ACTIVITY 2 IT PAYS TO KNOW. Fan in the banks with the correct form of the verbs in parenthesis to complete the given paragraph. OUR CONTINENT ASIA Asia, the largest of the continents, has an area of mare than 44 million square kilometers. It ___1.___ (be) bigger than North America and South America put together.
Of all the continents, Asia ___2.___(have) the greatest contrasts. In the mountain range of the Himalayas it 3. (have) the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. The water-line of the Dead Sea, between Israel and Jordan, 4.(be) the lowest point on the earth's surface.
More than half of all the people in the world5. (live) in Asia. The continent 6. (have) many of the world's largest cities, including Tokyo, and Peking. About 40 other cities 7.(have) several million inhabitants each. Yet vast areas of Asia 8. (be) uninhabited, or very nearly so. Scareely any people, for example, 9.(live) on the steppes and in deserts of the central regions. Nine-tenths of the continent's population10.(be) crowded together on one-fifth of the land where it 11. (be) possible to grow crops and build cities and other settlements. Asia 12. (be) often called the Cradle of Civilization because it 13.___(be) in Asia that men began to develop the skills and ideas on which civilization 14.(be) built. People also 15. (believe) that Asians 16.(be) the first to construct permanent houses and settlements. It 17. (be) in Asia that men learned to put copper, tin and iron to use, that the art of writing 18___(be) developed, and that alphabets 19.(be) devised. Paper, gunpowder, and crop irrigation 20. (be) among other Asian inventions and ideas. And it 21. (be)in Asia that most of the world's major religions had their origins.

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21) this excerpt involves david, who travels with an inventor named perry. they test their experimental invention, a vehicle that burrows into the earth's crust. which statement best reflects the human experience that is represented in this excerpt? a) humans are not always reliable guides. b) humans desire wealth and a life of ease. c) humans are drawn to explore and experiment. d) humans attempt to conquer and control nature. 22) which statement best reflects the human experience that is represented in this excerpt? a) humans desire to control nature. b) humans are frightened by nature. c) humans are fascinated by nature. d) humans cannot understand nature. 23) 8 “what do you mean perry? ” i cried. “do you think that we are dead, and this is heaven? ” suppose the author changed section eight as listed below. 8 “perry, i have to object! ” i cried. “you don't think that we are dead, and this is heaven, do you? ” which correctly identifies the author's meaning for the word object? consider the effect of the stressed or unstressed syllable in the word object. a) you would stress the second syllable because the word is a noun and means a goal or purpose. b) you would stress the second syllable because the word is a verb and means to express or feel disapproval. c) you would stress the first and second syllable because the word is a verb and means to modify an adjective. d) you would stress the first syllable because the word is a noun and means a thing that has a finite, physical form. 24) 2 together we stepped out to stand in silent contemplation of a landscape at once weird and beautiful. before us a low and level shore stretched down to a silent sea. as far as the eye could reach the surface of the water was dotted with countless tiny isles—some of towering, barren, granitic rock—others resplendent in gorgeous trappings of tropical vegetation, myriad starred with the magnificent splendor of vivid blooms. 3 behind us rose a dark and forbidding wood of giant arborescent ferns intermingled with the commoner types of a primeval tropical forest. huge creepers depended in great loops from tree to tree, dense under-brush overgrew a tangled mass of fallen trunks and branches. upon the outer verge we could see the same splendid coloring of countless blossoms that glorified the islands, but within the dense shadows all seemed dark and gloomy as the grave. which most completely analyzes this excerpt for a comment about life? a) beauty is kind and inviting. b) nature is evil and forbidding. c) there is no risk in following beauty. d) what appears beautiful can also be deadly.