3 more free practice scrambled paragraphs

Answers are below the exercises.  Good luck! 


One of the liver's most important functions is to "detoxify" the blood.

_____ (Q) Ammonia, which is a byproduct of protein metabolism, may accumulate and this may make patients with very poor liver function feel confusion or changes in their mental state.

_____ (R) This blood is full of nutrients but also contains toxins and other chemicals that the liver cleans up before they enter the body's circulation.

_____ (S) In a case of very severe disease, liver failure can even cause a coma and brain swelling.

_____ (T) The liver receives blood from the intestine.

_____ (U) In patients with very poor liver function, the liver may not be able to clean up the blood.

http://iuhealth.org/riley/gastroenterology/liver-overview/how-the-liver-works/

Henry’s men waited for the French to begin the attack but there was no movement in the opposing army.

_____ (Q) Finally Henry, urged to begin the battle by his commanders, gave the command “Forward banners” and the army advanced with trumpets blaring.

_____ (R) It might have been the case  that there was inadequate overall command and no central decision made when to commence the assault or it might have been that the French were waiting for further contingents to arrive and take their station.

_____ (S) Now, halted within the confines of the two woods, Henry directed parties of archers and men-at-arms to move through the trees nearer to the French.

_____ (T) Once in arrow range of the French, Henry gave the command to halt and the divisions closed up, the archers setting their pointed staves in the ground forming a fence leaning outwards towards the French.

_____ (U) Then, on the king’s signal the English archers opened a devastating fire on the compact mass of French knights and men-at-arms.

http://www.britishbattles.com/100-years-war/agincourt.htm

To examine the power of reciprocity, let us look at an experiment done by Cornell University Professor, Dennis Regan.

_____ (Q) Later on, after the “task” was over, the hired participant asked his fellow participant for a favor: he was selling raffle tickets, and if he sold the most, he would win a prize.

_____ (R) In his study, two participants were put into a room to complete a task and one of the participants (hired by the professor) left the room during a two minute break and returned with a pair of colas (one for himself, and one for the other participant).

_____ (S) The sole act of the initial favor increased the participant's purchasing behavior by 100%.  

_____ (T) He explained: “I asked the experimenter if I could get myself a Coke, and he said it was okay, so I bought one for you too.”  

_____ (U) The participants who had received the cola ended up buying 2 times as many raffle tickets as those who, in other versions of the experiment, hadn’t received anything from a participant who returned with only one cola for himself.

http://zrdavis.com/the-power-of-reciprocity-video/

ANSWERS:

Liver: 42513    Q = 4, R = 2, S = 5, T = 1, U = 3

Henry: 21435

Reciprocity: 31524

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Yes, I'm the guy who created the scandal in Asia awhile ago. I felt that the Korean performers I was teaching were not being treated up to acceptable standards, and I reported this to a Korean newspaper to help ensure that, in the future, performers would be treated better.

Links:
http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20100511000742

http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20100512000682

http://www.shoutcastblog.com/2010/05/11/wondergirls-were-mistreated-by-jyp-entertainment/

5 new and amazing practice scrambled paragraphs.

By the way, be sure to click on the link under the scrambled paragraph to read more about the topic.  This will help you really broaden your knowledge of the world!!!

I have also tried to upload some videos from youtube after each paragraph (some topics do not have good youtube videos, however - for instance, there is nothing meaningful about the Indian leader Pontiac on youtube). 

Some topics have videos, but they are not that good - other topics have excellent videos...so, basically, I tried my best to make a site for you that will not just help you unscramble paragraphs but also help you learn stuff..

Answers are below the exercises:

Pontiac subscribed to the religious beliefs of Neolin, a prophet among the Delaware Indians during the 1760s.  

______ (Q) Neolin encouraged his fellow Indians to forsake all English goods and customs because he felt that the natives' dependence on these items had infuriated their gods. 

