Computer programs that play chess first appeared in the 1960s, but these programs were no match for the top human players. it was not until 1997 that a chess computer called deep blue was able to narrowly defeat world champion garry kasparov in a series of games. kasparov concealed his disappointment as best he could, but he could not hide the embarrassment he felt over losing to a machine. what can you infer about the benefit to the game of chess and of the computer program that plays chess

You can infer that benefit of the game of chess is that it tests your brain to make it stronger and of the computer that it shows how far technology can actually go.

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explanation:

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)