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Ngochaupha Posted 14 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Reading Comprehension

This is from a comprehension passage:

Laird Gogins is fifty-seven-year-old inventor who has developed a device to harness the power of the wind. He claims that his invention could eventually provide all the electrical power needed by the United States. A network of his wind machines across the country could transfer electricity produced in a windy spot to a place where the air is still. Just one of Gogins' wind machines will produce eighty megawatts of electricity, which is ten times the power produced by all the windmills in the United States were captured. It could provide one hundred percent of the electrical power now consumed. However, the inventor admits that the wind will probably never become the country's sole power source.

The word "capture" means most nearly ..........
A. put under arrest
B. brought to the inventor's attention
C. brought under control
D. put into operation
I opt “C. brought under control”. Is it true?

I want to ask about the structure of this sentence “Just one of… were captured”. Is it “the power were captured”. I have searched for the meaning of “capture” and find that it has some meanings like “take control of a building, place, etc.
I do need to know “capture” here (in this sentence) really mean what because although I choose “C”, I quite don’t understand what its meaning. Does it mean we “have taken control of the power produced by all the windmills in the United States”?)

Many thanks for enlightening me.
  

Top answer

Hi, Just one of Gogins' wind machines will produce eighty megawatts of electricity, which is ten times the power produced by all the windmills in the United States were captured. The underlined part is incorrect grammar, to the point where it makes no sense.. Have you made a mistake in typing the passage into your post?

  • Hi, Just one of Gogins' wind machines will produce eighty megawatts of electricity, which is ten times the power produced by all the windmills in the United States were captured.
  • The underlined part is incorrect grammar, to the point where it makes no sense..
  • Have you made a mistake in typing the passage into your post?
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Hi,

Just one of Gogins' wind machines will produce eighty megawatts of electricity, which is ten times the power produced by all the windmills in the United States were captured.

The underlined part is incorrect grammar, to the point where it makes no sense.. Have you made a mistake in typing the passage into
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Hi Clive!
I typed exactly what is in the test given. I really don't understand what that sentence means. I feel that there must be something wrong but I don't know how to get out. I have searched the web to find if there is a paragraph like that but in vain. Thank you so much for your consideration.
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Hi Clive!

I typed exactly what is in the test. I quite don't understand the meaning of that sentence. I have a feeling that there is some mistakes here but I can't find the original of the passage.

Thanks for your consideration.
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Hi,

If you look here, you will find a correct version of the passage.
http://wmbmg.uw.hu/200611058.htm

Your version has been copied incorrectly, and also changed incorrectly.

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Hi Clive!

I got it. Thank you so much for your spending time explaining things to me.
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Hi Clive!

Thank you so much for spending time explaining to me. You are so kind.

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