Read the following excerpt from
the world without us by alan weisiriall
each march, temperatures normally flutter back and forth
around 32°f as many as 40 times (presumably, climate
change could push this back to february). whenever it is,
the repeated freezing and thawing make asphalt and
cement split. when snow thaws, water seeps into these
fresh cracks. when it freezes, the water expands, and
cracks widen.
which best explains how the structure of this passage supports the author's
purpose?
a. the passage compares the similarities between water and human
creativity to show how both interact to make new york city a
popular destination.
b. the passage shows the effects of frozen and liquid water to prove
that laws protecting the environment are necessary for human
survival.
c. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur
to highlight how people have harmed the environment.
d. the passage shows the effects of the freezing and thawing of
water to highlight that nature will eventually destroy what people
have built.

many scientists' predictions of climate change include: warmer temperatures, rising sea levels, and more frequent storms.

that is the wrong

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.

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nature is sure to be the best thing on earth

the sunshine and beauty is sure to be worth

this can't be sold

for any money or gold

because nature is strongly beautiful and is the best thing to happen on earth