Question

passage 1: will books survive ebooks?
by ezra klein

because we’ve come to take printed books
for granted, we tend to overlook their enormous
flexibility as reading instruments. it’s easy to flip
through the pages of a physical book, forward
and backward. it’s easy to jump quickly between
widely separated sections, marking your place
with your thumb or a stray bit of paper or even a
hair plucked from your head (yes, i believe i’ve
done that). you can write anywhere and in any
form on any page of a book, using pen or pencil
or highlighter or the tip of a burnt match (ditto).
you can dog - ear pages or fold them in half or rip
them out. you can keep many different books
open simultaneously, dipping in and out of them
to gather related information. and when you just
want to read, the tranquility of a printed book
provides a natural shield against distraction.

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those are facts about books, but
advantages? stray bits of paper fall out of books,
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smith, jayden
read this sentence from passage 1.
“the advances have mainly been transposing common technolog
search, sync and storage to text files.” (paragraph 5)
the word “transposing” comes from the old french word poser, w
“to place.” based on this information, what is the meaning of trans
is used in the sentence?
a eliminating
b abbreviating
c dividing into pieces
d changing the form of

Explanation:

The root "poser" means "to place". In the sentence, technology (search, sync, storage) is moved to text files. "Changing the form of" fits as transposing here implies adapting tech to text files' form. Other options: eliminating (wrong, tech is moved not removed), abbreviating (no shortening), dividing (no splitting).

Answer:

D. changing the form of