______ (R) Pontiac concurred with Neolin's views about autonomy from the English, but also felt the Native Americans had to remain militarily strong to drive the Europeans out of the Ohio Country. 

______ (S) The irony is that although Neolin urged the natives to reject all European customs, missionaries from the Moravian Church heavily influenced his views of the Great Spirit who could save the natives from eternal suffering. 

______ (T) To continue their dependence on European ways would condemn the Indians to eternal suffering.  

______ (U) Therefore, the reason why the Native Americans in the Ohio Country currently suffered at the hands of the English was because they had forgotten the true ways of their people.  

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=306

Flu has been a regular scourge of humanity for thousands of years.  

______ (Q) The virus is well adapted to their immune systems, and does not usually make them sick. 

______ (R) This leaves the animals free to move around and spread the virus - just what it needs to persist. 

______ (S) Flu viruses each possess a mere 10 genes encoded in RNA.  

______ (T) All of the 16 known genetic subgroups originate in water birds, and especially in ducks.  

______ (U) But sometimes a bird flu virus jumps to an animal whose immune system it is not adapted to.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/bird-flu

One in three of us will get cancer at some point in our lives.  

______ (Q) Of those with the most common childhood cancer, acute lymphocytic leukemia, 85% are still alive five years later, compared with just 53% in the 1970s.

______ (R) But death rates are falling, thanks to earlier detection of tumors and improved use of existing treatments - mainly chemotherapy and radiotherapy.  

______ (S) The success has been biggest for children: since the mid-1970s, death rates from cancers of childhood have halved.  

______ (T) Cancer has, however, turned out to be tougher to crack than everyone hoped when US President Richard Nixon launched the War on Cancer in 1971.  

______ (U) Once so feared its name was whispered, the disease is no longer an inevitable death sentence.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/cancer

Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder that affects hemoglobin, the protein found in red blood cells (RBCs) that helps carry oxygen throughout the body. 

______ (Q) Instead of being flexible and disc-shaped, these cells are more stiff and curved in the shape of the old farm tool known as a sickle — that's where the disease gets its name.  

______ (R) They can easily "squeeze" through even very small blood vessels, unlike the sickle-shaped cells. 

______ (S) Red blood cells with normal hemoglobin (hemoglobin A, or HbA) move easily through the bloodstream, delivering oxygen to all of the cells of the body.  

______ (T) Sickle cell anemia occurs when a person inherits two abnormal genes (one from each parent) that cause their RBCs to change shape.  

______ (U) Normal RBCs are shaped like discs or doughnuts with the centers partially "scooped out" and are soft and flexible.

http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/genetic/sickle_cell_anemia.html

The first kayaks were fashioned out of driftwood and animal skins by the natives of the arctic regions of Asia, North America, and Greenland.  

______ (Q) Lashed together with animal sinews, these early boats evolved to use seal bladders filled with air to make the them buoyant and nearly unsinkable.  

______ (R) Native hunters would fill these advanced kayaks with enough supplies for extended hunting expeditions across the inhospitable arctic environment. 

______ (S) In fact, the name kayak means "hunter's boat." 

______ (T) These long, narrow, covered boats were ideally suited for hunting seals and walruses across the frigid arctic waters. 

______ (U) Over time, the Inuits, Aleuts, and other natives modified the kayaks for the area of the arctic that they lived in.

http://www.kayakingjournal.com/kayak-history.html

Answers:

pontiac: 15432

birdflu: 34125

cancer: 53421

sicklecell: 25314

kayak: 45213

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Yes, I'm the guy who created the scandal in Asia awhile ago. I felt that the Korean performers I was teaching were not being treated up to acceptable standards, and I reported this to a Korean newspaper to help ensure that, in the future, performers would be treated better.

Links:

http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20100511000742

http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20100512000682

http://www.shoutcastblog.com/2010/05/11/wondergirls-were-mistreated-by-jyp-entertainment/
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