Question 1

Who is the author of the informational text entitled Are Bionics Superhuman on the Horizon?

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Ramez Naam

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Susan Hamlyn

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Cory Doctorow

Question 2

The organization of paragraphs 1 through 17 contributes to the author’s main idea by —

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presenting evidence that answers the question in the title by the end of the article

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showing how the creation of superhumans would be bad for the future

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explaining why bionic enhancements will take over the human body altogether

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arguing that people with bionic parts should be excluded from athletic competition

Question 3

What is the synonym of the word inert?

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immobile

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helpful

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humanlike

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unstable

Question 4

Which is the antonym of the word inert?

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active

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human

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replacement

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digital

Question 5

Which sentence is the best overall central ideaof the selection?

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Bionics will enhance the human body instead of just replacing missing or broken parts.

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Superhumans will eventually replace people who were once considered disabled.

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Superhumans will be created for people who can afford the bionic parts.

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Bionics will take over the human body once people are ready to become superhuman.

Question 6

Which sentence about bionic body parts is correctly written?

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Advances in technology are greatly affecting how bionic body parts function.

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A bionic body part can be controlled even if its not attached to the body.

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Bionic body parts will eventually be for people without disabilities and available for those who just want enhancements, to.

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Professional sports leagues must decide whether they will except the use of bionic limbs and technologies.

Question 7

Which of these ideas is reinforced throughout the selection?

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Bionics will create superhuman abilities.

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Bionics will totally eliminate disabilities.

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Prostheses will no longer be needed.

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Prostheses will be too costly for most people.

Question 8

What is the central idea in paragraphs 10–13?

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Bionics will enhance a wide variety of abilities.

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Researchers are discovering new ways to learn.

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Injuries to the brain can cause memory loss.

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Prostheses are still in the planning stages.

Question 9

Which quotation from the selection best supports the answer to Part A?

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These new prostheses aren’t just going to restore missing human abilities. They’re . . . giving us powers we never had before. . . . (paragraph 10)

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If it’s damaged—by an injury to the head, for example—people start having difficulty forming new long-term memories. (paragraph 12)

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Scientists at Wake Forest University implanted specialized brain chips in a set of monkeys and trained those monkeys to perform a picture-matching game. (paragraph 13)

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While the current generation of prostheses is still primitive, we can already see this taking shape. . . .(paragraph 10)

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