To Read or Not To Read Part 2

Select two quotations that provide relevant and sufficient evidence to support the claim that developing accurate emotion recognition technology is challenging.

• "In its annual report, the AI Now Institute...called for a ban on technology designed to recognize people's emotions in certain cases." (paragraph 1)

• "Researchers have been actively working on computer vision algorithms that can determine the emotions and intent of humans, along with making other inferences, for at least a decade." (paragraph 3)

• "...it's possible to do some pretty remarkable things with images, such as stylize a photo to make it look as if it were drawn by a famous artist and even create photo-realistic faces." (paragraph 4)

• "Emotions are expressed not only through a person's expression but also where they are and what they're doing. These contextual cues are difficult to feed into even modern machine learning algorithms. (paragraph 6)

• "It's also well-known that humans tend to trust these systems more than other authority figures." (paragraph 13)

Select two sets of lines that support the inference that the girls are still innocent and naive.

• "I see them always there,

  Upon the low, smooth wall before the church." (lines 9-10)

• "Sometimes by twos and threes, sometimes as many as five-

  But always the sit there on the narrow coping" (lines 15-16)

• "Bright-eyed and solemn, scarcely hoping

  To see more than what is merely moving and alive." (lines 17-18)

• "Before the quiet church...

  They sit." (lines 21-22)

• "They tremble to but cannot understand.

  It thrills and troubles them, as one by one," (lines 27-28)

Read paragraphs 23-24.

There is no such thing as impregnable defense against powerful aggressors who sneak up in the dark and strike without warning.

We have learned that our ocean-girt hemisphere is not immune from severe attack--that we cannot measure our safety in terms of miles on any map anymore.

What can be inferred about the United States based on the word impregnable?

• The United States is not protected from foreign conflict by its distance from Europe and Asia.

• The United States has started strategic planning for war against Japan.

• The United States will need a strong navy to defeat the Japanese.

• The United States will never allow itself to be surprised by foreign invasion.

Which quotation from the speech provides relevant evidence to support the claim that the intentions of the United States are honorable?

• "I have prepared the full record of our past relations with Japan, and it will be submitted to the Congress." (paragraph 5)

• "We are now in this war. We are all in it--all the way. Every single man, woman and child is a partner in the most tremendous undertaking of our American history. (Paragraph 17)

• I do not think any American has any doubt of our ability to administer proper punishment to the perpetrators of these crimes. (paragraph 26)

• "When we resort to force, as now we must, we determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil." (paragraph 32)

Read the quotation from the paragraph 1.

Always, it is true, I had been beaten, but with every defeat came fresh knowledge of the game, its intricacies, its difficulties, its subtleties, and with every fresh attempt success came a trifle nearer...

What can the reader infer about the speaker from the information in the quotation?

• The speaker showed great determination in learning from his mistakes.

• The speaker felt embarrassed that the expedition dragged on so long.

• The speaker kept doing the same thing over and over until it finally worked.

• The speaker allowed repeated failures to diminish his self-confidence.

Which quotation supports the idea that life for Jurgis and Ona might improve?

• "In the latter part of November they hired a hall, and invited all their new acquaintances,..." (paragraph 1)

• "It was a time when everything cried out to them that they ought to be happy; when wonder burned in their hearts, and leaped into flame at the slightest breath." (paragraph 2)

• "They had opened their hearts, like flowers to the springtime, and the merciless winter had fallen upon them." (paragraph 2)

• "He had to protect her, to do battle for her against the horror he saw about them." (paragraph 5)

Which quotation supports the idea that Ona is a much different person than Jurgis perceives?

• "They were shaken to the depths of them, with the awe of love realized--and was it so very weak of them that they cried out for a little peace?" (paragraph 2)

• "Ona was scarcely able to stand with exhaustion; but if she were to lose her place they would be ruined, and she would surely lose it if she were not on time that day." (paragraph 3)

• "She was so sensitive-she was not fitted for such a life as this;..." (paragraph 4)

• "The tears came so easily into Ona's eyes, and she would look at him so appealingly-it kept Jurgis quite busy making resolution..." (paragraph 4)

Which quotation from the excerpt from Gift from the Sea supports the idea that the narrator wishes to live a simple life?

• "The shape of my life today stars with a family." (paragraph 4)

• "I want to give and take from my children and husband, to share with friends and community, to carry out my obligations..." (paragraph 4)

• "But I want of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires-to be at peace with myself." (paragraph 5)

• "It is true that a large part of life consists in learning a technique of tying the shoe-string, whether one is in grace or not." (paragraph 6)

The reader can infer the author of the excerpt from Gift of the Sea claims her feelings about life are conflicted. Which quotation best supports the inference?

• "I too have run away, I realize, I have shed the shell of my life, for these few weeks of vacation." (paragraph 1)

• "My shell is not like this, I think. How untidy it has become!" (paragraph 3)

• "The shape of my life is, of course, determined by many other things;..." (paragraph 4)

• "...I believe most people are aware of periods in their lives when they seem to be 'in grace' an other periods when they feel 'out of grace'..." (paragraph 6)

Which quotation from the excerpt form Gift of the Sea supports the idea that the narrator is searching for meaning?

• "I turn the shell in my hand, gazing into the wide open door from which he made his exit." (paragraph 1)

• "What is the shape of my life?" (paragraph 3)

• "And techniques can be cultivated." (paragraph 6)

• "There are, in fact, certain roads that one may follow." (paragraph 6)