Trey finished his speech, and it was Erin's turn at the podium. The crowd was clapping loudly, and some members of the audience yelled Trey's name, while others whistled. Erin knew she would need to make a great speech to compete with him. She took a deep breath and walked on stage. She took her spot behind the podium and looked out into the silent audience. A sea of faces stared back at her. Her mouth suddenly went dry, her palms began to sweat, and her stomach began to turn. Her mind went blank, and she could not remember a single word of her speech. Which sentence from this paragraph best supports the central idea of the paragraph?
A.
She took her spot behind the podium and looked out into the silent audience.
B.
Her mind went blank, and she could not remember a single word of her speech.
C.
Erin knew she would need to make a great speech to compete with him.
D.
The crowd was clapping loudly, and some members of the audience yelled Trey's name, while others whistled.

Read this passage: there were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a few raisins and almonds; some cheese that gregor had declared inedible two days before; a dry roll and some bread spread with butter and salt. "am i less sensitive than i used to be, then? ", he thought, and was already sucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately, almost compellingly, attracted him much more than the other foods on the newspaper. quickly one after another, his eyes watering with pleasure, he consumed the cheese, the vegetables and the sauce; the fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all, and even dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away from them because he couldn't stand the smell. kafka, the metamorphosis (david wyllie, trans.) what can you infer about gregor from this excerpt? a. he enjoys disturbing his family by making a lot of noise. b. he is upset at being locked in the room and tries to escape. c. he is becoming less human and more like a bug. d. he is depressed and is trying to hurt himself.

Focus question: miss maudie says, “atticus finch is the same in his house as he is in public” (61). what evidence so far proves this true?

There are over 400,000 honeybee hives in britain run by 44,000 professional beekeepers. select the best answer from the choices provided true false