Me i only have ten points left thats all i can reward but me : (

i. invasion of the body snatchers:
have you noticed a change in the world around you recently? have you seen how more and more people are walking around with little white rectangles in their hands or pockets with long white wires plugged straight into their ears? at the grocery store yesterday, i counted at least twenty people completely lost in the music provided by their ever-present mp3 players. it’s as if the old science-fiction movie invasion of the body snatchers was coming true; we are being overtaken by pod people. so at the risk of appearing to be a crotchety old man complaining about the “good ole days,” i have to make a stance against the evil influences of the mp3 phenomena on our society.

ii. a rational and well-thought out fear:
now, i am not a luddite; i have no desire to go around smashing up every mp3 player or technological gadget in sight. i enjoy and benefit from technological advances just like everyone else. i have a microwave, a television, a lap-top computer, a gas stove, a cell phone, and i use them all practically every day. i am not accusing mp3 players of having detrimental effects upon our society because i hate music either. i profoundly do not hate music—but i do, ridiculous as it sounds, hate personal mp3 players.

read the passage on the left to answer the following questions:
1)
which sentence from the article has a flaw in its logic?
a) is that where you want to live?
b) i enjoy and benefit from technological advances just like everyone else.
c) i profoundly do not hate music—but i do, ridiculous as it sounds, hate personal mp3 players.
d) if we don’t curb our use of mp3 players, all our musicians will languish and no new music will be developed.
2)
which detail is irrelevant and could be deleted from the passage?
a) have you noticed a change in the world around you recently?
b) people who have mp3 players in their ears simply cannot hear danger approaching.
c) the mp3 players are probably doing serious physical damage to their inner eardrums.
d) beyond just being distracting and dangerous, mp3 players are detrimental and damaging to society as a whole.
3)
if the author were going to add another heading and paragraph to strengthen his argument, which heading would be most effective?
a) the world of live music
b) different types of mp3 players
c) which mp3 player is the most popular?
d) experts testify to mp3 players’ ill effects
4)
what makes the following sentence a weak argument?

the mp3 players are probably doing serious physical damage to their inner eardrums or even the brain itself, but apparently that doesn’t bother anyone.
a) the author is not a medical doctor.
b) the sentence is not a weak argument.
c) the author is too angry to be persuasive.
d) the author is speculating, but not providing concrete evidence.
5)
why does the author mention all the technological items he owns and uses?
a) to make a list of evil items that he will now attack one-by-one.
b) to make the reader feel guilty for owning so many of these items too.
c) to brag about how much money he has spent on technology over the years
d) to show that he’s a rational man with a balanced approach to technology.