1. Nestled high in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, Crater Lake is a natural marvel with an explosive history. Ten thousand years ago, a mountainous volcano called Mount Mazama dominated the region, stretching almost 12,000 feet into the sky. Then, around eight thousand years ago, the volcano erupted, sending plumes of hot gas and ash shooting into the atmosphere. Magma gushed out of the volcano and burned the surrounding forest thirty miles in every direction. Finally, the magma chamber inside of the volcano shifted and collapsed, transforming the mountain completely. In Mount Mazama’s place sat a caldera, a giant bowl-shaped depression filled with rock fragments, ash, and other debris. Over time, the ground inside the caldera cooled. Rain and groundwater filled the caldera first in small pools until it eventually grew very deep with water. Underneath the water, another small volcano began to grow and inch its way toward the surface. Additional eruptions caused this volcano’s summit to break through the surface. This summit, known today as Wizard Island, is a prominent feature of what has become Crater Lake. Which statement in Passage 1 best describes how the author shows the impact of Crater Lake on the Native Americans, the Cascades mining town residents, and Will Steel?
A.
The author contrasts how each views the beauty and function of the lake.

B.
The author describes how each one sought economic benefit from the lake.

C.
The author explains how each one sought to preserve the lake.

D.
The author analyzes the motivation each one has to preserve the lake.
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A.  The author contrasts how each views the beauty and function of the lake.

Explanation:

In this passage about Crater Lake, the author explores the lake from the viewpoints of three entities being the Native Indians, the the Cascades mining town residents, and Will Steel and contrasts how each entity viewed the beauty and function of the lake.

The Native Indians found it so beautiful that they believed it had to posses spiritual power so they meditated and taught by it. The townspeople on the other hand were not very interested in the lake at first because they were more interested in gold but the lake did get famous.

And for Will Steel, the lake was so beautiful that the lake simply had to be preserved.

The rest of the passage is attached.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.