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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes, From "The Five Orange Pips"


Reading Comprehension Test. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes

Vocabulary Test. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes, From "The Five Orange Pips”



Holmes grinned at the last item. “Well,” he said, “I say now, as I said then, that a man should keep his little brain-attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it. ...”

Define Each Word

Write the Correct Word from the Vocabulary

  1. Students found it amusing that the mildly __________________________ professor lived in a small apartment with nine cats, each named Socrates.
  2. After weeks of study, the biology student was finally able to _________________________ genetic theory.
  3. Despite intense analysis and observation, the detective was not able to __________________________ the exact location of the alleged murder.
  4. For over 350 years, the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem ______________________________ mathematicians.
  5. What a speaker ________________________ with words, a listener infers with thought; more succinctly, a speaker _______________________, while a listener infers.

Comprehension and Discussion: Answer Each Question in Complete Sentences

  1. According to Holmes, what would the “ideal reasoner” do when “shown a single fact in all its bearings”?
  2. Where and how does Holmes access the knowledge that he needs to do his work? What resources do you think he would use today?

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