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I'm sorry but this is a Reading one...TnT:
You are going to read an extract from a novel. For questions 1-8, choose the answer (A, B, C or
D) which you think fits best according to the text.
On the very last day of a bad year, I was leaning against a pillar in the Baltimore railway station,
waiting to catch the 10.10 to Philadelphia. There were a lot more people waiting than I had
expected. That airy, light, clean, polished feeling I generally got in the station had been lost.
Elderly couples with matching luggage stuffed the benches, and swarms of college kids littered the
floor with their bags.
A grey-haired man was walking around speaking to different strangers one by one. Well-off, you
could tell: tanned skin, nice sweater, soft, beige car-coat. He went up to a woman sitting alone and
asked her a question. Then he came over to a girl standing near me. She had long blond hair, and I had been thinking I wouldn’t mind talking to her myself. The man said, ‘Would you by any chance
be travelling to Philadelphia?’
‘Well, northbound, yes,’ she said.
‘But to Philadelphia?’
‘No, New York, but I’ll be ...’
‘Thanks, anyway,’ he said, and he moved toward the next bench.
Now he had my full attention. ‘Ma’am,’ I heard him ask an old lady, ‘are you travelling to
Philadelphia?’ When the woman told him, ‘Wilmington,’ he didn’t say a thing, just marched on
down the row to one of the matched-luggage couples. I straightened up from my pillar and drifted
closer, looking toward the platform as if I had my mind on the train.
Well, / was going to Philadelphia. He could have asked me. I understood why he didn’t, of
course. No doubt, I struck him as unreliable. He just glanced quickly at me and then swerved off
toward the bench at the other end of the waiting area. By now he was looking seriously stressed.
‘Please!’ he said to a woman reading a book. ‘Tell me you’re going to Philadelphia!’
She lowered her book. She was thirtyish, maybe thirty-five - older than I was, anyhow. A school teacher sort. ‘Philadelphia?’ she said. ‘Why, yes, I am.’
‘Then could I ask you a favor?’
I stopped several feet away and frowned down at my left wrist. (Never mind that I don’t own a
watch.) Even without looking, I could sense how she went on guard. The man must have sensed
it too, because he said, ‘Nothing too difficult, I promise!’
They were announcing my train now. People started moving toward Gate E, the older couples
hauling their wheeled bags behind them like big pets on leashes. Next I heard the man talking. ‘My daughter’s flying out this afternoon for a study year abroad, leaving from Philadelphia. So I put her
on a train this morning, stopping for groceries afterward, and came home to find my wife in a state.
She hardly said “hello” to me. You see my daughter’d forgotten her passport. She’d telephoned
home from the station in Philadelphia; didn’t know what to do next.’
The woman clucked sympathetically. I'd have kept quiet myself. Waited to find out
where he was heading with this.
‘So I told her to stay put. Stay right there in the station, I said, and I would get somebody here to
carry up her passport.’
A likely story! Why didn’t he go himself, if this was such an emergency?
‘Why don’t you go yourself?’ the woman asked him.
‘I can’t leave my wife alone for that long. She’s in a wheelchair.’
This seemed like a pretty poor excuse, if you want my honest opinion. Also, it exceeded the
amount of bad luck that one family could expect. I let my eyes wander toward the two of them. The
man was holding a packet, not a plain envelope, which would have been the logical choice, but
one of those padded envelopes the size of a paperback book. Aha! Padded! So you couldn’t feel
the contents! And from where I stood, it looked to be stapled shut besides. Watch yourself, lady, I
said silently.
2. Why does the narrator show an interest in the grey-haired stranger?
A. He was fascinated by the stranger’s questions.
B. He was anxious about the stranger’s destination.
C. He was jealous of the stranger’s appearance.
D. He was impressed by the stranger’s skill with people.
3. What does the writer mean by ‘she went on guard’?
A. The woman was employed by the railway company.
B. The woman was ready to call the police.
C. The woman was surprised by the man’s attitude.
D. The woman was cautious in her response.
4. According to the stranger, how was his wife feeling when he got home?
A. relieved to see him
B. annoyed by their daughter’s phone call
C. upset about their daughter’s situation
D. worried about planning the best course of action
5. What does the bold ‘this’ refer to?
A. the story B. the passport
C. the station D. the telephone call
6. When the narrator had heard the stranger’s explanation, he felt
A. sympathetic towards the stranger’s daughter.
B. willing to offer his assistance.
C. doubtful about the combination of events.
D. confused by the story the stranger told.

