Read the excerpt from the story of my life by helen keller. choose the text that describes helen’s perspective of being touched. at first, when my teacher told me about a new thing i asked very few questions. my ideas were vague, and my vocabulary was inadequate; but as my knowledge of things grew, and i learned more and more words, my field of inquiry broadened, and i would return again and again to the same subject, eager for further information. sometimes a new word revived an image that some earlier experience had engraved on my brain. i remember the morning that i first asked the meaning of the word, "love." this was before i knew many words. i had found a few early violets in the garden and brought them to my teacher. she tried to kiss me: but at that time i did not like to have any one kiss me except my mother. miss sullivan put her arm gently round me and spelled into my hand, "i love helen."

Read the passage. the cost of health care is rising in america. the amount that an average family must pay for insurance has increased by 3 percent in just two years. for families buying insurance on an exchange or privately, the increase is an astounding 25 percent. at this rate, health care, which includes visits to a typical family doctor, specialists for anything from a knee injury to cancer, and the emergency room, will be unaffordable for most americans in 10 years or sooner. i know this because my family is an average american family—and we are worried. which statement describes the claim? the writer’s family is an average american family struggling to pay for health care. health care will continue to rise by 3 to 25 percent each year for the next 10 years. health insurance is becoming too expensive for most american families to afford. the average american family is paying more for health insurance than they did two years ago.