Re: SHL answers.docx QX A20

Kodaikanal Christian College, ENGLISH 12, SHL answers.docx

Student question is in reference to below passage (Q.X) and below answer (20.), cannot say.

The questions asks if the main point of the passage is to emphasise the gross amount of materials to construct environments in space.

The given answer is Cannot say.

Surely this is a true or false answer?

Surely the passage has a main point and it is either to emphasise this point or not?

Please advise, thank you.

Q.X In the future it may be possible to construct environments in space, capable ofsupporting significant numbers of inhabitants in conditions that resemble thoseon Earth. New manufacturing technologies are being studied, which will enablework to be done in space by means of a combination of heat and kinetic energy.It has been shown that steel casting and welding is possible, heating the metalusing a combination of sunlight and electrical energy. Solar power providesmanufactures with a readily available natural power resource and this energy canbe intensified for use in manufacturing with the utilization of an arrangement ofmaneuverable mirrors. Theoretically, space manufacturing could require only avery small amount of material being brought from Earth.

20. The main point of this passage is to emphasize the gross amount ofmaterials to construct environments in space.

Cannot say