Item 2 Read the excerpt from the People & Rabies web page.

Rabies is spread through saliva, the wet stuff in your mouth. It's not spread by blood, urine, or feces. If an animal has rabies and bites you - or licks its claw before it scratches you - then you could get rabies, too.

You can't get rabies just by petting an animal with rabies.

If you're bitten or scratched by an animal with rabies, the good news is that there are shots you can take that can keep you from getting the disease.

Based on the supporting details, what is a main idea of the excerpt?

It is safe to be around animals with rabies as long as they do not bite.

Humans can contract rabies through the saliva of infected animals.

There is a vaccine for humans that will prevent the spread of rabies.

One is unlikely to contract rabies by petting an infected animal.

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was outlawed in 1919 by theeighteenth amendment. prohibition, as it was called, achieved a number of good results. it lowered the average consumption of alcohol. 4rrests for drunkenness fell sharply. the rate of alcoholism was reduced. if the prohibitionists had been willing to legalize beer and wine, the experiment might have worked. instead, by insisting on a totally “dry” society, they drove thousands of ordinary people to break the law. 1. during prohibition, alcohol was not available. 2. during prohibition, many usually law-abiding people drank illegally. 3. the prohibitionists opposed the use of any form of alcoholic beverage. 4. the prohibitionists were tolerant of moderate social drinking.