"The new policy was designed to mitigate the adverse effects of industrial pollution on the surrounding wetlands, though critics argued it fell woefully short of meaningful reform."
The word "equivocal" in the passage suggests the scientist's findings were:
"Despite months of research, the results remained stubbornly equivocalโeach new data set seemed to support contradictory conclusions, leaving the team unable to reach consensus."
Neither A nor B โ ๋์ฌ๋ B(๊ฐ๊น์ด ์ฃผ์ด)์ ์์ผ์น!
A: Each โ ๋จ์๋์ฌ has โ
B: team โ ๋จ์์ทจ๊ธ(๋ฏธ๊ตญ์) is โ
C: employees๊ฐ ๋ ๊ฐ๊น์ฐ๋ฏ๋ก were โ D: manager(๋จ์)๊ฐ nor ๋ค์ โ was โ
Q5HARD
Choose the version with correct punctuation: "The report _____ which took three months to complete _____ was presented to the board."
"For decades, the accepted narrative held that Neanderthals were brutish, intellectually limited beings who were easily outcompeted by Homo sapiens. Recent archaeological discoveries, however, have dramatically upended this view. Cave paintings in Spain, now dated to over 65,000 years agoโpredating the arrival of modern humans in Europe by some 20,000 yearsโsuggest that Neanderthals were capable of symbolic thought and artistic expression. Burial sites reveal evidence of ritual practice and emotional complexity. The emerging picture is one of a sophisticated species whose extinction demands a more nuanced explanation than simple cognitive inferiority."
Read the paired passages and answer: Passage 1 argues for strict environmental regulation; Passage 2 argues for market-based solutions. Both authors would most likely agree that:
P1: "Voluntary industry pledges have repeatedly proven insufficient. Without binding legal frameworks and meaningful penalties, corporations will inevitably prioritize profit over the planet."
P2: "Government mandates stifle innovation and burden small businesses disproportionately. Carbon trading schemes and tax incentives harness market dynamics far more efficiently than top-down regulation."
The writer wants to add a sentence to best support the paragraph's claim. Which addition is most effective?
"Social media platforms have fundamentally altered how teenagers form their identities. [SENTENCE TO ADD] The result is a generation that constantly calibrates self-presentation based on real-time audience feedback."
Which transition best connects these sentences? "The study found that exercise significantly reduces anxiety. _____ participants who exercised three times weekly showed no significant improvement in depression scores."
A study shows: cities with more bike lanes have lower obesity rates. The researcher claims: "Building bike lanes causes residents to exercise more, directly reducing obesity." Which critique is most valid?
The passage states: "In 2022, renewable energy accounted for 29% of global electricity production." A student claims this means "most electricity now comes from renewables." This claim is:
Which rhetorical strategy does the following sentence primarily employ? "As a Nobel Prize-winning economist who has studied poverty for 40 years, I can assure you this policy will widen inequality."
A student argues: "We must ban all junk food in schools. If we don't, children will become obese, miss school, fail their studies, and ruin their futures." This argument is an example of:
Slippery Slope Fallacy(๋ฏธ๋๋ฌ์ด ๊ฒฝ์ฌ ์ค๋ฅ)
= ๊ทผ๊ฑฐ ์์ด A โ B โ C โ D โ ํ๊ตญ ์ผ๋ก ์ฐ๊ฒฐํ๋ ๋ ผ๋ฆฌ ์ค๋ฅ
"junk food โ obese โ miss school โ fail โ ruin life" = ๊ฐ ๋จ๊ณ๊ฐ ์ฆ๋ช ์ ๋ ์ฐ์!
Q20HARD
FINAL BOSS ๐ฅ โ Choose the answer that best describes the function of the underlined sentence:
"Proponents of universal basic income claim it will eliminate poverty and unleash human creativity. Yet Finland's landmark 2017-2018 experiment, often cited as proof of UBI's promise, involved only 2,000 participantsโa sample size too small to draw sweeping national conclusions. Furthermore, the Finnish contextโhigh baseline welfare, cultural homogeneity, and a robust public sectorโmay render the results ungeneralizable to diverse nations."