41 Match the words in the left and right columns to restore the collocations from the text. Give the context where they are used.
| 1.
| irreversible
| body of literature
| a.
|
| 1.
| criterion
| of creativity
| a.
|
| 2.
| save
| calm
| b.
|
| 2.
| heartbreaking
| listings
| b.
|
| 3.
| go
| at one’s fingertips
| c.
|
| 3.
| selection
| indefinitely
| c.
|
| 4.
| humanitarian
| with despair
| d.
|
| 4.
| fare
| value
| d.
|
| 5.
| cathedral
| into non-existence
| e.
|
| 5.
| arbitrary
| in order
| e.
|
| 6.
| lie
| fraction
| f.
|
| 6.
| conscious
| capacity
| f.
|
| 7.
| negligible
| of wisdom
| g.
|
| 7.
| play
| of choice
| g.
|
| 8.
| overwhelmed
| the heritage
| h.
|
| 8.
| condensed
| panels
| h.
|
| 9.
| wealth
| premature encouragement
| i.
|
| 9.
| disagree
| from chaff
| i.
|
| 10.
| by deliberate
| novelists
| j.
|
| 10.
| injection
| task
| j.
|
| 11.
| Men
| changes
| k.
|
| 11.
| be
| of one’s inadequacy
| k.
|
| 12.
| abandon
| issues
| l.
|
| 12.
| permanent
| selection
| l.
|
| 13.
| immense
| to the flames
| m.
|
| 13.
| store
| well/better
| m.
|
| 14.
| addle
| of genius
| n.
|
| 14.
| storage
| god
| n.
|
| 15.
| supreme
| passions
| o.
|
| 15.
| inhibit
| in principle
| o.
|
| 16.
| destructive
| minds
| p.
|
| 16.
| sort the wheat
| cultural and scientific growth
| p.
|
| 17.
| give
| design
| q.
|
| 17.
|
|
| q.
|
42 Answer the questions on the text.
- Where and when is the story set?
- What is the origin of the human colony on the planet of Thalassa?
- What kind of visitors is the community hosting?
- Why did Moses Kaldor have mixed feelings about the treasure of human knowledge?
- Why couldn’t he find his favourite pieces of literature and art at the Lassan library?
- Why had an immense body of classical literature been condensed or wholly purged from the local lists?
- What was the dilemma that had haunted Moses Kaldor for years?
- What was stopping Moses from being “generous”?
- What prompted him to think that terrans should share the fruits of the now non-existent civilisation?
