<p>@billabong628 Thanks! I had completely forgotten that question. I def. got it right. Ashamed… was another question. lolz.</p>
<p>the diary passage was ridiculously boring…the wright bros as well</p>
<p>There were way too many prose passages in my opinion</p>
<p>^ Yeah, they all seemed like prose apart from the last one. And that question about the weather instruments was so ****** dumb; can someone please explain why they wouldn’t put prideful?</p>
<p>Because the reading was wrong.
They were describing over and over again what the government’s reading was versus theirs. They relied on the government’s reading because they want to keep accurate records for when they make history.</p>
<p>ACTTester that’s what I put. I felt that they didn’t have to include the little snippet about their instruments being more accurate than the gov.'s. I definitely got prideful from that.</p>
<p>You guys know which one was the fitfully one?</p>
<p>angrily, sporadically, haphazardly…?</p>
<p>^Angrily. All of the others meant the same thing.</p>
<p>^ Angrily. 10char</p>
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But they specifically said that their instruments were more accurate than the government’s though…</p>
<p>Yes i agree with ACTTester. It def said that in the passage</p>
<p>^It actually said that his instruments were more delicate and accurate than the governments, so if you were just to isolate this phrase perhaps prideful seems right. But when you look at the passage as a whole, there is no trace of it being the tone. He focuses way too much on the disparity between the two readings.</p>
<p>^ **** for the fitfully was it which WOULDN’T work?</p>
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<p>Fitful means “Active or occurring spasmodically or intermittently; not regular or steady.” I almost put sporadically, but I didn’t think that was quite the connotation intended. I settled on erratic, which means “characterized by a lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity.”</p>
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<p>Crap, was it? 0.o</p>
<p>^^^ Yeah, that question was completely obscure. :(</p>
<p>i’m not disputing that it said they had more accurate instruments than the government’s. they DID say that. but i’m pretty sure they ended up being reliant on the measurement of 27, based on the first sentence.</p>
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Yes, exactly. 10char</p>
<p>^No it was asking which one wouldn’t work. 3 of the answers meant the same thing; it should have been obvious…</p>
<p>And yes I agree with massgirl. Besides, saying that his instruments were “delicate” seems counterproductive to a prideful tone.</p>
<p>ahhh i read it wrong =( I thought it said which WOULD it most nearly mean or something</p>
<p>I put prideful. The other choice said that he was worried about the difference between the readings or something. He clearly wasn’t worried; he believed in his reading of 24 and not the government’s of 27. Pride all the way.</p>