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How do paragraphs 2-3 contribute to the description of the future? A. They describe changes in the air on Earth. B. They outlin...Question
How do paragraphs 2-3 contribute to the description of the future?
A. They describe changes in the air on Earth.
B. They outline the benefits and drawbacks of the future.
C. They describe changes in lighting and rotation of the Earth.
D. They compare the future to other times the traveler has visited.
As I drove on, a peculiar change crept over the appearance of things. The alternations of night and day grew slower and slower, and so did the passage of the sun across the sky, until they seemed to stretch through centuries. This puzzled me very much at first. At last a steady twilight brooded1spread over the earth, a twilight only broken now and then when a comet glared across the dark sky. The band of light that had indicated the sun had long since disappeared; for the sun had ceased to set — rather, it grew ever broader and redder.
All trace of the moon had vanished. The circling of the stars, growing slower and slower, had given place to creeping points of light. At last, sometime before I stopped, the sun, red and very large, halted motionless upon the horizon, a vast dome glowing with a dull heat. The earth had come to rest with one face to the sun. Very cautiously, I began to reduce my progress. Slower and slower went the circling hands until the thousands dial seemed motionless and the daily dial was no longer a mere mist upon its display. Still slower, until the dim outlines of a desolate beach grew visible.
A. They describe changes in the air on Earth.
B. They outline the benefits and drawbacks of the future.
C. They describe changes in lighting and rotation of the Earth.
D. They compare the future to other times the traveler has visited.
As I drove on, a peculiar change crept over the appearance of things. The alternations of night and day grew slower and slower, and so did the passage of the sun across the sky, until they seemed to stretch through centuries. This puzzled me very much at first. At last a steady twilight brooded1spread over the earth, a twilight only broken now and then when a comet glared across the dark sky. The band of light that had indicated the sun had long since disappeared; for the sun had ceased to set — rather, it grew ever broader and redder.
All trace of the moon had vanished. The circling of the stars, growing slower and slower, had given place to creeping points of light. At last, sometime before I stopped, the sun, red and very large, halted motionless upon the horizon, a vast dome glowing with a dull heat. The earth had come to rest with one face to the sun. Very cautiously, I began to reduce my progress. Slower and slower went the circling hands until the thousands dial seemed motionless and the daily dial was no longer a mere mist upon its display. Still slower, until the dim outlines of a desolate beach grew visible.
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The correct answer is **C. They describe changes in lighting and rotation of the Earth.**
In paragraphs 2-3, the traveler observes significant alterations in the Earth's light conditions and the rotation of celestial bodies. The descriptions of the slowing alternations of night and day, the steady twilight, and the sun halting motionless on the horizon contribute to a vivid depiction of a future where the typical patterns of time and natural phenomena have drastically changed. This depiction emphasizes the altered state of the world, providing a picture of an unsettling future environment characterized by unusual lighting and a lack of movement in the celestial cycle.
In paragraphs 2-3, the traveler observes significant alterations in the Earth's light conditions and the rotation of celestial bodies. The descriptions of the slowing alternations of night and day, the steady twilight, and the sun halting motionless on the horizon contribute to a vivid depiction of a future where the typical patterns of time and natural phenomena have drastically changed. This depiction emphasizes the altered state of the world, providing a picture of an unsettling future environment characterized by unusual lighting and a lack of movement in the celestial cycle.