Walking for fitness and fun walking is for everyone walking is a popular form of exercise, and it is growing more popular each year. walking is good for every age group: the rate of participation does not decline in the middle and later years. in a national survey, the highest percentage of regular walkers for any group was among men 65 years of age and older. walking: the slow and sure way to fitness people walk for many reasons: for exercise, for enjoyment, for solitude, or simply for transportation. no matter the reason, though, people who are walking are getting great exercise. when walkers maintain a good brisk pace and walk on a regular basis, there are definite health advantages. some of these include lowered resting heart rate, gradual weight loss, and reduced blood pressure. briskly walking one mile in fifteen minutes burns as many calories as jogging the same distance in eight and one-half minutes. walking: convenient and inexpensive walking is an easy exercise regimen. you can do it almost anytime. you can do it almost anywhere. there is no special equipment needed. and it does not cost anything. no matter what your age or condition, walking can make you healthier and happier. use the selection to answer the question. each paragraph in the selection describes a. causes and effects. b. problems and solutions. c. a timeline of events. d. a main idea and details.

Read the passage. excerpt from "why equal pay is worth fighting for" by senator elizabeth warren, april 17, 2014 i honestly can't believe that we're still arguing over equal pay in 2014. when i started teaching elementary school after college, the public school district didn't hide the fact that it had two pay scales: one for men and one for women. women have made incredible strides since then. but 40 years later, we're still debating equal pay for equal work. women today still earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, and they're taking a hit in nearly every occupation. bloomberg analyzed census data and found that median earnings for women were lower than those for men in 264 of 265 major occupation categories. in 99.6 percent of occupations, men get paid more than women. that's not an accident; that's discrimination. the effects of this discrimination are real, and they are long lasting. today, more young women go to college than men, but unequal pay makes it harder for them to pay back student loans. pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women. . for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by, and many families depend as much on mom's salary as they do on dad's, if not more. women are the main breadwinners, or joint breadwinners, in two-thirds of the families across the country, and pay discrimination makes it that much harder for these families to stay afloat. women are ready to fight back against pay discrimination, but it's not easy. today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes. here in the senate, sen. barbara mikulski (d-md.) introduced the paycheck fairness act to give women the tools to combat wage discrimination. it would ensure that salary differences have something to do with the actual job that they are doing, and not just because they are women. senator warren states that the effects of pay discrimination are long-lasting. is this a valid argument supported by accurate evidence? no; warren weakens her point by claiming that the paycheck fairness act would "give women the tools to combat wage discrimination." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women." no; warren weakens her point by noting, "today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes."