The Spark, Robots in Surgery, Language Lesson In Support of

The following questions go with the story "The Spark":

The best way to clarify the meaning of sentence 4 is to change "They" to —

• The newspapers

• My parents

• We

• The kids

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Ben realized that he left the following detail out of the second paragraph (sentences 3–9)

"I counted them and realized I was holding more than $200 in cash."

• After sentence 5

• After sentence 6

• After sentence 7

• After sentence 8

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The transition from the second paragraph (sentences 3–9) to the third paragraph (sentences 10–15) is weak. Read both paragraphs again. Which sentence could best replace sentence 10 and improve the transition between these two paragraphs?

• Suddenly it was obvious that we all had a lot that we needed to talk about.

• This stranger had given us cash, something our family had been without for a very long time.

• Soon we began talking about what the note had instructed us to do: pay it forward.

• We wanted to think of some unusual ways to help others.

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What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 18?

• The kids in the after-school program made cards they were for the residents of a retirement center.

• The kids in the after-school program and the residents of a retirement center made cards.

• The kids in the after-school program made cards for the residents of a retirement center.

• The kids in the after-school program of a retirement center made cards for the residents.

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Ben wants to add a closing sentence to reinforce the controlling idea of his paper. Which of the following ideas could best follow sentence 25 and help accomplish this goal?

• You just have to be willing to pay it forward.

• You don’t have to start the fire; you just have to be a spark.

• It doesn’t take money to be a highly effective person.

• Hard work always pays off in the end.

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The following questions go with "Robots in Surgery":

Zane wants to add a sentence to the end of the first paragraph (sentences 1–9) to better articulate the thesis of his paper. Consider the paper as a whole, paying careful attention to the first and second paragraphs. Which of the following ideas would best follow sentence 9 and express a controlling idea in this paper?

• Laparoscopic surgery is an important process that is now new and improved.

• Robotic surgery, an enhanced form of laparoscopic surgery, offered solutions to some of these problems.

• Most doctors would call laparoscopic surgery a huge success, even with its problems.

• Solutions were needed immediately

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What is the best way to revise sentence 13?

• To use the system, the surgeon, while making three or four small incisions in a patient, inserts stainless-steel rods into the openings.

• To use the system, the surgeon makes three or four small incisions in a patient who inserts stainless-steel rods into the openings

• To use the system, the surgeon makes three or four small incisions in a patient she then inserts stainless-steel rods into the openings.

• To use the system, the surgeon makes three or four small incisions in a patient and then inserts stainless-steel rods into the openings.

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Zane needs to use a more appropriate word than tweaks in sentence 18. Which of these words would be the best replacement for tweaks?

• corrects

• manipulates

• does

• changes

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Zane wants to provide more detail in sentence 23. Which of the following could replace sentence 23 and best accomplish this goal?

• Could this be a way to provide and give better medical care to people who may really need it today?

• Could this be a method for providing better and improved medical care to people who live in places outside the United States?

• Could this be a way to provide better medical care to people in rural communities, war zones, or isolated parts of the world?

• Could this be a way for excited and engaged doctors to provide enriched medical care to people and patients whom they care so much about?

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Zane wants to add some questions after sentence 25 to help close this paper. Which of the following could best be added after sentence 25?

• But what about 20 or 30 years from now? Could robotics provide treatments that are unheard of today?

• What is technology used for today? How will it be used when you are an adult?

• Are there places that are too remote to get a connection? Are there people who don’t even have access to a computer?

• Does your computer always work? Can you depend on technology when you need it?

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