Read the excerpt from Freakonomics.
It's worth thinking about the incentive a wrestler might have to throw a match. Maybe he accepts a bribe (which would
obviously not be recorded in the data). Or perhaps some other arrangement is made between the two wrestlers. Keep in
mind that the pool of elite sumo wrestlers is extraordinarily tight-knit. Each of the sixty-six elite wrestlers fights fifteen of
the others in a tournament every two months. Furthermore, each wrestler belongs to a stable that is typically managed
by a former sumo champion, so even the rival stables have close ties.
Which of the following claims is best supported by the evidence in this excerpt?
The offering of a bribe is a quaranteed enticement for a champion sumo wrestler to purposely lose a match in a tournament.
The close relationship between sumo wrestlers could be an incentive for an elite wrestler to throw a match he doesn't need to
win.
Because sumo wrestlers have strong social ties, it is a dishonor to throw a match in a tournament.
There is great pressure for sumo wrestlers to cheat in order to beat wrestlers from rival stables,

Read the excerpt from "the most dangerous game." a man, who had been hiding in the curtains of the bed, was standing there. "rainsford! " screamed the general. "how in god's name did you get here? " "swam," said rainsford. "i found it quicker than walking through the jungle." the general sucked in his breath and smiled. "i congratulate you," he said. "you have won the game." rainsford did not smile. "i am still a beast at bay," he said, in a low, hoarse voice. "get ready, general zaroff." the general made one of his deepest bows. "i see," he said. "splendid! one of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. the other will sleep in this very excellent bed. on guard, rainsford." . . he had never slept in a better bed, rainsford decided. adrian is writing an essay about "the most dangerous game.” which detail from the excerpt best supports his idea that rainsford is unchanged and still feels that the hunter is justified in killing the hunted? a man, who had been hiding in the curtains of the bed, was standing there. "swam," said rainsford. "i found it quicker than walking through the jungle." rainsford did not smile. "i am still a beast at bay," he said, in a low, hoarse voice. "get ready, general zaroff." he had never slept in a better bed, rainsford decided.

Read the excerpt from hemingway’s a farewell to arms. we parked the cars beyond the brickyard. the ovens and some deep holes had been equipped as dressing stations. there were three doctors that i knew. i talked with the major and learned that when it should start and our cars should be loaded we would drive them back along the screened road and up to the main road along the ridge where there would be a post and other cars to clear them. which best describes hemingway’s style of writing in the excerpt? straightforward and simple, while still relating a lot of information to the reader long-winded and offering far too much information to the reader overly complicated, making it difficult to interpret and understand the text effortless and uncomplicated, with little meaning for the reader to interpret

Which underlined word in the sentence is a demonstrative adjective? these brown shoes fit my feet very well.