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Answer 1

Answer:

2) A

3) D

4) C

5) A

6) C

Explanation:

Let me know if you need any explanations (and for which numbers)

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Select the correct text in the passage.
Which sentence in the excerpt best supports the theme of harmonious living?
A Spark Neglected Burns the House
by Leo Tolstoy (adapted excerpt)
There once lived in a village a peasant named Iván Stcherbakóf. He was comfortably off, in the prime of life, the best worker in the village, and
had three sons all able to work. The eldest was married, the second about to marry, and the third was a big lad who could mind the horses and
was already beginning to plough. Iván's wife was an able and thrifty woman, and they were fortunate in having a quiet, hard-working daughter-
in-law. There was nothing to prevent Iván and his family from living happily. They had only one idle mouth to feed; that was Iván's old father,
who suffered from asthma and had been lying ill for seven years. Iván had all he needed three horses and a colt, a cow with a calf, and fifteen
sheep. The women made all the clothing for the family, besides helping in the fields, and the men tilled the land. They always had grain enough
of their own to last over beyond the next harvest and sold enough oats to pay the taxes and meet their other needs. So Iván and his children
might have lived quite comfortably had it not been for a feud between him and his next-door neighbor, Limping Gabriel, the son of Gordéy
Ivánof.
As long as old Gordéy was alive and Iván's father was still able to manage the household, the peasants lived as neighbors should. If the women
of either house happened to want a sieve or a tub, or the men required a sack, or if a cart-wheel got broken and could not be mended at once,
they used to send to the other house, and helped each other in neighborly fashion. When a calf strayed into the neighbor's thrashing-ground,
they would just drive it out, and only say, "Don't let it get in again, our grain is lying there." And such things as locking up the barns and
outhouses, hiding things from one another, or backbiting were never thought of in those days.
That was in the fathers' time. When the sons came to be at the head of the families, everything changed.

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Answer:

If the women  of either house happened to want a sieve or a tub, or the men required a sack, or if a cart-wheel got broken and could not be mended at once,  they used to send to the other house, and helped each other in neighborly fashion.

Explanation:

Harmonious living is marked by cooperation and peace between two or more parties. People who live in harmony do things together and help one another when in need. Evidence of cooperative living is seen in the manner the men and the women of the two families helped each other. They coexisted peacefully in a "neighborly" way. This shows that there was no prevailing feud or hatred between the parties as they got along well.

Answer:

If the women  of either house happened to want a sieve or a tub, or the men required a sack, or if a cart-wheel got broken and could not be mended at once,  they used to send to the other house, and helped each other in neighborly fashion.

Explanation:

Law ……….the action or conduct of individual or state

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Answer:

Law is the action or conduct of individual or state

If I _ phone you I'll see you at seven

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Answer:

If I get the phone I'll see you at seven

Explanation:

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What is object? How is Od different from Oi? Example.

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Answer:

DO Pronouns, IO Pronouns, English Equivalent. me, me, me. te, te, you (familiar). lo, la, le, him, her, it, you (formal). nos, nos, us. os, os, you-all.

Explanation:

Neymar machine that Run on electricity

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Heater, cooler, lights, refrigerator, dishwasher, electric oven, and many more.

In which sentence does the verb number need to be changed in order to agree with the indefinite pronoun?
Everything stated in these reports appears to be correct.
Each of the problems were solved.
All of his pets demand a great deal of attention.
Few of the participants remember the incident.

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Answer:

Each of the problems WAS solved.

Explanation:

The indefinite pronoun 'each' is always singular and takes a singular verb.

Each of the problems (WAS) solved

It the word WAS because it has a better sound and beat to it hope this helps

I can't believe the weather. It's raining cats and dogs! What does the underlined expression/sentence mean? a) It's raining very heavily. b) Cats and dogs running c) Cats and dogs are falling down. d) It's storming​

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Answer:

it's raining very heavily

.......

