammals whether marsupials, platypuses, spiny anteaters, or placental mammals have in common.

But not all animal parents, even those that take tend their offspring to the point of hatching or birth, feed their young. Most egg-guarding fish do not, because their young are so much smaller than the parents and eat food that is also much smaller than the food eaten by adults. In reptiles, the crocodile mother protects her young after they have hatched and takes them down to the water, where they will find food, but she does not feed them. Few insects feed their young after hatching, but some make other arrangements, provisioning their cells and nests with caterpillars and spiders that they have paralyzed with their venom and stored in a state of suspended animation so that their larvae might have a supply of fresh food when they hatch.

For animals other than mammals feeding is not intrinsic to parental care. Animals add it to their reproductive strategies to give them an edge in their lifelong quest for descendants. The most vulnerable moment in any animal’s life is when it first finds itself completely on its own, when it must forage and fend for itself. Feeding postpones that moment until a young animal has grown to such a size that it is better able to cope. Young that are fed by their parents become nutritionally independent at a much greater fraction of their full adult size. And in the meantime, those young are shielded against the vagaries of fluctuating difficult-to-find supplies. Once a species takes the step of feeding its young, the young become dependent on the extra effort. If both parents are removed, the young rarely survive.

According to the passage, how do some insects make sure their young have food?

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All mammals nourish their young. Some whale mothers nurse their calves for about twenty months, until they are about to give birth again and their young can find their own food. This practice of feeding the young is built into the reproductive system. It is a non-elective part of parental care and the defining feature of a mammal, the most important thing that mammals whether marsupials, platypuses, spiny anteaters, or placental mammals have in common.

But not all animal parents, even those that take tend their offspring to the point of hatching or birth, feed their young. Most egg-guarding fish do not, because their young are so much smaller than the parents and eat food that is also much smaller than the food eaten by adults. In reptiles, the crocodile mother protects her young after they have hatched and takes them down to the water, where they will find food, but she does not feed them. Few insects feed their young after hatching, but some make other arrangements, provisioning their cells and nests with caterpillars and spiders that they have paralyzed with their venom and stored in a state of suspended animation so that their larvae might have a supply of fresh food when they hatch.

For animals other than mammals feeding is not intrinsic to parental care. Animals add it to their reproductive strategies to give them an edge in their lifelong quest for descendants. The most vulnerable moment in any animal’s life is when it first finds itself completely on its own, when it must forage and fend for itself. Feeding postpones that moment until a young animal has grown to such a size that it is better able to cope. Young that are fed by their parents become nutritionally independent at a much greater fraction of their full adult size. And in the meantime, those young are shielded against the vagaries of fluctuating difficult-to-find supplies. Once a species takes the step of feeding its young, the young become dependent on the extra effort. If both parents are removed, the young rarely survive.

According to the passage, animal young are most defenseless when

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