1as a child in the 1950s, alice waters was a picky eater. she didn't like foods with thick sauces. she didn't like stews, creamy spinach, or overcooked meat. she liked simple things, like the fruits and vegetables her father grew in the backyard garden of their little house in chatham, new jersey. her family didn't have a lot of money, so they didn't go to restaurants frequently. they ate meals at the dining room table. alice didn't like the food at school, and in those days kids were allowed to eat in the cafeteria or go home for lunch. most days alice went home. she was picky but still enjoyed eating certain junk foods every now and then: potato chips, orange soda, jelly doughnuts, chili cheeseburgers.

part a. which idea is introduced in paragraph 1 of the passage?
question 1 options:

a)

alice was given very unusual foods to eat as a child

b)

alice liked different kinds of foods than kids do today.

c)

alice's childhood shape her attitudes about food.

d)

alice's attitudes about cafeteria food changed over time.

If you had a chance to change the past would you? why or why not?

If an item does not contain a fragment, write correct. if the item contains a fragment, rewrite it to make it one or more complete sentences. 1.)their faces shining with delight at seeing the movie star. 2.)i wanted one thing. to take a long nap 3.)the committee was irrupted by this application. which we received just yesterday. 4.)i enjoy working with my hands. 5.)traffic lights flashing erratically as the cars jammed in the intersection, unsure whose turn it was to proceed. 6.)the apples cooked. with their sweet juices bubbling away. 7.)just as mr. chao said goodbye. 8.)classified ads filled the pages of the newspaper. 9.)a report to write and math to do before tomorrow. 10.)the silhouettes of the trees against the light of the moon.

Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.