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Answer:

A: its raining heavily

Explanation:

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Answer:

Probably the most important sentence might be longest sentence.

Explanation:

because it give much detail about the topic. And sometime a short sentence may be an include but in generally the longest sentence is the most important sentence. When I look at the paragraph I understood the topic which about Vanilla and what is the Vanilla. I think the first sentence is the most important sentence but look at this sentence carefully, vanilla orchids are...... it give some clue

Imagery is when the author uses words to create "mental images" for the reader.
True
False

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Answer:

true

Explanation:

When you read a story  a particular part of the story  creates an image in your mind that makes you understand really what the story is talking about

1. Write your feelings of corona virus an essay of about 200 words.​

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Answer:

OMG Amanda and technology and technology and technology and technology and technology and technology

she said to me," my brother wants to meet you." into indirect ​

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In Indirect Speech:

➺ She told me that her brother wanted to meet me.

Explanation:

➺ Change to indirect Speech by :-

Changing the narration from 1st person to 3rd person.Changing from present tense to past tense.

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Jim likes to tell in

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Answer:

Jim likes to tell interesting stories

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3) stories

4) danger

5) talking

6) watched

7) interesting

8) first

9) sleeping

10) to answer

11) useful

12) finished

13) dangers

14) sleeping

15) stories

16) visited

17) is cleaning

18) watches

19) played

20) swim, is swimming

____________________

1) got on

2) how, go away

in ur own words explain the links between poverty and indicators of health like life expectancy and infant mortality

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Answer:

A general measure of population health is useful for comparing the health status of a population over time, or between populations at a single point in time. It permits comparisons of health systems and programmes, and may highlight populations in need of particular attention from health services.1

The infant mortality rate (IMR), defined as the number of deaths in children under 1 year of age per 1000 live births in the same year, has in the past been regarded as a highly sensitive (proxy) measure of population health.2 This reflects the apparent association between the causes of infant mortality and other factors that are likely to influence the health status of whole populations such as their economic development, general living conditions, social well being, rates of illness, and the quality of the environment.

Write a memoir of 250 to 300 words on the following topic :
Any historical incident that impacted your life

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Answer:

A memoir is an account of your experiences related to events from your personal life or history that you witnessed.

A memoir is sometimes also called an autobiography, as the two terms share the same meaning to some extent.

But here’s the deal:

There is a slight difference between writing a memoir and writing an autobiography, and it is important to truly understand it in order to benefit most from reading an example of memoir.

Explanation:

Memoir Tips

choose an intriguing title (something like The Other Side of Me or A Day to Remember); it can help you a lot to interest the audience;

express your personal opinions and impressions (use for instance: to my mind, in my opinion, it seems, it turned out that, etc.);

add a lot of sensory details (for example, instead of simply stating that a girl had an angry look on her face, you can specify that her face reddened and her teeth were clenched – these are valuable observations, which can make your description more vivid);

write about memories that are important for you – it’s impossible to write a good memoir without feeling a deep connection between yourself and the situation which you describe;

be yourself when writing a memoir – you can hide your point of view in many academic writings, but this type of work requires you to be honest and show your personal traits;

choose a proper tone and try to maintain it throughout your memoir essay – it’s an excellent exercise to develop your writing style;

do research, even if you remember the situation, try to collect as much information as you could, including your friends’ commentaries, photos, blog posts – everything that can reveal more details;

take care about your memoir idea – whether your writing is funny, well-structured, or creative and unusual, it means nothing if you don’t put a message in it.

The most famous memoir books are based on the principles listed above. Keeping to them, you can create a masterpiece or, at least, get an A at your college.

But that isn’t all we can offer you:

Help me please ……………………!

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the answer is sounding out words

B. Sounding out words.

what is an alternative???????

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Answer:

An alternative is another way/ Another possibility of solving something.

Explanation:

Alternative- one of two or more available possibilities.

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Question 17 of 20

Which sentence best clearly describes diction?

O A. Owls symbolize death - of people or ideas – in this classic work

of Modernism.

B. The use of "brilliant" to describe the detectives suggests the

writer's sarcasm.

C. Curiously, the author writes in sentence fragments, which feels

curt and abrupt.

D. By comparing the sand to gold, the character shows her affection

for the desert.

