Passage 5: from erewhon, by samuel butler (1910) the people had very little machinery now. i had been struck with this over and over again, though i had not been more than four-and-twenty hours in the country. they were about as far advanced as europeans of the twelfth or thirteenth century; certainly not more so. and yet they must have had at one time the fullest knowledge of our own most recent inventions. how could it have happened that having been once so far in advance they were now as much behind us? it was evident that it was not from ignorance. they knew my watch as a watch when they saw it; and the care with which the broken machines were preserved and ticketed, proved that they had not lost the recollection of their former civilization. the more i thought, the less i could understand it; but at last i concluded that they must have worked out their mines of coal and iron, till either none were left, or so few, that the use of these metals was restricted to the very highest nobility. this was the only solution i could think why is it important that the narrator is in the country for no more than a day?

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Plz me asap select the correct text in the passage. which two sentences in the passage introduce counterarguments to the speaker’s position in favor of recycling? we only have a limited number of resources to serve humans around the globe. by recycling and reusing the resources we have, we can preserve what untouched natural resources we have while extending the life of the resources we’re currently using. admittedly, we cannot reuse or recycle all of the materials we use in our daily lives.some materials are not recyclable, such as certain food containers.others items are not biodegradable regardless of what we reuse them for, and that can create problems in the long run. my opponent would use these limitations of our ability to recycle to counter my points about the materials we can recycle.however, this is not an “all or nothing” scenario.we should reuse and recycle the materials that we can and try our best not to buy materials and products that can’t be reused or recycled.by doing our part and encouraging others to do their part, we can increase our chances of conserving our remaining natural and manmade resources over time.

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