(1) each state should enact a law that makes wearing seat belts mandatory for all passengers and drivers in cars and
trucks. (2) statistics show that seat belts reduce serious crash-related injuries and deaths by fifty percent. (3) as a
result of laws like this in various states, seat belt usage in the united states has dramatically increased in the past
thirty years. (4) some people believe that the government does not have the right to force people to be safe, and that
these laws are unfair. (5) the bottom line is that seat belts are proven to save lives; therefore, everyone should be
forced to wear one if they want to travel by car or truck.
which sentence is evidence of the author's claim?
o sentence 1
o sentence 3
o sentence 4
o sentence 5

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

What point is the author trying to make by comparing the travel times of the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental flight?

Tia and lin had been best friends since kindergarten. both avid soccer players, the girls decided to try out for the high school team together. unfortunately, there was just one open spot, so only one of the girls would be chosen. they both worked hard, and on tryout day, they did their best. when the team roster came out, lin was excited to see that she had made the team but sad that tia had not. tia was happy for her friend and vowed to work harder so she would make the team the next year. which sentence is the exposition of the passage