AP-EX

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Answer:

B

Explanation:

i think its B because brilliant in the first place is to symbolize someone's intelligence, but the fact that it is being represented in quotes has to do with sarcasm. because, quotes first of all have to do with sarcasm, and the fact that the word brilliant is in quotes shows that the writer doesn't actually mean what he's saying

The sentence that clearly describes the diction is the use of brilliant to describe the detectives suggests the writer's sarcasm. The correct option is b.

What is sarcasm?

Sarcasm is the caustic use of words, often in a humorous way, to mock someone or something. Sarcasm may employ ambivalence, although it is not necessarily ironic.

Most noticeable in spoken word, sarcasm is mainly distinguished by the inflexion with which it is spoken or, with an undercurrent of irony, by the extreme disproportion of the comment to the situation, and is largely context-dependent. While sarcasm is often directly associated with verbal irony and the two are frequently used together; sarcasm is not necessarily ironic by definition, and either element can be used without the other.

Professionals in psychology and related fields have long looked upon sarcasm negatively, particularly noting that sarcasm tends to be a maladaptive coping mechanism for those with unresolved anger or frustrations.

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So this question is personal one of my classmates asked the professor, so the question goes like this it is ok for a person living in an apartment just paid for the rent but not with the serves his having like watching tv whatever he pleasures, bathroom services like water to shower, etc., and including eating whatever he pleases. And the appalling part, he got angry because he said that it was not unfair that he needed to pay for the complete services the landowner was offering it that he only was going to pay only for the room's rent but not for the whole sevices he was having. It was not a cheaper apartment. He was leaving a lovely home that the landowner is asking him to stay. Do you think it's fair or unfair?

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Answer:

Fair.

Explanation:

They are providing the tv, food, and water supply which leads to a bill just like a regular home would have needed.

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Liam wants to write an essay about how Ms. Webster, his english teacher, inspired his passion for reading during an ordinary class period. which detail would best support Liam's purpose?

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The correct answer is D. Ms. Webster opened the book to the first chapter and began reading in a way that heightened my senses and made me hunger for the next scene like a starving crocodile.

Explanation

An essay is a text that has the purpose of exposing, analyzing, and examining a certain topic through arguments, which serve as a basis for establishing a position on that topic. Generally, in argumentative essays, it is necessary to provide faithful evidence to generate credibility in the reader about the author's position. In this case, Liam must provide the most specific details to support his statement "Ms. Webster, his English teacher, inspired his passion for reading during an ordinary class period" So the statement that exposes more details about that event is option D. because Liam provides specific information like "Ms. Webster... began reading in a way that heightened my senses and made me hunger for the next scene ..." that explain why the teacher was inspiring.

How do these lines evoke a sense of time and place in which
this poem is set?
The mention of "that very night" and "packed tight in
O our robes" suggests that the poem takes place on a
cold winter night inside a cabin.
The phrases "lay packed tight" and "stars o'erhead"
O suggest that the poem takes place in a modern-day
campground.
The phrases "the stars o'erhead" and "were dancing
O heel and toe" evoke a sense of whimsy, indicating
that the poem is set in an imagery place.
The mention of "in our robes beneath the snow" and
"the dogs were fed" suggests that the poem takes
place on a trail in the northern wilderness

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“ that very night” , shows that the time of place is taken when it was night time .

“ the stars overhead” and “ we’re dancing” , Stars usually dance at night because it’s easier to see when is sun is not present .

In lines "that very night" and "packed tight in" ur robes" suggests that the poem takes place on a cold winter night inside a cabin.

The phrases "lay packed tight" and "stars overhead"

What are Phrases?

A phrase is a collection of words that functions as a sentence but lacks a subject or a verb.

"That very night" indicates that the location was captured during the night. "the stars overhead" and "we're dancing" refer to the fact that it is easier to view stars at night when the sun is not shining.

Alliteration is a literary trick in which neighboring words' beginning consonant sounds are repeatedly employed in a sentence. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is a well-known example. Many languages, including Arabic, Irish, German, Mongolian, Hungarian, American Sign Language, Somali, Finnish, and Icelandic, use alliteration in poetry.

Therefore, Option (a) is correct.

