56. S1: But how does a new word get into the dictionary?
P: When a new dictionary is being edited, a lexicographer collects all the alphabetically arranged citation slips for a particular word.
Q: The dictionary makers notice it and make a note of it on a citation slip.
R: The moment new word is coined, it usually enter the spoken language.
S: The word then passes from the realm of hearing to the realm of writing.
S6: He sorts them according to their grammatical function, and carefully writes a definition.
The Proper sequence should be:
(a) PQRS
(b) PRSQ
(c) RQPS
(d) RSQP
57. S1: Our ancestors thought that anything which moved itself was alive.
P: The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines.
Q: But a machine such as a motorcar or a steamship moves itself, as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked “Is man a machine?”
R: And before the days of machinery that was a good definition.
S: He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls.
S6: Therefore some scientists think that life is just a very complicated mechanism.
The Proper sequence should be:
(a) PRSQ
(b) RPQS
(c) PSQR
(d) RQPS
58. S1: The heart is pump of life.
P: They have even succeeded in heart transplants.
Q: Nowadays surgeons are able to stop a patients heart and carry out complicated operations.
R: A few years ago it was impossible to operate on a patient whose heart was not working properly.
S: If heart stops we die in about five minutes.
S6: All this was made possible by the invention of heart-lung machine.
The Proper sequence should be:
(a) SRQP
(b) SPRQ
(c) SQPR
(d) SRPQ
59. S1: A ceiling on urban property.
P: No mill-owner could own factories or mills or plants.
Q: And mass circulation papers
R: Would mean that
S: No press magnate could own printing presses.
S6: since their value would exceed the ceiling fixed by the government.
The Proper sequence should be:
(a) QSRP
(b) RPSQ
(c) SRPQ
(d) QPSR
60. S1: When a satellite is launched, the rocket begins by going slowly upwards through the air.
P: However, the higher it goes, the less air it meets.
Q: As the rocket goes higher, it travels faster.
R: For the atmosphere becomes thinner.
S: As a result there is less friction.
S6: Consequently, the rocket still does not become too hot.
The Proper sequence should be:
(a) QPRS
(b) QSPR
(c) PQRS
(d) PQSR
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