and drive depicted in the passage. Choices band eare incorrect;
Leeuwenhoek was not trained nor did he know that his discover-
ies would later help to cure disease.
- c. Inspiredmeans to exert an animating or enlivening influence on. In
the context of the passage, Leeuwenhoek’s creation of microscope
lenses were influenced by the lenses used by drapers.
- a. The quotation highlights the value Leeuwenhoek placed on shar-
ing his discoveries with other scientists. He states that he thought it
was my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious
people might be informed thereof(lines 27–28).
- b.The tone of the passage is positive. However, ecstatic reverence
(choice a) is too positive and tepid approval(choice c) is not
positive enough.
- c. Nowhere in the passage does the author speculate about whether
teenagers can change their exercise habits.
- c. One meaning of sedentaryis settled; another meaning is doing or
requiring much sitting. Stationary,defined as fixed in a course or
mode, is closest in meaning.
- e. The last sentence illustrates factors that motivate teenagers to
exercise by using the results of a national survey to provide spe-
cific examples.
- d.The passage promotes change in teenagers’ exercise habits by
emphasizing the benefits of exercise, the moderate amount of
exercise needed to achieve benefits, and some factors that may
encourage teenagers to exercise.
- c. The focus of the passage is Blackwell’s efforts to open the profes-
sion of medicine to women. Lines 3–4 state that Blackwell sup-
ported women’s medical education and helped many other women’s
careers.
- a. In this context, the word practicalrefers to the solution’s utility as
opposed to its theoretical or ideal premise.
- b.The author suggests that Samuel Blackwell’s belief in slaves’ rights
influenced Elizabeth’s struggle for greater rights for women.
- e. Blackwell wrote that the study of medicne filled me with disgust
(line 22).
- b.Although Blackwell did overcome her revulsion of the body, pro-
vide healthcare to the poor, and establish a medical college for
women, she did not chose medicine for these reasons according to
the passage. Blackwell was told her goal was impossible(line 29), too
expensive(line 29) and that medical education was not available to
women(line 30).
