Human Bionics

Which two sentences from paragraphs 10–13 help the reader understand what the heading The Superhuman Frontier means?

• The 7,000-mile-away prosthetic arm makes an important point

• We can already see this taking shape when a monkey moves a robotic arm on the other side of the planet just by thinking about it.

• They’re going to enhance our abilities, giving us powers we never had before, and augmenting other capabilities we have.

• The hippocampus is a small, seahorse-shaped part of the brain that’s essential in forming new memories.

• If it’s damaged—by an injury to the head, for example—people start having difficulty forming new long-term memories.

Which sentence is the best summary of the passage?

• Bionics will be used to enhance the human body instead of just replacing missing or broken parts.

• Bionics will take over the human body once people realize that they can become superhuman.

• Superhumans will eventually replace those people who were once labeled as being disabled.

• Superhumans will be created in the near future for those who can afford the bionic parts.

Which of these ideas is reinforced throughout the passage?

• Prostheses will no longer be needed.

• Bionics will create superhumans.

• Bionics will eliminate disabilities.

• Prostheses will only be affordable for the rich

Which sentence about bionic body parts is correctly written?

• A Professional sports leagues must decide whether they will except the use of bionic limbs and technologies

• A bionic body part can be controlled even if its not attached to the body.

• Advances in technology are greatly affecting how bionic body parts function.

• Bionic body parts will eventually be for people without disabilities and available for those who just want enhancements, to.

Which sentence about superhumans is correctly written?

• The new prostheses are not just replacing but enhancing human body parts, making them superhuman.

• People with bionic body parts will be seen as a superhuman because there capabilities will be enhanced.

• They’re are many questions about how the bionic body parts will create superhumans in the work force.

• The superhuman bionic body parts were first questioned when the integrity of the Olympics was effected.

Think about the information presented in the passage. Do you think bionics will have an overall positive or negative effect on the lives of most people? Cite evidence from the selection to support your answer.

In the last paragraph of the passage, the author states, the technology will sneak its way into our lives. Explain the meaning of this statement. Cite two details from the selection to support your answer.