Read the passage from when birds get flu and cows go mad! by john diconsiglio.

japan, for example, tests a sample from every cow that will be used for food. the meat is kept in refrigerators until the test comes back negative. most european nations test about 70 percent of their cows.

but in the u. s., only about 650,000 of the 35 million cattle slaughtered each year are tested.

the author sets the tone with his use of

Read the excerpt from the odyssey. now zeus the lord of cloud roused in the north a storm against the ships, and driving veils of squall moved down like night on land and sea. the bows went plunging at the gust; sails cracked and lashed out strips in the big wind. we saw death in that fury, dropped the yards, unshipped the oars, and pulled for the nearest lee: then two long days and nights we lay offshore worn out and sick at heart, tasting our grief, until a third dawn came with ringlets shining. which key details should be included in a paraphrase of this passage? check all that apply. the storm was a direct result of zeus’s fury at the men. for two days and nights, zeus created a storm at sea. odysseus and his men feared greatly for their lives. the sails on the ship cracked in the heavy winds. the men felt grief as they lay offshore and waited