how did @gregmat infer that this is ( only ) a positive case?
The two blank support each other, BUT there aren’t any clues that they love or hate. For example, we can say that they (blank i) hate the oceanic island … blank 2 ( increase )
None of the options other than prize makes sense in the passage for me. Also, “laboratory like settings” points towards something that biologists might like, since it is easier for them to study or do research and make observations in their laboratory than somewhere else.
isn’t that storytelling?
isn’t that storytelling?
That’s secondary. Like I said, none of the options other than E in the passage fit into the context of the question. Even though explore might seem a good option, diverse does not go with complexity.
I’m not sure how he solved it, but I did it with “rich hurly-burly” (whatever the hell that means).
Do scientists like when rich hurly-burly (craziness, chaos, five million species of different plants and animals) is reduced to something smaller, more lablike, and managable so that they can study it?
Yes.
So the first blank must be positive.
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