Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and complete the statement that follows. at a curfew-darkened ciudad trujillo, speaking in worried whispers to your brothers, which car to take, who'd be willing to drive it, what explanation to give should we be discovered . . on the way to the beach, you added, eyeing me. the uncles fell in, chuckling phony chuckles, what a good time she'll have learning to swim! back in my sisters' room mami was packing a hurried bag, allowing one toy apiece, her red eyes belying her explanation: a week at the beach so papi can get some rest. she dressed us in our best dresses, party shoes. something was off, i knew, but i was young and didn't think adult things could go wrong. so as we quietly filed out of the house we wouldn't see again for another decade, the foreshadowing in the excerpt above makes the poem's tone excited tense reflective angry

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes