Question

Read the excerpts from "One Flu over the Cuckoo's Nest."

Scientists debated creating a killer virus to study in the lab. In 2005, the Centers for Disease Control proposed deliberately combining a deadly bird flu virus with a very contagious human flu virus to understand whether and how it might cause a worldwide outbreak, or "pandemic." Scientists said the lab experiments would help them understand what might already be happening naturally. The proposed experiment was highly controversial.

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But other people thought such research was a terrible idea. What if these viruses escaped the lab by mistake? What if a government or terrorist organization wanted to use the viruses against their enemies?

Which phrase creates a fearful tone in the excerpt?

A. the lab experiments would help them understand

B. proposed experiment was highly controversial

C. the Centers for Disease Control proposed deliberately combining

D.a government or terrorist organization wanted to use the viruses

Answer 1

Answer:D

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The correct answer is: D) a governmet or terrorist organization wanted to use the viruses.

In the dictionary fearful is defined as feeling or showing fear or anxiety. That means that to create a fearful tone the author must use words that make the reader feel in that way. The sentence chosen does this by using "terrorist", which comes from terror, extreme fear. In modern society terrorist is a well-known word that we assosiate with violence, death, crime, etc. The idea of some killer virus in the hands of terrorists can make anyone anxious as they would probably use it to damage innocent people.