Complete the sentences. Use: pierce, grow, fall
, dry up, beg, destroy, light up, drop.
1 People began to
the god to
bring rain.
2 What crops
in your country?
3 Ann wanted to
her ears and
wear earrings.
4 We saw a big flash of lightning
the sky.
5 Heavy rain can
plants.
6 Does a lot of snow
in this
area in winter?
7 In the long hot summers, many lakes and
rivers
8 This box is heavy. Be careful you don'tit!

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile