Passage 1: from the time machine by h. g. wells (1898)
it was at ten o'clock to-day that the first of all time machines began its career. i gave it a last tap, tried all
the screws again, put one more drop of oil on the quartz rod, and sat myself in the saddle. . i took the
starting lever in one hand and the stopping one in the other, pressed the first, and almost immediately the
second. i seemed to reel; i felt a nightmare sensation of falling; and, looking round, i saw the laboratory
exactly as before. had anything happened? for a moment i suspected that my intellect had tricked me.
then i noted the clock. a moment before, as it seemed, it had stood at a minute or so past ten; now it was
nearly half-past three!
the purpose of a time machine is
to tell time
to travel through time
to increase the number of hours in a day
to give the writer something to do

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. although lie detector tests are based on a sound principle, they are not alwaysaccurate. the test is based on the fact that people become emotionally “stirred up”when they lie. the lie detector can sense physical changes that accompany suchemotional responses. but an innocent person may react emotionally to a keyquestion.thus, he or she appears to be lying when actually telling the truth. and criminals who lie often may feel no guilt about anything. they can therefore tell huge lies without showing the slightest emotional ripple on the lie detector. without an emotional response, there are no physical responses to detect. 1. criminals never feel any guilt about their crimes. 2. lie detector tests are not foolproof. 3. anyone can easily fool the lie-detector machine. 4. an emotional response by an innocent person