english ✥ - 1
which word is misspelled in the sentence? a university of pennsylvania professor defines grit as the perseverance and passion a person has to acheive their long-term goals.
"acheive"
which sentence best supports the idea that artificial and human translators are comparable? in other words, it's finally happened: computers are smarter than people. in a contest that tested the new software against human translators, it came close to matching the fluency of humans for some languages. people fluent in two languages scored the new system between 64 and 87 percent better than the previous one. google is already using the new system for chinese to english translation and plans to completely replace its existing translation technique with the gmnt.
"in a contest that tested the new software against human translators, it came close to matching the fluency of humans for some languages."
which two details in the text reveal to the reader that doctor manette has a good reputation with members of the tribunal?
"in the first frantic greetings lavished on himself as a noted sufferer under the overthrown system" "but should, for his sake, be held blameless in safe custody"
what detail in the excerpt supports the idea that elizabeth is also biased against darcy?
"my faults, according to this calculation, are heavy indeed"
which phrase best helps to determine the meaning of the word orient as used in the passage? once again samuel was starting a new school because his family had to move often for his dad's job. samuel stood on the grassy lawn of the campus looking at his map of the school's buildings, trying to orient himself. his skill at map reading helped him quickly locate where he was in relation to the map, and he soon plotted a route to his first class.
"where he was in relation to the map,"
which two details in the passage support the idea that darcy is also prejudiced against elizabeth?
1. "whose condition in life is so decidedly beneath my own" 2. "the inferiority of your connections"
which two details are most important to include in a summary of the excerpt? "every fact seemed to warrant me in concluding that it was anything but chance which directed his operations; the whale made two attacks upon the ship, at a short interval between them, both of which, according to their direction, were calculated to do us the most injury, by being made ahead, and thereby combining the speed of the two objects for the shock; to effect which, the exact maneuvers which he made were necessary. his aspect was most horrible, and such as indicated resentment and fury. he came directly from the shoal which we had just before entered, and in which we had struck three of his companions as if fired with revenge for their sufferings." again: "at all events, the whole circumstances have taken together, all happening before my own eyes, and producing, at the time, impressions in my mind of decided, calculating mischief, on the part of the whale (many of which impressions I cannot now recall), induce me to be satisfied that I am correct in my opinion."
1. and such as indicated resentment and fury. 2. if fired with revenge for their sufferings.
which two details are most important to include in a summary of the excerpt? at length i spied a little cove on the right shore of the creek, to which with great pain and difficulty i guided my raft, and at last got so near that, reaching ground with my oar, i could thrust her directly in. but here i had like to have dipped all my cargo into the sea again; for that shore lying pretty steep—that is to say sloping—there was no place to land, but where one end of my float, if it ran onshore, would lie so high, and the other sink lower, as before, that it would endanger my cargo again. all that i could do was to wait till the tide was at the highest, keeping the raft with my oar like an anchor, to hold the side of it fast to the shore, near a flat piece of ground, which i expected the water would flow over; and so it did. as soon as i found water enough—for my raft drew about a foot of water—i thrust her upon that flat piece of ground, and there fastened or moored her, by sticking my two broken oars into the ground, one on one side near one end, and one on the other side near the other end; and thus i lay till the water ebbed away, and left my raft and all my cargo safe on shore.
1. at length I spied a little cove on the right shore of the creek, to which with great pain and difficulty I guided my raft, 2. and thus i lay till the water ebbed away, and left my raft and all my cargo safe on shore.
which statement best identifies the main idea for a summary of the excerpt?
sailing on the rangoon, the passengers encounter a storm, but phileas fogg remains calm despite the fact that the weather will delay them by at least 20 hours.
the slips through the beaded curtain to the kitchen, presumably to hang up her apron and apply a sweep of cherry gloss across her lips. which dictionary entry supports meaning of the word sweep as used in the excerpt?
a smooth, curving movement
the grit scale survey measures one's degree of identification with statements such as "setbacks don't discourage me. i don't give up easyly." which rule can be used to correct the spelling of the misspelled word?
change y to i when adding an ending.
which flash card correctly explains the meaning of the word infectious as it is used in the first paragraph of the passage?
contagious
which word or phrase in the excerpt supports the meaning of the word deteriorating as "becoming worse over time"? characterizing an "unhappy," deteriorating tidal marsh is more complex because marshes can fall apart in many different ways. one finding contradicted a previous assumption: namely, that gains in marsh elevation and sediment indicate greater resilience. the authors say marshes with these characteristics performed inconsistently and often signaled the muddy mess that degrading marshes can become, not marsh health.
degrading
he had pleaded hard to the tribunal, in which some members were asleep and some awake, for his life and freedom. waylan is writing a paper on a tale of two cites by charles dickens. which of the writer's commentaries is supported by the excerpt?
doctor manette argued passionately, despite the lack of attention from the members of the tribunal.
match each technical meaning to the term it is associated with.
embalm - to preserve something from decay parchment - a kind of paper made out of animal hide catalyst - a substance causing a quicker reaction
match each definition of the word literal with the sentence that best illustrates its meaning.
equality in the literal sense is unreasonable - sticking to the primary meaning of a term the common text lol lacks a literal meaning - relating to or expressed in letters the translation device gave a literal translation - reproduced word for word the witness told the literal truth before the judge - free from exaggeration or embellishment
match each excerpt from the passage with the tone it conveys.
shaw was a drama critic for the saturday review from 1859-98. - informative "progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - critical shaw was awarded the nobel prize for literature in 1925. - informative shaw's style of writing became so popular that his plays actually came to be termed as "shavian comedies." - informative "his ideas were those of a somewhat abstract logical radicalism; hence they were far from new, but they received from him a new definiteness and brilliance..." - opinion-based
what is the figurative meaning of the moon in the passage?
soothing feelings
which statement from "a computer can now translate languages as well as a human" is an example of commentary?
the craziest part about the translator's improved accuracy is this: it happened because google's researchers made their neural-network-powered system more independent of its human designers.
which sentence best identifies the main idea for a summary of the excerpt?
the narrator considers the whale, moby dick, to be mystical.
