Question

name: ____________ period: __________ the automation paradox argumentative text questions directions: based on the context clues used in the sentence, match the bolded word to its meaning. 1. ____ moreover, the computers are often more accurate than humans: in one study, software correctly found 95 percent of the relevant documents. 2. ____ on average, since 1980, occupations with above - average computer use have grown substantially faster. 3. ____ software made it cheaper and faster to trawl through legal documents, so law firms searched more documents. 4. ____ the main effect of automation for the time being will not be to eliminate jobs, but to redefine them—changing the tasks and skills needed to perform them. 5. ______ my research suggests that the jobs that get transferred to other occupations tend to be predominantly low - pay, low skill jobs, so the burdens of automation fall most heavily on those least able and least equipped to deal with it. a. significantly or greatly b. free from error c. to search or investigate d. problems or challenges e. to change based on new information

Explanation:

1. "Accurate" in the context of software finding a high - percentage of relevant documents means free from error.
2. "Substantially" in the context of job growth means significantly or greatly.
3. "Trawl" in the context of searching through legal documents means to search or investigate.
4. "Redefine" means to change based on new information, as it refers to changing tasks and skills for jobs.
5. "Burdens" refer to problems or challenges in the context of the negative impact of automation on certain jobs.

Answer:

1. B. Free from error
2. A. Significantly or greatly
3. C. To search or investigate
4. E. To change based on new information
5. D. Problems or challenges