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(11) Bloggers, however, were less inclined to accept that the study's findings as fact. One online critic, for instance, posting on the blog "Perverse Egalitarianism", made a point other
traditional news outlets forgot to mention: Measuring an intangible feeling like empathy is not an essay matter. As the post cleverly expressed it "These efforts to study empathy as though it
was a chemical element are quite comical to me. I wonder if someone is working on a precise instrument to measure it empathometer-and whether this technology could be used to assess,
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for example, full-of-himself-ness?"(12) Yes, social media, video games, and reality shows may well have had an effect on young people's ability to empathize with others. But as of yet, there isn't enough hard evidence to make that claim while there is plenty of evidence suggesting the opposite. Just look at the many people on Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook posting links to websites and videos about social causes they care about and want others to discuss or contribute to. Don't tell me they were all born before 1985.
1) Which statement best paraphrases the overall main idea of this reading?
A. A new study has provided scientific proof for what everyone knows: Today's college students are completely focused on themselves and their own concerns.
B. The media like studies that encourage the tendency to label entire generations.C. Today's college students are much less empathetic than they were two decades ago, and the rise of social media is to blame.
D. A study suggesting that today's college students may be less empathetic than college students of an earlier generation has been too easily accepted by the mainstream idea.
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2) Based on the context in the reading, what is a meta-analysis (paragraph 2)?
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A. A meta-analysis looks 72 different studies of 14,000 American college students carried out in a 30-year-period.A meta-analysis looks at a number of different studies, facts, etc., and draws some conclusions that seem to apply to the group as a whole.A meta-analysis looks 72 different studies of 14,000 American college students carried out between 1979 and 2009
3) Paragraph 8 opens with a phrase that signals be continued.
A. The previous train of though will B. The author is introducing a point a point of comparison.
C. The author is ready to describe the effect of the cause previously described.
D.The previous train of thought is being revised.
) Which statement best expresses the implied main idea of paragraph 9
4 A. The responses from students would have been altogether different if the questionnaire had been posted on Facebook.B. Maybe the researchers should have paid more attention to how dated the language of the questions was rather than jumping to conclusions about how today's students function in
relations to others.
C. Students today have a variety of ways to express their interest in social causes, from Facebook to Pinterest however, they have not interest in social causes.
5) Paragraphs 4 through 6 are united by which kind of relationship?A. Comparison and contrast
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