Read It! Scientists at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, want to solve a mystery. They are seeing a surge
in weakened and malnourished sea lions along the northern California coast. The center usually treats around
600 sea lions per year. In 2009, however, more than 800 required treatment. In one week alone, the staff rescued
10 more sea lions each day than usual. Scientists are not sure why sea lions along the coast are getting sick. They
believe that there may be a link to a decline in the population of smaller fish. Young seals and sea lions eat small
fish while developing.
Do It!
The scientists need to do more
A cataloging
B investigating
С
lecturing
D
distributing
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7:47 AM
1/8/2021

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”