On a May night last year, Snitch gathered his surveillance1 team in a wild corner of South Africa. They waited until well after sunset before stealthily beginning their mission. Using a catapult2 powered by a bungee cord, the experts launched a small airplane over the deep and dark landscape, thick with acacia trees sporting 5-centimeter (2-inch) thorns.
Their robotic aircraft — or drone — is about as long as a bicycle and sports a 2.4-meter (8-foot) wingspan. In recent years, scientists have begun putting drones in the air to do many kinds of groundbreaking research. Drones carry no pilot, passengers or crew. They are often small and light. Some fly like an airplane, others like a helicopter or a blimp. Drones may fly autonomously (along a preprogrammed path) or under the control of a pilot on the ground.
That night in South Africa, Snitch and his team flew their drone by remote control over Kruger National Park. High in the sky, and under the cover of darkness, the Terrapin 1 flew undetected over the landscape. Though unseen, it could see perfectly. The experts scanned the ground using a special camera attached to their drone. This camera was designed to see anything that gives off heat, including elephants, rhinos — and people
The definition of sloth would be laziness, unwillingness to work or act.
Two context clues are the word "idleness" and the phrase "doing of nothing". Idleness may mean boredom, but also dullness. Doing of nothing clearly supports the notion of not working, not acting.
Answer:
Determination
Explanation:
Humans get through *obstacles with immense and intense determination. Of course, not all actually do this, some fail, but most use a strategy and are determined to do it.
The following text can be filled up this way:
Last year 1. on Easter I went to England for a short holiday. I arrived in London 2 on Friday 3 by 11 o’clock 4 in the evening. I went to my hotel by taxi, which got me there in about an hour. I was so tired by then that I went straight to bed. When I woke up 5 in the morning I remembered that I had made an appointment to meet a friend 6 by 10:30. I thought I could never get ready 7 on time, but in the end, I had reached the cafe 8 by 10.15. My friend arrived 9 on time. 10 At 1 o'clock we went to a restaurant for lunch 11 and by afternoon we went to a museum
<h3 /><h3>What are the right words for the blank spaces?</h3>
The right words for the blank spaces are those words that fit into the description provided. The right preposition should match the context of speech being described.
So, in the text, we see certain prepositions and the ways that they are used in the sentences. For instance, while talking about the day when he arrived in London, the preposition, 'On' is used to provide the right relationship.
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