There was also a sense of urgency. the pentagon was worried that the shattered remains of the soviet union might be rebuilt before the united states. following a nuclear war, there would be a race to see who could rebuild their country first. in a scenario of two dazed boxers lying flat on their backs, slowly regaining consciousness, the winner of world war iii would be that country which could stand on its feet first (and so go on to win world war iv). therefore, the pentagon’s priority was to provide scientists with a way to rebuild the country as fast as possible, unimpeded by unnecessary restrictions. which detail provides the most cultural context for this excerpt about the cold war? there was also a sense of urgency. the pentagon was worried that the shattered remains of the soviet union might be rebuilt before the united states. in a scenario of two dazed boxers lying flat on their backs. . therefore, the pentagon’s priority was to provide scientists with a way to rebuild the country as fast as possible. .

B (The Pentagon was worried that the shattered remains of the Soviet Union might be rebuilt before the United States)

Explanation: Option A is too wide and unspecific; option C gives a more detailed picture of the situation, but it does so through a metaphor that becomes meaningless without essential contextual information; option D, while free from vagueness, is dependent on the information provided by option B; option B actually reveals the most important geopolitical detail of the moment and positions the reader in the historical moment.

below i present a summary with the most relevant aspects of chapter 2, which were taken from karangan bahasa inggeris (english essays) spm: argumentative essays.

tuna wira

credit to mohana ram murugiah.

i hope to be of

teacher smiles at the students who wait for his signal to sit down. he nods briefly and the students sit down and get ready for the lesson to start. there is an air of quiet expectancy when teacher refers to the unusual things found underneath their houses that morning. whispers of bags of rice ran among the students and a student muttered reluctantly that the rice is rent for the landlord. this starts off the discussion on the issue of paying rent for the use of the landowner’s land. da wan raises the question of why the landlord owns the land rather than the farmer although they have spent a lot of time farming it. the three reasons of labour, need and inheritance are listed as reasons for the landlord’s ownership of the land. they are discussed and dismissed as inadequate reasons. they suggested a system of collective farming to the farmers. the headmaster comes down the corridor to observe the lesson. teacher very quickly changed the lesson to a geography wesson. the students followed his cue and no one gave the slightest notice < of the headmaster ‘s presence. when the headmaster leaves, teacher explains the implications of winning the scholarship. it involves bearing respontsibilities and the scholarship holder should master what is useful and return to the village. he should understand the injustices in the present system and change it to a fairer system. then, he announces the wiimnuir of the scholarship to be dawan.

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