Read the passage from When Birds Get the Flu by John DiConsiglio. The deadliest pandemic of the last 100 years was the Spanish flu. It started in the fall of 1918. World War I was ending. Tired soldiers were returning to their homes. No one imagined that another enemy was about to attack.

Which excerpt from the passage most belongs in the body of an essay supporting the claim that scientists should continue to study the Spanish flu?

The deadliest pandemic of the last 100 years was the Spanish flu.
It started in the fall of 1918. World War I was ending.
Tired soldiers were returning to their homes.
No one imagined that another enemy was about to attack.

It is true that prior to 1914 the united states often had been disturbed by events in other continents. we had even engaged in two wars with european nations and in a number of undeclared wars in the west indies, in the mediterranean and in the pacific for the maintenance of american rights and for the principles of peaceful commerce. but in no case had a serious threat been raised against our national safety or our continued independence. what is the theme of this excerpt? a. the responsibility for americans to avoid involvement in war. b. america’s history of international involvement. c. a new kind of threat to american security. d. america’s history as a peaceful nation.

Who first discovers the alien cylinder on horsell common

1. saved aronnax from drowning "an incident" 2. speed of the nautilus man-of-war 3. next to captain nemo conseil 4. electricity vigo bay 5. "a coral tomb" 20,000 leagues 6. the nautilus runs aground nemo's "thunderbolt" 7. episodes are connected by aronnax's quarters 8. captain nemo's "bank" cause 9. distance aronnax traveled on the nautilus "a fine death for a sailor" 10. captain nemo sinks for revenge 50 miles per hour