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Meaning • Question: • What is the meaning of “--------” in line --------?

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Practice (1) The author refers to “Any wildlife biologist” in line 1 and “Any biologist” in line 5 to emphasize the point that (1) Any wildlife biologist can tell you how many deer a given area can support—how much browse there is for the deer to eat before they begin to suppress the reproduction of trees, before they begin to starve in (5) the winter. Any biologist can calculate how many wolves a given area can support too, in part by counting the number of deer. And so on, up and down the food chain. It’s not an exact science, but it comes pretty close—at least compared to figuring out the carrying capacity of Earth for human beings, which is an art so dark that anyone with any sense stays away from it.

1- The author of Passage 1 refers to “Any wildlife biologist” in line 1 and “Any biologist” in line 5 to emphasize the point that (A) This calculation can be made with great ease (B) scientific findings often meet with resistance from the general public (C) certain beliefs are rarely questioned by scientists (D) most biologists are concerned with issues related to wildlife mortality

1- The author of Passage 1 refers to “Any wildlife biologist” in line 1 and “Any biologist” in line 5 to emphasize the point that (A) This calculation can be made with great ease (B) scientific findings often meet with resistance from the general public (C) certain beliefs are rarely questioned by scientists (D) most biologists are concerned with issues related to wildlife mortality

Evidence (1) Any wildlife biologist can tell you how many deer a given area can support—how much browse there is for the deer to eat before they begin to suppress the reproduction of trees, before they begin to starve in (5) the winter. Any biologist can calculate how many wolves a given area can support too, in part by counting the number of deer. And so on, up and down the food chain. It’s not an exact science, but it comes pretty close—at least compared to figuring out the carrying capacity of Earth for human beings, which is an art so dark that anyone with any sense stays away from it.

2- The word “extended” in line 2 most nearly means • “Feudalism” is one of those words that have taken on so many extended and figurative meanings that the original meaning has been obscured. Today any oppressive government, greedy landholder, or brutal exploiter of labor is called feudal—always with disapproval. This is unfair to feudalism. The word is also often confused with the “manorial system,” which tied peasants to the land they worked. Feudalism is a total organization of society.

It is a scheme of political organization, based in law and overlapping with social and economic organization.

2- The word “extended� in line 2 most nearly means (A) prolonged (B) expanded (C) removed (D) allocated

2- The word “extended� in line 2 most nearly means (A) prolonged (B) expanded (C) removed (D) allocated

Evidence • “Feudalism” is one of those words that have taken on so many extended and figurative meanings that the original meaning has been obscured. Today any oppressive government, greedy landholder, or brutal exploiter of labor is called feudal—always with disapproval. This is unfair to feudalism. The word is also often confused with the “manorial system,” which tied peasants to the land they worked. Feudalism is a total organization of society.

It is a scheme of political organization, based in law and overlapping with social and economic organization.