(W.3.A. b) Read the student's draft paragraph from an informational essay. Trains just keep getting faster and faster! The steam locomotives of the early 1800s could go about 20 miles per hour. Today,
the fastest type of train in the world is a maglev train. These trains regularly carry passengers in several Asian countries.
Maglev trains do not have wheels. Instead, they have powerful magnets that let them glide just above the track. Right now,
the record for speed is held by the Shanghai Maglev in China. This amazing train can
Which option completes the last sentence with the most precise information?
A)
travel at 270 miles per hour
B)
shock people with its speed
appear to move like the wind
D)
go well over 100 miles per hour

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?

What structural choice can a translator make to set a desperate or frantic tone? o a. character dialogue o b. setting changes o c. sentence length o d. plot order submit

According to the new york times article, death of a salesman connects to modern audiences since it deals with elusive success and financial ruin such as occurred on wall street in 2006-2008. question 2 options: a) true b) false