[单项选择]The author of the passage suggests that which of the following is true of the practice of establishing the "Eisenstein standard" as a model of modernist films

[单项选择]The author of the passage suggests that which of the following is tru e of the practice of establishing the "Eisenstein standard" as a model of modernist films

[单项选择]The passage suggests which of the following about the increased resistance to harmful root fungi that some Plants infected with mycorrhizal fungi seem to exhibit
A. There are at least three hypotheses that might account for the increase.
B. The plants that show increased resistance also exhibit improved nitrogen fixation.
C. Such increases may be independent of mycorrhizal infection.
D. It is unlikely that a satisfactory explanation can be found to account for the increase.

[单项选择]The passage suggests that which of the following had occurred as a result of education's failure to diminish social inequity

[单项选择]The passage suggests that which of the following is true concerning the probability that a given collision on Mars would eject fragments that will hit the Earth
A. (A) The probability is higher if the impact produces a crater larger than three kilometers.
B. (B) The probability is lower if the impact produces a crater smaller than three kilometers.
C. (C) The probability is decreased when the impact comes from an area of Mars covered by debris.
D. (D) The probability is decreased when the fragments produced by the impact are larger than 10 centimeters.
E. (E) The probability is decreased when the fragments produced by the impact are younger.

[单项选择]The passage suggests that which of the following would be true if volcanic eruptions did not take place
A. (A) The environment would likely contain fewer non-biodegradable pollutants, due to lesser quantities of sulfurous gases and ash clouds.
B. (B) Greenhouse gas effects on rising global temperatures would likely be somewhat less worrisome than those postulated by scientists today.
C. (C) Acid rain produced by heavy industry would likely be more of a problem than it currently is, given the tendency of volcanic eruptions to hasten atmospheric cycles.
D. (D) Global warming effects caused by human activities would be far more substantial than they are today if volcanic cooling effects ceased to take place.
E. (E) The environment would likely be cooler, for the atmosphere would contain fewer sulfurous gases and ash clouds.

[单项选择]The author of the passage mentions which of the following as posing an alternative to the Headland Hypothesis

[单项选择]The author of the passage concedes which of the following about Mary Shelley as an author
A. (A) She was unaware of the literary and mythological traditions of the overreacher.
B. (B) She intentionally parodied the scientific and literary discoveries of her time.
C. (C) She was exposed to radical artistic and scientific concepts that influenced her work.
D. (D) She lacked the maturity to create a literary work of absolute originality.
E. (E) She was not so much an author in her own right as an imitator of the literary works of others.

[单项选择]The passage suggests that the author would most probably agree with which of the following assessments of optical computing in its present form
A. (A) Although the future of optical computing is impressive, its applications are too limited in scope to justify much optimism.
B. (B) The outlook of its development is positive on the surface, but many claims made about it are misleading.
C. (C) Efforts to develop the technology have been sufficiently positive to maintain the interest of electrical engineers and physicists.
D. (D) Because of design flaws, the task of developing optical computing will require greater resources than are presently available.
E. (E) The state of development of optical computing is too contradictory to allow for an easy assessment of its future.