IV. Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) that best fits each gap Many people love boats. Going out on the water on a warm summer day is a lot of (31) _______. (32) _______ , different people like different kinds of boats. Two of the most popular kinds of boat are sailboats and speedboats. Sailboats use the (33) _______to give them power. They only have small engines. In contrast, speedboats have large engines and go very fast. Furthermore, speedboats are usually not as (34) _______ as sailboats. Speedboats are small so that they can go fast. Sailboats, on the other hand, are big so that they are more comfortable. ( 35) _______, sailboats can travel into the ocean, but this would be very dangerous in a speedboat. You can only use speedboats on rivers or lakes. Question 31: A. funny B. fun C. funs D. funnies Question 32: A. However B. Although C. Because D. Unless Question 33: A. water B. speed C. weather D. wind Question 34: A. small B. fast C. warm D. big Question 35: A. Unfortunately B. At first C. In addition D. Except for

Answer:

31- B

32-A

33-D

34-D

35-C

from “Mother Tongue”
by Amy Tan
Lately, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” English. But I wince when I say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of empirical evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
My mother has long realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend I was she. In this guise, I was forced to ask for information or even to complain and yell at people who had been rude to her. One time it was a call to her stockbroker in New York. She had cashed out her small portfolio and it just so happened we were going to go to New York the next week, our very first trip outside California. I had to get on the phone and say in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs. Tan.”
And my mother was standing in the back whispering loudly, “Why he don’t send me check, already two weeks late. So mad he lie to me, losing me money.”
And then I said in perfect English, “Yes, I’m getting rather concerned. You had agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived.”
Then she began to talk more loudly. “What he want, I come to New York tell him front of his boss, you cheating me.” And I was trying to calm her down, make her be quiet, while telling the stockbroker, “I can’t tolerate any more excuses. If I don’t receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I’m in New York next week.” And sure enough, the following week there we were in front of this astonished stockbroker, and I was sitting there red-faced and quiet, and my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting at his boss in her impeccable broken English.

Which of the following words adds irony to the last paragraph?
A.
“whispering”
B.
“impeccable”
C.
“pretend”
D.
“imperfect”
E.
“adolescent”

How does Nick's narration make us feel about Gatsby?

Read the following excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds."

Leon stared at the new moccasins that Teofilo had made for the ceremonial dances in the summer. They were nearly hidden by the red blanket. It was getting colder, and the wind pushed gray dust down the narrow pueblo road.

Which of the following items acts as a symbol in this excerpt?
the moccasins
the red blanket
the wind
the road

Why has Peter Walsh returned to London?
a.
To attend a business meeting
c.
To meet with a book publisher
b.
Arrange the divorce of his girlfriend
d.
To attend his father's funeral

Its B

1. ICD Co. announced that it would …………….. a new product next year. A. remain B. conduct C. launch D. renew
2. The secretary…………….. a ticket to New York. A. booked B. complained C. increased D. met
3. The company decided to ……….. the workforce in the Maintenance Department. A. afford B. reserve C. postpone D. reduce
4. Mr. Brown ……………..the sales report last week. A. submitted B. submit C. submits D. submission
5. We…………….. a new model to the China market in a month. A. introduce B. introduced C. will introduce D. were introducing
6. Last year, my team …………….. a seminar every month.
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A. held B. holds C. holding D. will holding
7. There …………….. increased concern about our competitors for the last year. A. have been B. has been C. was D. be
8. The committee …………….. the proposal at the moment. A. was reviewing B. is reviewing C. reviews D. reviewed
9. By next month, Morgan…………….. in the department for 3 years. A. is B. was C. has been D. will have been
10. Ms. Sanderson …………….. for a marketing film before she came here. A. has worked B. works C. working

Any one ever done teachstone work

Which one is correct?
A)I usually can't play it.
B)I can't usually play it.
C)A and B are both correct.

7. If an uncle keeps telling a main character that he will never achieve anything, then the main character is experiencing
conflict.
external
outside
internal
inside

There is a man who has a lion, a goat, and a bundle of grass. He has a boat too. wants to cross a river. His boat is not very strong and therefore he can only take one thing at a time with him. How many times will he have to cross the river? (Note: If the goat and grass are left alone, the goat will eat the grass, if the lion and goat are left alone, the lion will eat the goat.)​

Please help asap! Brainliest and lot of points!

