Skólaskýrsla 2004 - Verzlunarskóli Íslands

c mostly known
c very open
13 The universe is built in such a way as to quantize nature.
c change constantly
c limit
c make bigger
c make chaotic
c make unforeseeable
14–15 Whether in some sense the universe is ultimately knowable depends not only on how
many natural laws there are that encompass widely divergent phenomena, but also on
whether we have the openness and the intellectual capacity to understand such laws.
encompass:
c analyse
c cover
c direct
c divert
c ignore
divergent phenomena:
c highly complex formulas
c very complex molecules
c very different things
c very similar molecules
c very similar things
16­20 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the box. There are more
words than needed. No changes needed.
acknowledged, adjustments, definite , definition’s, disasters , evolution,
optimum, shrink , shrinks, support
David Pimente, Professor of Ecology at Cornell University at Ithaca, New York,
released the results of a year­long study into the _______ human population – the
number of people the planet can comfortably______ with a reasonable standard of
living for all. The study concludes the present population of 5.6 billion will have to
________ to 2 billion. Professor Pimental ___________ that drastic _________ to
cut the population to 2 billion will cause serious difficulties.
New Proficiency Reading
Paraphrase or explain the underlined words or phrases in English.
21 Bell used to astonish patients in front of his students by deducing their professions from
the state of their clothes.
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