Chооse the sentence thаt best expresses the implied mаin ideа оf the paragraph below. In 1818, British author Mary Shelley wrote what was probably the world’s first science- fiction novel, Frankenstein. In the novel, scientist Victor Frankenstein sets out to create a man by piecing together the remains of corpses gathered in charnel houses. While his efforts prove successful, Victor is revolted by the ugliness of the man he has created and abandons it. Enraged by his creator’s abandonment, the creature becomes a killer and wreaks havoc upon all those Victor holds dear. Victor goes in pursuit of his creation, and both eventually die in the barren wastes near the North Pole. In 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson published The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In this story, a mild- mannered London physician, bored with his life, creates a potion that when swallowed frees his evil twin, Edward Hyde. A living embodiment of Jekyll’s repressed desires, Hyde runs wild, kills a member of Parliament, becomes a fugitive, and eventually destroys both himself and his creator. More recently, American author Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park tells what happens when modern scientists clone dinosaurs using the DNA found in the remains of prehistoric mosquitoes. Predictably enough, the dinosaurs run out of control, killing the organizers of the theme park which was to “safely” display them, while two paleontologists are among those who narrowly escape with their lives.
Chооse the sentence thаt best expresses the implied mаin ideа оf the paragraph below. Graphologists believe that studying a person’s handwriting can reveal his or her temperament, personality traits, intelligence, and reasoning ability. But can it? Consider a recent study that investigated graphologists’ ability to distinguish between people in three different groups: successful versus unsuccessful secretaries; successful business entrepreneurs versus librarians and bank clerks; and actors and actresses versus monks and nuns. The three groups represented a combined total of 170 participants. As requested by the graphologists, all participants indicated their age, sex, and hand preference. Each person also produced 20 lines of spontaneous handwriting on a neutral topic. Four leading graphologists independently evaluated each handwriting sample. For each group, the graphologists tried to assign each handwriting sample to one category or another. The handwriting samples were also analyzed by four ordinary people with no formal training in graphology or psychology. When the results were in, the completely inexperienced judges achieved a success rate of 59 percent correct. The professional graphologists achieved a slightly better success rate of 65 percent. Obviously, this is not a great difference.