Rules:
•Capitalize proper nouns.
•Spell out the name of a place in running text.
•Form the possessive plural of a singular noun by adding an apostrophe followed by -s.
•Place titles of short works in quotation marks. Use italics for titles of long work.

Select the sentence that contains an error according to the style manual.

On January 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama, Zora Neale
Hurston was born. The fifth of eight children, Hurston would
become one of the country's most prolific and celebrated
writers. She published her first short story, "John Redding
Goes to Sea," in the Howard University campus literary
society's magazine Stylus. Most people, however, know
Hurston as the author of the novel "There Eyes Were
Watching God," the powerful coming-of-age story of Janie,
an African-American teenager.

You are writing a response to a newspaper editorial urging your city to install a red light camera to reduce traffic accidents at a dangerous intersection.

Which part of the editorial would provide the best evidence for your thesis that the writer is wrong to claim that the cameras make intersections safer?


Claiming that the writer’s stated job as a traffic officer is a conflict of interest


Pointing out that the study the writer cites as proof that red light cameras reduce the number of broad side crashes also reports they increase the number of rear end collisions


Using the writer’s statistics on the number of tickets issued by red light cameras at similar intersection to suggest the real motive is to raise money from fines


Countering the writer’s story about the number of accidents and near misses he has seen at the intersection with your observation that you haven’t seen many crashes there

The definition of moral masochism

if you’re asked to do outside research for an academic essay , where should most of the information from that research go ?
A) conclusión
B) body paragraphs
C) introduction
D) topic sentences

Inferences are smart guesses based on details.
FALSE
or TRUE

With this in mind, answer the following prompt. Your response must be at least 150 words and refer very specifically to characteristics of chivalry and knighthood


If you were a knight 1,000 years ago...

Would you prefer to be born into knighthood, or earn knighthood with a wealthy sponsor? Why?
Which tenet of chivalry would be the easiest for you to follow? Why?
Which tenet of chivalry would be the hardest for you to follow? Why?

PLZ ANSWET I NEED THIS DONE RIGHT BY WEDNESDAY!!
30 POINTS AND BRAINLY IF THERE ALLLL RIGHT!!!
I NEED THIS TO BE RIGHT IT WILL HELP MT GRADE ALOT!!!

1.Which portion of the narrative arc would define the following portion from “The Oasis: Africa”?


"Suddenly the Sheikh stopped and pointed to the south. The caravan halted, and everyone prepared his arm. Matchlocks were primed, cartridges rammed home, and swords loosened in their sheaths. Was it the Tuaregs again across our path? But Mohammed, the keen-eyed, shouted joyfully—
“The oasis, the oasis! I see the palm-trees.'”

Question 3 options:
A.Exposition
B.Rising Action
C.Complicating Incident
D.Climax


2.Which detail in “The Oasis: Africa” DOES NOT support the idea that the Sahara Desert is perilous?


A."Misery of hunger, torture of thirst; unending discomfort of swarming lice."

B."This danger past, we had lost another day making a wide detour to the east in order to avoid the fierce, tameless Tuaregs, who were marauding in the district."

C."Canopus, the great star of prehistoric Egypt, blazed white above the horizon; Sirius shone like a peerless diamond, and Aldebaran like a ruby."

D."One day the dreaded sirocco had swept upon us."



3.Which textual evidence from “The Interlopers” supports the conclusion that hatred eventually takes its own revenge?

A."If only on this wild night, in this dark, lone spot, he might come across Georg Znaeym, man to man, with none to witness—that was the wish that was uppermost in his thoughts."

B."'Who are they?' asked Georg quickly, straining his eyes to see what the other would gladly not have seen. 'Wolves.'"

C."An idea was slowly forming and growing in his brain, an idea that gained strength every time that he looked across at the man who was fighting so grimly against pain and exhaustion.”

D,Relief at being alive and exasperation at his captive plight brought a strange medley of pious thank-offerings and sharp curses to Ulrich's lips.”



4.ow does the narrator's point of view from "The Interlopers" shape what the reader learns from the narrative?

A.First-person point of view only lets the reader know what Georg Znaeym was thinking.

B.An omniscient narrator lets the reader know everything about the characters and events in this story.

C.First-person point of view only lets the reader know what Ulrich von Gradwitz was thinking.

