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5. The writer has some reason to believe that «the mentality of agriculturalists» (1.21-22) has been
transformed in one generation in Russia. Circle TRUE or FALSE.) Justify your answer by quoting from the
text.
6. What is the result, as regards man's outlook on life, of his new sense of power?
7. Name two elements which rulers nowadays regard as raw material upon which power can be exercised.
8.«It has already produced ...» (1.37-38).
What does «it» refer to?__________________
9. What is the grammatical subject of the verb «is» in line 41?
10.What, according to Russell, is the most urgent task of our time?
LEARNING THE HARD WAY
1. Read the sub-title — What does it tell us about the author's purpose in writing the article?
2. A. What are the various terms, that the (D) in (LD) is said to stand for?
B. Which of these terms (according to the writer) does not cause the child who is so labeled to be
«stigmatized» (1.44)?
. Why doesn't the writer care about the fact that the terms «dyslexia» and «learning disability» are often
used interchangeably (11. 76, 77)? (Cite a phrase from the same paragraph in answering this question.)
3. What does some of the current neurological research suggest about the reasons for LD problems?
4. What are some of the common traits exhibited by children with LD problems?
5. Why should the problems of an LD child increase dramatically after he starts going to school?
6. What other problems are likely to result if children with LD problems are not recognized, acknowledged
and given appropriate help?
7. Does the writer actually tell us «how to help children triumph over learning disabilities»? What advice
does he give? To which groups of people is this advice directed?
8. A. «discern» (1.192) means_______________________
B. What «area of meaning» do these words all belong to?
a. to discern
b. to distinguish (1.166)
. to discriminate between
C. Use each of the three words in a sentence of your own.
MAN OF WISDOM
by Robert Jastrow
1 The use of many questions in the course of this text is a rhetorical device by means of which the writer
achieves a certain effect.
A. What effect does he achieve with this device?
B. Make a list of the questions in the text. (Give first and last words and line numbers). Next to each
question, specify whether it fits any or several of the following descriptions:
a. A question designed to make the reader himself come up with the answer, based on his own prior
knowledge of the subject.