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Read this excerpt from "The Intelligent Planet."Instead of typing arcane codes and symbols into a web navigator and being flooded with fifty thousand incorrect answers, in the future we will simply talk to our wall screen or tie clasp and access the entire planet’s formidable body of knowledge.What is the meaning of the underlined term?

A
Internet search engine
B
computer with Internet access
C
Internet support technician
D
outdated computer software
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Read this excerpt from "Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence."Clearly, we are on the threshold of yet another revolution. Human knowledge is doubling every ten years.What is the meaning of the underlined term?

A
battle or mutiny
B
change or transformation
C
type of rotation
D
style of leadership
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Read this excerpt from "Why No Policeman on the Block?"Any neophyte surfing the Net for the first time will be frustrated by the fact that it has no intelligence whatsoever; like a newborn baby, it is a blank slate. Worse, there are no rules or traffic cops, no regulations or even directory of the Internet. What is the author’s purpose for including this statement?

A
to prove that the Internet needs improvement
B
to provide evidence that computer users are unskilled
C
to criticize the federal control of the Internet
D
to give a chronology of the Internet’s evolution
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How does Michio Kaku illustrate the need for organization of the Internet in "Why No Policeman on the Block?"

A
by criticizing the immaturity of Internet users
B
by using Netscape’s success as an example
C
by detailing government funding for research
D
by quoting Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft
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Read this excerpt from "Why No Policeman on the Block?"Only in the last decade, with the ending of the Cold War, have these technologies finally been fully released to the public domain.What is the meaning of the underlined term?

A
civilian researchers
B
open society
C
mass media
D
unlicensed users
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Read this excerpt from "Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence."But the few wondrous shells and pebbles picked up by Newton and other scientists on the seashore helped to trigger a marvelous chain of events. A profound transformation occurred in human society. With Newton’s mechanics came powerful machines, and eventually the steam engine, the motive force which reshaped the world by overturning agrarian society, spawning factories and stimulating commerce, unleashing the industrial revolution, and opening up entire continents with the railroad.Select the most accurate summary of Kaku’s argument.

A
Newton’s scientific study transformed knowledge of the ocean and encouraged countless transformative inventions.
B
Newton’s discoveries led to the invention of machines and the beginning of an industrialized society.
C
Newton’s invention of the steam engine revolutionized transportation around the world.
D
Newton’s followers invented the machines that later stimulated factory productivity and success.
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How does Michio Kaku develop the idea of Newton’s significance in "Choreographers of Matter, Life, and Intelligence"?

A
by describing Newton’s role in the transformation of science
B
by detailing Newton’s most impressive discoveries
C
by comparing Newton’s knowledge to an ocean
D
by criticizing the society that failed to support scientific study
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How does Michio Kaku develop the idea of how the Internet will evolve in "The Intelligent Planet"?

A
by describing the companies that dominate the Internet
B
by providing quantitative research about Internet users
C
by presenting a metaphor of a dirt road being paved
D
by comparing the growth of other scientific fields
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Read this excerpt from "The Intelligent Planet."Hawthorne . . . marveled that this mysterious substance called electricity could transmit signals across thousands of miles and make inert machines spring suddenly to life. What is the meaning of the underlined term?

A
useless
B
modern
C
innovative
D
inactive
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How does Michio Kaku establish the importance of allowing the public to access scientific research in "Why No Policeman on the Block?"

A
by explaining residual paranoia from the Cold War
B
by quoting Hawthorne’s idea of an intelligent planet
C
by contrasting secret government projects with public successes
D
by describing the relationships between scientists and engineers

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