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Read the following passage.When life was rugged and simple, man's needs were few and he could supply them all. As he advanced from lone hunter to farmer and builder and exchanged a solitary existence for greater comfort and security of community life, he realized that he must come to an agreement with his neighbours on a common system of measurement. How can men build a house or a storage hut, or a temple unless all the builders use the same basic measurements ? The very earliest measurements were for length. The bases for the measures were those most natural - a foot, a palm, a span of the hand. When building alone, man could use his own body. But on community projects, a common standard was required. The leader's measurements were taken and marked off on a stick or a stone. Crude copies were made from the original and passed out for use. Later the foot gradually evolved to become twelve inches long.Now answer the questions given below. 1. The best title for the article could be……. (1) Building a hut. (2) Man's early problems. (3) Development of a standardized measurement. (4) The growth of communities. 2. The advance of man from solitary to common life created …….. (1) a decrease in his needs. (2) the dominance of tribal leaders. (3) a great demand for storage huts. (4) a need for standards of measurement.3. Some standardization of measurement occurred ….. (1) as a result of a dispute over the proper size of a hut. (2) because everyone's foot used to be almost the same length. (3) due to the accidental discovery that a foot equaled twelve inches. (4) when the leader's measurements replaced the individuals. 4. The author of the passage develops his point by means of ….. (1) factual explanation. (2) comparison and contrast. (3) arguments and proof. (4) persuasion. 5. A person who has a solitary existence lives (1) quietly. (2) alone. (3) with others. (4) in jail.

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1. (3) Development of a standardized measurement.

2. (4) a need for standards of measurement.

3. (4) when the leader's measurements replaced the individuals.

4. (1) factual explanation.

5. (2) alone.



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