D.Third-person point of view gives narration of this story from the perspective of one of the wolf pups as he told this background story to the others in the pack while they were settling down for the night picking their teeth and reminiscing from the day’s adventures.




5.Based on what readers learn from this excerpt from "The Interlopers," Why didn't the two neighbors shoot one another?


"The two enemies stood glaring at one another for a long silent moment. Each had a rifle in his hand, each had hate in his heart and murder uppermost in his mind. The chance had come to give full play to the passions of a lifetime. But a man who has been brought up under the code of a restraining civilisation cannot easily nerve himself to shoot down his neighbour in cold blood and without word spoken, except for an offence against his hearth and honour."

A.Ulrich von Gradwitz couldn’t pull the trigger on Georg because Georg, or Georgette (her real name), was his girlfriend in high school.

B.Their powder was wet, so they decided to duel with blades.

C.Because of their code of honor

D,They couldn’t see through the rain storm.




6.Which sentence DOES NOT provide evidence that the narrator in "The Black Cat" may be unreliable?

A,"From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition."

B."My immediate purpose is to place before the world, plainly, succinctly, and without comment, a series of mere household events."

C."We had birds, gold-fish, a fine dog, rabbits, a small monkey and a cat."

D,"Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence."





7.Read this excerpt from “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe.


"Hereafter, perhaps, some intellect may be found which will reduce my phantasm to the common-place—some intellect more calm, more logical, and far less excitable than my own, which will perceive, in the circumstances I detail with awe, nothing more than an ordinary succession of very natural causes and effects."

What does the phrase, “common-place,” mean?

A.Smelly

B.Out of place

C.Random

D,Normal/Acceptable



8.How does the first-person point of view affect the overall story in "The Black Cat"?

A.It gives readers insight into the twisted thoughts and feelings of the man condemned to die.

B.It makes readers feel at ease as they read a chilling story.


B.It allows the narrator to give information about the feelings of the man as well as his wife’s feelings.

D.It gives readers an intimate experience of what it feels like to have one's eye cut out with a pocket knife.

"American history" which of the the following events would a person most likely have anticipated when young

I have 1550 brainly thingy, here is some.

Hi can you help me answer this questions
1. How can words inspire change?

2. How can words have the power to provoke, clam, or inspire others?

3. How does the delivery of a message contribute to the power and impact of the words in the messages​

2
What other examples can you give about how things have improved
from 1950 until now. 70 years ago until now.
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How has school improved?
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In preparation for a group discussion, read about when Helen Keller first met Anne Sullivan.

I felt approaching footsteps, I stretched out my hand as I supposed to my mother. Some one took it, and I was caught up and held close in the arms of her who had come to reveal all things to me, and, more than all things else, to love me.

The morning after my teacher came she led me into her room and gave me a doll. The little blind children at the Perkins Institution had sent it and Laura Bridgman had dressed it; but I did not know this until afterward. When I had played with it a little while, Miss Sullivan slowly spelled into my hand the word “d-o-l-l.” I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to imitate it. When I finally succeeded in making the letters correctly I was flushed with childish pleasure and pride . . .

But my teacher had been with me several weeks before I understood that everything has a name.

—The Story of My Life,
Helen Keller

In a group discussion, a participant says, “Helen Keller would never have learned had it not been for Anne Sullivan.” How would you respond to share your viewpoint? Write three sentences.

3. Who is telling the story? From whose character’s perspective is the story told? How does this affect the unfolding of the events?

As critical thinkers we need to understand our own biases and analyze how they affect our actions/opinions. How did you get your bias (or brain shortcut)?
Are any of them unfair to others? Are any of your biases open to change? What take-away do you have from this activity?

2. What is Morrie's reaction upon learning that he is dying of an incurable disease and
doesn't have long to live?
3. How do Morrie's relationships with friends, family, and students change as a result of his illness?
4. Why does Morrie decide to organize a "living funeral" for himself?
5. How did his uncle's death affect Mitch?

SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER THIS

Everyone is innocent until proven guilty

Do you agree or disagree and explain why you agree or disagree

Identify the non-finite verb forms in this sentence: She was looking for her sister.

Entrepreneurship helps to create new businesses resulting in new employment and can produce a favorable and positive effect in the economy.

What message do you think the author in "Sonata for Harp and Bicycle" and the poet of
"George Gray" are trying to convey?

Which of these has the form of a spiral?