English final exam(story 1)

The passage is most likely excerpted from

An educational article promoting awareness of a critical scientific issue

The series of phrases in the lines 14-16 ("Marvesouly varied...acre of land") primarily conveys the

Characteristics of springtails and oribatid mites.

The authors tone is best described as

Concerned yet hopeful

The primary rhetorical strategy in the passage is the

Exemplification of key concepts and ideas

The author cites a Chinese saying (lines 44-46) to emphasize the

Importance of taxonomy as a field of study

The third paragraph (lines 47-61) serves which of the following functions?

It speculates about a potential improvement

Which of the following is true of the position presented in lines 72-77("the second....progress") ?

It suggests that an assumption held by many people may be incorrect.

The author uses the word "obscure" in line 48 to mean

Not well known

One important purpose of the passage is to

Suggest that ecological conservation is a beneficial enterprise

In the passage,italics are used to highlight

The major points of the authors argument

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the first and second paragraphs?

The second paragraph describes the effects of an issue raised in the first paragraph.

The primary purpose of the first paragraph (lines 1-26) is to

call attention to the decline of a significant field of study.

In the context of lines 19-22,the words"one is retired" are best described as

A detail that makes a critical situation even more precarious

It can be inferred from the passage that the author assumes the reader is

A generalist who needs an explanation of specialized concepts

The author mentions "glass-blowing and harpischord manufacture" (lines 7-8) to suggest that taxomony is

a aprofession practiced by relatively few people.