Swimming has developed from a primal mode of movement to an advanced hobby and competitive sport. Exercising nearly every muscle group, swimming is a rigorous sport and requires intense training. In competitions swimmers typically contend for the fastest time to complete a certain distance by performing a specific swimming stroke. Also, swimmers work to build endurance and an ability to swim over long distances. Because swimming has developed into a highly intricate competitive sport, where one wrong technique can disqualify a participant, it is interesting to ponder how the sport will evolve for people in the future, either advancing into a progressive purpose or regressing to a primal mode of movement.   The structure of this passage could be best described in what way?

A. an activity narrowed to a specific purpose and expanded to consider future implications

B. an activity narrowed to a specific purpose and expanded to consider future deviations

C. a hypothesis tested against certain conditions, developed into a larger thesis

D. a supposition regarding the prospect of an activity, analyzed for viability

Answer Explanation:

The paragraph begins by describing swimming and its evolution from a primal mode of movement to its development into an intricate competitive sport. The paragraph then expands to consider future deviations of whether swimming will advance into a progressive purpose or regressing to a primal mode of movement.

Therefore, the Correct Answer is B.

Q #1: Many teachers across the country are noticing the importance of film in the modern classroom. No longer is putting a movie on meant as an invitation for students to check out while the teacher does work at their desk. Films are a versatile medium, and can function as textbooks, pieces of literature, or pieces of art that can bring a new dimension to a student's learning. The teachers leading this charge know that teaching a film effectively means preparing lessons with the same amount of time and effort as any other days. A teacher could simply shut the lights and throw on the first 20 minutes of Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" because the class is studying World War II. Or, the teacher could spend a class period analyzing the scene with the class, looking at how Spielberg builds anxiety and tension, how he creates the chaos of the beach, and how he gets the audience to care for characters they haven't even met yet.   Which of the following sentences would be a supporting detail to explain how "Saving Private Ryan" could be used in the classroom?

A. learning to analyze a film in this way can not only help students get more out of their viewing, but it can also help them work on their critical thinking skills

B. just putting "Saving Private Ryan" on the screen and then getting work done in the back of the room is not a helpful way to use a film in class

C. too many teachers are stuck in their ways, though, and unwilling to adapt.

D. "Jaws" would also be a good movie that a teacher could use in the classroom

Answer Explanation

Learning to analyze a film in this way can not only help students get more out of their viewing, but it can also help them work on their critical thinking skills
Q #2: An individual reading a book about the first emperor of China wants to find the first reference in the book to the Terracotta Army. Where should he or she look?

A. glossary

B. table of contents

C. afterword

D. index

Answer Explanation

An index is a list of items pulled together for a purpose.
Q #3: But man is not destined to vanish. He can be killed, but he cannot be destroyed, because his soul is deathless and his spirit is irrepressible. Therefore, though the situation seems dark in the context of the confrontation between the superpowers, the silver lining is provided by amazing phenomenon that the very nations which have spent incalculable resources and energy for the production of deadly weapons are desperately trying to find out how they might never be used. They threaten each other, intimidate each other and go to the brink, but before the total hour arrives they withdraw from the brink.   "Irrepressible" in the second line means ____________

A. incompatible

B. strong

C. oppressive

D. unrestrainable

Answer Explanation

But man is not destined to vanish. He can be killed, but he cannot be destroyed, because his soul is deathless and his spirit is irrepressible.

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