WorksheetsACT Benchmark Passage 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Botany is surely the more gentler of sciences.
The careful observation of a flower is a calm,
ostentatious action-the peaceful contemplation of a
beautiful object.
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the most gentle of
the gentler of
the gentlest in the
Botany is surely the more gentler of sciences.
The careful observation of a flower is a calm,
ostentatious action-the peaceful contemplation of a
beautiful object.
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unobtrusive
violent
chaotic
Reduced to its essentials, it requires no laboratory and the natural world is needed, a few tools, and the naked eye.
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essentials; it
essentials, botany
essentials; botany
Reduced to its essentials, it requires no laboratory and the natural world is needed, a few tools, and the naked eye.
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but you do need the natural world,
but the natural world,
but the natural world is necessary,
Botany in its most scientific or purest form consists about seeking to know more about the plant simply for the sake of that knowledge.
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consists of
consists in
consist of
Plants have not always been regarded as
worthy of knowing or studying in and of themselves, not on their merits as sources of food or drugs but
as life-forms.
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for knowledge
of knowledge
to know
In fact, the history of botany can be viewed in terms of repeated rediscoveries of this one theme—that plants are worthy of analysis in and of themselves, quite apart from any use they might have for mankind.
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by themselves,
themselves,
by and for themselves,
Since the practical motives behind plant study should not be disparaging-the bulk of our medical history, for instance, is made up of accounts of herbal remedies.
Which choice provides the clearest transition from Paragraph 1 to Paragraph 2?
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Heretofore
However,
Hence,
Since the practical motives behind plant study should not be disparaging-the bulk of our medical history, for instance, is made up of accounts of herbal remedies.
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disparaging. The
disparaged; the
disparaged, the
Nonetheless, the study of the medicinal properties of plants contained a self-limiting
mechanism: if a plant seemed to have no utilitarian value, it was disregarded, and no further study of it
is made.
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Consequently,
Thus,
Moreover,
Nonetheless, the study of the medicinal properties of plants contained a self-limiting
mechanism: if a plant seemed to have no utilitarian value, it was disregarded, and no further study of it
is made.
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had been made
was made
were made
One of
its unspoken or basic assumptions is an implicit
respect and regard for al living things.
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because
and thus
yet
The botanist who studies a plant's structure or tries to have understood their functions confronts nature on its
own terms.
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to understand its
understanding their
having understood its
Investigations of how a plant grows or reproduces, as well as studies of the purposefulness of a flower's coloration and structure, is self-validating: the botanist studies the flower because it exists: and because it exists, it is worthy of study.
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are
being
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Investigations of how a plant grows or reproduces, as well as studies of the purposefulness of a flower's coloration and structure, is self-validating: the botanist studies the flower because it exists: and because it exists, it is worthy of study.
The careful observation of a flower is a calm . . action-the peaceful contemplation of a beautiful object.
...plants are worthy of analysis ... quite apart from any use they might have for mankind
... the bulk of our medical history, for instance, is made up of accounts of herbal remedies
... the study of the medicinal properties of plants contained a self-limiting mechanism: fi a plant seemed to have no utilitarian value, it was disregarded