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What's a prodigy person?​

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Answer:

highly talented child or youth

what is the means of Apology​

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Explanation:

Apology is defined as the act of expressing sorry or general way of pardon which involves the fault realization.

Answer:

The meaning of Apology is :

A regretful acknowledgement of an offence or failure.

Basically it means the act of aying sorry and acknowledging one's own mistakes.

Explanation:

1. Everybody in my family (enjoy) eating ice cream. 2. The university is looking for someone who (plan) to study nanotechnology. 3. Nothing (be) more discouraging than doing a job you don't like. 4. Nobody really (know) what will happen in the future.

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Answer:

1 enjoying

2plans

3will be

4know

The correct tense of the words are:

EnjoysPlansWill beKnows.

What is a tense in grammar?

Tenses in English Grammar refers to the element of grammar (written and spoken) that relates to the description of the time that evetns occurred.

For example:

Everybody in my family enjoys eating ice cream. This means that the family still enjoy ice cream.

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Can someone help me please

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Answer:

Eliminate

Explanation:

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The verbs of possession can be changed into present continuous tense. * true or false​

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Answer:

false

Explanation:

Why does an author use dialogue in characterization?
•A. To show the main struggle the characters will face

B. To show events that happened before the story began

C. To show the physical gestures a character makes

D. To show how the characters interact with one another

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Answer:

B. To show events that happened before the story began

Explanation:

Answer:

D

Explanation:

I believe it's D since dialogue shows conversations between characters, which is how they communicate and interact with each other. The other answers don't really make sense. Hope this helps!

Which is a natural medicine for writer's block?
A.
naturopathy
B.
exercise
c. hypnosis
D. acupuncture

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Answer:

The answer is B. Exercise.

Explanation:

Exercise is one of the easiest and most effective ways to improve concentration, motivation, memory, and mood. Physical activity immediately boosts the brain's dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin levels—all of which affect focus and attention. Exercise causes blood to flow to the brain, which activates a person's neurons and promotes cell growth, particularly in the hippocampus.

B. Exercise! It’s commonly known that exercise can help with writers block.

What aspects of semantics did you enjoy most? Discuss it?

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Hi. This question requires a personal answer, as she wants to know what aspect of semantics you most enjoyed studying and understanding. In that case, I can't answer your question, but I can help you arrive at a correct answer.

First, it is important that you know what semantics are. Semantics is a science that studies how a communication vehicle should be interpreted and the meanings that this language provides. A communication vehicle can be a text, a song, a conversation between two people, among other things that allow a type of communication to be established. In this case, semantics studies words, textual structures, intonations, expressions and sentences within a context.

The aspects of semantics refer to everything that makes up the analyzed semantics, that is, the tone of voice of the speakers, the punctuation used in the text, the existence of figures of speech, the use of grammatical classes and even the size of the text and conversation. In this case, for you to present the aspect of the semantics that you liked the most, you should evaluate which of these aspects do you think is more important for you to analyze the meaning of a communication. You can use the paragraph below as a template for your answer.

The aspect of semantics that I like the most is the speaker's tone of voice, as it allows the listener to perceive the speaker's intention when communicating, which makes it easier for the meaning of the message to be understood. The tone of voice is an aspect that is lacking in text messages and can lead to incorrect interpretations of the meanings of the messages, since the tone of voice between speakers is omitted.

In a text, punctuation is my favorite semantic aspect, as it organizes the sentences, presents the intentions of the narrator or speaker, presents intonation and shows how the text should be read.

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What allows the reader to infer that the daughters are unused to having control?

A.
They can't make any decisions.

B.
They allow the nurse to arrange the funeral.

C.
They defer to their mother's wishes on all matters.

D.
They spend their days in bed.

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Answer:

A.They can't make any decisions

They defer to their mother's wishes on all matters. Therefore, option (C) is correct.

Why are daughters unused to having control?

The fact that the daughters always defer to their mother's wishes on all matters suggests that they are not used to having control or making decisions for themselves. They seem to lack the confidence and assertiveness necessary to take charge of their own lives, even in the absence of their mother.

This behavior implies that they have been conditioned to follow their mother's lead and may be struggling to assert their independence now that she is no longer there to guide them.

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