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Hit pause and review the following passage.

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We'll be over here if you need us...

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The word "integration" in line 8 most nearly means... what?

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And here are the potential answers...

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The prefix "inte" in "integration"

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is our big clue here. It usually has something to do with mixing and mingling of some kind...

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So we're looking for a word that conveys the idea...

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...that cars would one day be intermixed with everyday life to create some kind of Disneyesque Tomorrowland.

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And it doesn't include the Fast Pass for Space Mountain.

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"Interruption" might have the same prefix as "integration," but it doesn't mean

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the same thing at all.

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Cars probably would've been a hard sell if people thought they'd interrupt their

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lives.

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"Achievement," "continuity," and "exclusion" don't have anything to do with intermingling...

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So we can fire them into space...

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The root word "combine" reminds us that a "combination" is a merging or joining

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of things.

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It doesn't mean the exact same thing as "integration," but it's the best choice

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here.

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Now excuse us while we ride the Carousel of Progress for the fifty-seventh time.

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