golf is a game of skill, patience, and perseverance. it is a game of skill because it takes years of practice to perfect the art of driving, chipping, and putting. it takes patience because while one shot may result in triumph, the next shot can result in disaster. it takes perseverance because a golfer has to be willing to practice every day in order to improve.
which sentence is the best concluding statement for this paragraph?
a) it takes a long time and a lot of practice in order to be a good golfer.
b) golf can also be fun; many people enjoy golf even when they have a really bad game.
c) many of today's professional golfers began learning the game of golf as early as 3-4 years of age.
d) many people give up the game of golf because they do not have the skill, patience, and perseverance necessary to succeed.
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my math teacher, mr. johansen, became very ill during class; a substitute was called in to finish the day.
which transition word or phrase best completes the sentence?
a) because
b) therefore
c) for example
d) in other words

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction.it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values.it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba.it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.