You did not provide the excerpt but I wound it and the correct answers are the following two sentences:
1.<span>For once, at least, I grasped the mental operations of the Morlocks.
Here we see that they do possess a kind of intelligence, maybe at first strange and unclear but it is there, no matter how strange it might seem.
2.</span><span>I was surprised to find it had been carefully oiled and cleaned.
Here the Time Traveler has found his Time Machine and he finds that the Morlocks had tried to grasp its function and its purpose. They have taken it apart and then cleaned and oiled it, which suggests they know somethings about how the machine work.
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Answer:
A. to draw hurriedly or haphazardly
Explanation:
"He had spent the afternoon staring at a blank canvas on which he was supposed to paint his final project for his art class. He was out of ideas. Then, as he stared at pork chops, he suddenly had an idea! He rushed over to the butcher and asked him for some butcher paper and a pen. Upon receiving the paper and pen, Jack began furiously scratching a picture on the paper. "
From the context clues around the sentence, you can imagine Jack receiving the pen and paper and quickly sketching his idea on the paper.
Where a person or species lives in or occupies
Answer:
clumsily
Explanation:
without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly. Synonyms: awkwardly, bunglingly, sloppily, carelessly, gawkily, stumblingly.
Answer:
It would be D. I hope I helped
