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According to the passage, Cyrus Field completed the laying of a transatlantic cable

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   sooner than was originally planned
   
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   with the support of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
   
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   with great perseverance and despite several setbacks
   
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   in a time of two and a half years
   
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   thanks to his vast technical knowledge of telecommunications
   

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   It is clear from the passage that, at the time he first came up with the idea for a transatlantic cable, Cyrus Field
   

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   had already completed a shorter cable in Canada
   
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   was just starting out in the paper business
   
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   was already a wealthy retired businessman
   
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   had studied telecommunications for several years
   
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   had met both Queen Victoria and President James Buchanan
   

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   It is mentioned in the passage that Cyrus Field was good at
   

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   organizing things
   
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   geography
   
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   fitting cables
   
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   deep-sea diving
   
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   journalism
   

144 THE MODERN APPROACH TO DISPLAYING ANIMALS
Many of the zoos in the past were actually parks with fenced enclosures and buildings containing caged animals. Lions, tigers and other cats were kept in one house; monkeys in another; birds in another. Single animals in bare cages were not very interesting to the visitors, however. Many animals that live in groups in the wild also did not adapt well to living alone. Modern zoos present the animals by showing them in surroundings that resemble as closely as possible their natural habitats. Visitors to a modern zoo can look across a plain and see lions seemingly free to wander. Nearby are birds, with antelopes and zebras feeding at the edge of a water hole. The other animals are not afraid of the lions because they are separated from them by wide, deep trenches, or sometimes moats. These trenches also separate the visitors from the animals in the exhibit. The trenches are often hidden with plants, and the visitor frequently does not notice them. The animals appear to be living wild in their natural settings. Often what appear to visitors as real trees, rocks and vines, however, are in fact artificial. These naturalistic parts of the exhibit are built of durable materials and designed to withstand rough treatment by the animals.

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