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Read the passage below and fill in each blank with an
appropriate word.
Every single individual celebrating his or her 100th
birthday in Germany
a personal letter of
from the federal president. In 1965,
centenarians
3
the Federal Republic were
many returns by the head of state. Currently,
they are about 17,000
5
the successors of the
incumbent president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will
6
be busier still. Demographic researchers that
by 2050, the life expectancy of newborns will be some
7
six years higher than it is today. Men will
reach an average age of 81, and women will turn 87.
The 8 that people are getting older is nothing
9
new. In 1900, the average lifespan
German
men was just 45. What is, however, relatively new is
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the fact tha
born.

The war of the worlds by h. g. wells but, looking, i presently saw something stirring within the then something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me – and then another the war of the worlds (radio broadcast) by orson welles good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. now it's another one, and another. they look like tentacles to me. which sentence best describes the tone of the passage from the book compared to the passage from the radio broadcast? a. the book has a more matter-of-fact tone, b. the book has an angrier tone. c. the book has a scarier tone. d. the book has a more surprised tone.

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

Which two sentences are written in subjunctive mood? take this money and go buy some clothes for yourself. i was happy because i passed the test, which i studied for. if only my umbrella would fix itself, then i could go out in this weather. i'm going on a trip to canada, but i'm not taking you with me. if i were the thief, i would have turned myself in before i got caught.