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The text discusses the collective dysfunction of the human mind. It gives as examples the destruction of oxygen-producing forests and other plant and animal life; ill-treatment of animals in factory farms; and poisoning of rivers, oceans and air. The reason for this behavior is:
In the text, the role of science and technology in the achievements of humanity is viewed as one of contrast. Mark the option that best characterizes such a role.
In the fourth paragraph, the repetition of the connective WHEN indicates:
In the extracts below, the words with ‘ing’ are all verbs, except:
Observe this extract from the text: “The achievements of humanity are impressive and undeniable”. (lines 15-16) More recently, however, there has been a radical change in the way humanity behaves toward the evolution of the planet. Mark the option which best characterizes this attitude.
Choose the item which signals, in the second paragraph, a change of opinion concerning human intelligence.
In the last paragraph, the text discusses the challenge humanity has to face to overcome its radical crisis. Such challenge can be understood as a:
The title of Text I reflects the author’s position regarding culture. Choose the statement in which this position is best conveyed.
According to Text I, in order to interact successfully with people from a different culture, one must
The meaning of unsuspecting (line 14) is
According to what is stated in the 2nd paragraph, offering a seat on the bus to an older person is an example of
Discourse markers are used to provide cohesion to the text. In the excerpt “Hence, we are comparing two bell curves and generalization cannot be avoided” (lines 17-18), the discourse marker in bold expresses the following semantic relation:
In “There is much to be gained by observing how people of the same culture interact with each other” (lines 30-31), the expression in bold could be replaced by
EXEMPLIFICATION is used by the author of the text to develop his argumentation. In paragraph 7, through the use of exemplification, the author
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