Ordering of Sentences Questions & Answers - Page 5

P : She was leading a young woman wearing a hat.

Q : The woman swept it off and tossed it in the air.

R : The child jumped up to catch the hat.

S : The young man tossed his head to shake the hat back.

S6: Both disappeared from view.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : But they succeed in playing games of chess.

Q : Some patients, for example fail to find the names of objects presented to them.

R : They can even use the concepts needed for chess playing, though they are unable to express many of the concepts in ordinary language.

S : They even find it difficult to interpret long written notices.

S6: How they manage to do this we do not know.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : They threaten both kinds of freedom.

Q : But something also has been lost.

R : There are now dangers, somewhat different in form from those of the past ages.

S : In regard to both these objects, something has been gained since his time.

S6: Unless a vigorous and vigilant public opinion can be aroused in defence of them, there will be much less of both a hundred years hence then there is now.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : The value of the money of one country in relation to the money of other countries is agreed upon.

Q : These rates of exchange vary from time to time.

R : For instance, an American dollar or a British pound sterling is worth certain amounts in the money of other countries.

S : Sometimes a United States dollar is worth 12 pesos in Mexico.

S6: Another time it may be worth eight pesos.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines.

Q : But a machine such as a motorcar or a steamship moves itself, as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked "Is man a machine?"

R : And before the days of machinery, that was a good definition.

S : He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls.

S6: Therefore some scientists think that life is just a very complicated mechanism.

The Proper sequence should be: