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| farm to start his own business (D) A city dweller who raises exotic plants on the roof of his apartment building (E) A union organizer who works in a textile mill under dangerous conditions 20. It can be inferred from examples given in the last paragraph of the passage that which of the following was part of "the new and crushing experience of industrialism" (lines 46-47) for many members of the English working class in the nineteenth century? (A) Extortionate food prices (B) Geographical displacement (C) Hazardous working conditions (D) Alienation from fellow workers (E) Dissolution of family ties 21. It can be inferred that the author of the passage believes that Mary Barton might have been an even better novel if Gaskell had (A) concentrated on the emotions of a single character (B) made no attempt to re-create experiences of which she had no firsthand knowledge (C) made no attempt to reproduce working-class dialects (D) grown up in an industrial city (E) managed to transcend her position as an outsider 22. Which of the following phrases could best be substituted for the phrase "this aspect of Mary Barton" in line 29 without changing the meaning of the passage as a whole? (A) the material details in an urban working-class environment (B) the influence of Mary Barton on lawrence’s early work (C) the place of Mary Barton in the development of the English novel (D) the extent of the poverty and physical suffering among England’s industrial workers in the 1840’s. (E) the portrayal of the particular feelings and responses of working-class characters 23. The author of the passage describes Mary Barton as each of the following EXCEPT (A) insightful (B) meticulous (C) vivid (D) poignant (E) lyrical As of the late 1980’s. neither theorists nor large- scale computer climate models could accurately predict whether cloud systems would help or hurt a warming globe. Some studies suggested that a four percent (5)increase in stratocumulus clouds over the ocean could compensate for a doubling in atmospheric carbon diox- ide, preventing a potentially disastrous planetwide temp- erature increase. On the other hand, an increase in cirrus clouds could increase global warming. (10) That clouds represented the weakest element in cli- mate models was illustrated by a study of fourteen such models. Comparing climate forecasts for a world with double the current amount of carbon dioxide, researchers found that the models agreed quite well if clouds were (15)not included. But when clouds were incorporated, a wide range of forecasts was produced. With such discrepancies plaguing the models, scientists could not easily predict how quickly the world’s climate would change, nor could they tell which regions would face dustier droughts or deadlier monsoons. 24.The author of the passage is primarily concerned with (A) confirming a theory (B) supporting a statement (C) presenting new information (D) predicting future discoveries (E) reconciling discrepant findings 25. It can be inferred that one reason the fourteen models described in the passage failed to agree was that (A) they failed to incorporate the most up-to-date information about the effect of clouds on climate (B) they were based on faulty information about factors other than clouds that affect climate. (C) they were based on different assumptions about the overall effects of clouds on climate (D) their originators disagreed about the kinds of forecasts the models should provide (E) their originators disagreed about the factors |
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