From Twitter
Is that ① I smell; is mom ② , again?
Is there ③ here?; I smell ④ !
Choices:
cooking
fire
cigarettes
smell
someone smoking
The answers are below the images.
Answers And Explanation
Is that ① cooking I smell; is mom ② cooking, again? Cooking is a noun and a verb.
Is there ③ someone smoking here?; I smell ④ cigarettes! Smell is a verb as well as a noun.
We’re not free so long as:
a. we have free speech
b. fossil fuel is legal
c. the meat & dairy industry are destroying the air & sea
d. taxes are theft e.
e. we must serve in the army
f. smokers can give us cancer with 1 alpha particle
① a & e
② b & c
③ d
④ b, c and d
⑤ a ~ f
The answers are b, c and f.
a. is not a reason for lack of freedom; It’s a reason we are free.
b. Taxes aren’t theft; they are agreed upon by our representatives and many of them serve us.
e. Serving in the army is something people do in free countries. One could say that it is control of the citizens if they do not elect for it, but even in countries such as South Korea–a democracy–the people can elect to do away with conscription.
From Twitter:
Dr. J: Don’t do that.
Bo: _①_ my phone in my chest pocket?
Dr. J: Right.
Bo: Really?
Dr. J. You’ll get tumors in your chest. Not in your pants pocket either.
Bo: And headphones?
Dr. J:_ ②_them; don’t hold a phone near your head–nor a tablet or laptop on your lap.
Choices:
have
use
put
Answer And Explanation:
① ‘Put‘ is the answer; though ‘have’ is okay, the emphasis in a “dos and don’ts” situation is usually on the beginning action, or the doing. In other words, we put something in a place before we have it in that place. So the ‘putting’ is a the “beginning” or causal action. Also, if you imagine a patient in a doctor’s office–after a physical exam– s/he probably puts the phone in his or her pocket in front of the doctor. So, the doctor’s saying “don’t do that” refers to something the person is “doing”, not “having.”
② ‘Use’ is the answer; there is no other sensible choice, here.
From Twitter
We should stop idling as
a. Earth is in a rapid, soon unstoppable environmental evolution.
b. Earth is in a rapid, soon unstoppable environmental devolution.
c. Air pollution is causes asthma attacks in people and lung cancer is the #1 killer in Japan.
Choose–
1. a & c
2. b & c
Answer And Explanation
The answer is 2., b & c, because devolution is the opposite of evolution. Evolution is incremental development that improves life; devolution is development that deteriorates it (breaks it down, degenerates or kills it). The global environment, as a result of rapid warming, is killing off species and may kill us off if we do not act fast and comprehensively to save our biosphere.
Clerk: I __ go. I __ get up early; I’m __ to meet my boss early–and, I __ stop drinking, eating so much pork.
Clerk’s Foreign Friend (a vegetarian wearing a gas mask who sipped one beer all night): Cool.
① must
② have to
③ supposed to
④ should
Answers And Explanation:
I have to go. (Answer 2) Have to shows obligation.
I should get up early; (Answer 4) Should shows obligations we want to resist
I’m supposed to meet my boss early (Answer 3) Supposed to precedes obligations others are expecting.
–and, I must stop drinking, eating so much pork. (Answer 1) Must introduces intentions or obligations with moral- or beneficial- imperatives.
