Part 1: Identifying Sentence Types (1 point)
You're asked to identify the sentence type for numbers 1-5. Here's the breakdown:
"People have been debating the principles of beauty for thousands of years, yet it is still impossible to consider it objectively."
- This is a complex sentence. It has two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "yet".
"German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1) ________ whether something can possess an objective property that makes it beautiful."
- This is an embedded question acting as the object of the verb "considered". The missing word is likely "considered" or "wondered".
"The ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote of a scale called the 'golden proportion', according to which the width of the face should be two-thirds of its length, 1 particularly, (4) ________ by a nose no longer than the distance between the eyes." 1. 123doc.net
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- This is a complex sentence with a relative clause ("according to which...") and a participial phrase ("particularly, (4) ________ by a nose...").
"Symmetry has been proved to be attractive to the human (5) ________ to a face, even more beautiful because of the similarity between its two sides."
- This is a complex sentence with a participial phrase ("Symmetry has been proved...").
"In the Renaissance, if you look (6) ________ and (7) ________ there at a (8) ________ level of attractiveness with the thought that people generally are (9) ________ with a partner of a (10) ________ level of attractiveness themselves."
- This is a complex sentence with multiple clauses and conjunctions.
Part 2: Multiple Choice Questions (1 point)
You're asked to choose the best word to fill in the blanks numbered 1-10. Here are the answers with explanations:
- considered (The sentence discusses Kant's contemplation of beauty.)
- agrees/believes (This fits the context of the sentence discussing if everyone accepts the existence of universal beauty standards.)
- based (The golden proportion is based on specific measurements.)
- characterized (The sentence describes the features of the face according to the golden proportion.)
- eye (Symmetry is attractive to the human eye.)
- closer (This indicates a comparison of proximity.)
- longer (This indicates a comparison of length.)
- higher (The sentence discusses a higher level of attractiveness.)
- content/satisfied (This suggests people are generally satisfied with a partner of similar attractiveness.)
- similar (This reinforces the idea of people being attracted to those of similar attractiveness.)