Read the paragraph.(1) beekeepers began reporting devastating bee losses beginning in 2006—sometimes as much as 90 percent of their hives! (2) most of the bees were gone. (3) this phenomenon is called colony collapse disorder, or ccd. (4) scientists remain unsure of what causes ccd, but they know that it has happened before. (5) reports of disappearing bees date from the 1800s. which revision would make the paragraph more precise?
a. sentence 2: change “were gone” to “had simply vanished.”
b. sentence 3: change “phenomenon” to “thing.”
c. sentence 4: change “remain” to “continue to be.”
d. sentence 5: change “date from” to “come from as far back as.”

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 5, scene 5. brutus. why this, volumnius. the ghost of caesar hath appeared to me two several times by night—at sardis once, and this last night, here in philippi fields. i know my hour is come. volumnius. not so, my lord. brutus. nay, i am sure it is, volumnius. thou seest the world, volumnius, how it goes. our enemies have beat us to the pit, [low alarums] it is more worthy to leap in ourselves than tarry till they push us. which prediction about the plot does this passage most support? brutus will replace caesar. brutus will take his own life. brutus will surrender to his enemies. brutus will be forever haunted by caesar.

The duke and the dauphin lie, cheat, and steal for the purposes of their own survival. answers: •true •false

What is the author purpose for including this portion of how to eat an live cream cone