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Read the paragraph from Rivers and Stories, Part 1.Though the names are still magicAmazon, Congo, Mississippi, Niger, Plate, Volga, Tiber, Seine, Ganges, Mekong, Rhine, Colorado, Marne, Orinoco, Rio Grandethe rivers themselves have almost disappeared from consciousness in the modern world. Insofar as they exist in our imaginations, that existence is nostalgic. We have turned our memory of the Mississippi into a Mark Twain theme park at Disneyland. Our railroads followed the contours of the rivers and then our highways followed the contours of the rail lines. Traveling, we move as a river moves, at two removes. Our children dont know where their electricity comes from, they dont know where the water they drink comes from, and in many places on the earth the turgid backwaters of dammed rivers are inflicting on local children an epidemic of the old riverside diseases: dysentery, schistosomiasis, river blindness. Rivers and the river gods that defined our civilizations have become the sublimated symbols of everything we have done to the planet in the last two hundred years. And the rivers themselves have come to function as trace memories of what we have repressed in the name of our technical mastery. They are the ecological unconscious.Which pieces of evidence best help you to identify the authors perspective on the topic discussed in the paragraph: that rivers should be respected more?The author describes the memories of rivers as nostalgic.The author describes how railroads and highways replaced rivers.The author describes the names of rivers as magic.The author describes how children dont know what rivers are used for.
Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Which statement develops the theme that abuse of power leads to destruction?CASSIUS: Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow worldLike a Colossus, and we petty menWalk under his huge legs and peep aboutTo find ourselves dishonorable graves.Men at some time are masters of their fates.The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our starsBut in ourselves, that we are underlings.Brutus and Caesar-what should be in that "Caesar?Why should that name be sounded more than yours?Write them together, yours is as fair a name.Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well.Weigh them, it is as heavy. Conjure with 'em,"Brutus" will start a spirit as soon as "Caesar."Now in the names of all the gods at once,Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feedThat he is grown so great? Age, thou art shamed!Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods!
Complete the text with the Future Continuous, Future Perfect Simple, or Future Perfect Continuous forms of theverbs in brackets.2050 - Cities of the FutureBy 2050, human beings will have been building (build) and living in cities for around 10,000 years. It is estimated that,by this date, more than 70 percent of the world's population will be living (live) in urban environments. Inpreparation for this, developers in the US alone(construct) nearly ninety million new homes by 2050. Thecities of the future are likely to be much cleaner places than those we inhabit today. By then architects(design) buildings that use smart materials to help reduce air pollution and we (use) less fossil fuel and morealternative energy for decades, making cities considerably less polluted than they are today. Solar panels(become) the norm on most buildings by 2050, and we (recycle) a much larger proportion of our waste thanwe do today. Where will you be living in 2050? Wherever it is, it is very likely to be in a city(10)