PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of the text? *
Most people engage in casual acts of altruism that benefit them in some way,
however, "pure” altruism is extremely rare and few people are capable of it.
While some acts of altruism may be driven by conscious - or unconscious -
selfishness, humans are capable of "pure” altruism because of their ability to feel for
others
"Pure" altruism is a relatively new practice in humans as selflessly helping other
doesn't benefit humans in any way or help them survive.
While it may not appear to be the case at first glance, "pure" altruism and selflessly
helping others is important for the survival of humans.

The answer to this question is given below in the explanation section

Explanation:

In this question, it is asked about the central idea of the text from the two statements as given below.

In the above two statements, the question is asked about which statement expresses the central idea of the text.

The correct answer is statement 1 describe the central idea about pure altruism in the best way than statement 2. Because the statement 1, clearly define what is altruism and what is pure altruism and its linkages with human.

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.