1. PART A: Which of the following statements best
describes the central theme of the text?
A
Children owe their parents their devotion
because of the great effort required to bear and
raise a child.
B Someone who treats his or her parents well is
more likely to be a respectable and morally
upright person.
c Unmarried girls should devote themselves to
painstakingly caring for their parents and
demonstrating great respect for them.
D Girls should take care to choose their spouses
carefully to ensure that they will maintain a good
relationship with their parents.
O

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is different from honey. it offers a stronger sweet flavor, and like steel or plastic, it had to be invented. in the age of sugar, europeans bought a product made thousands of miles away that was less expensive than the honey from down the road. that was possible only because sugar set people in motion all across the world—millions of them as slaves, in chains; a few in search of their fortunes. a perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor: that is the dark story of sugar. how does the comparison of sugar to honey reveal the authors’ purpose? it persuades readers that sugar tastes better than honey. it informs readers that there is a connection between slavery and sugar. it informs readers that honey had a major impact on society. it persuades readers that sugar is as important an invention as steel.

"ten from the sea to the sand he walks,to look in the soil, but not in the box''!

I’m robert frost poem “mending wall”, what does the narrator have on his side of the wall? a. a pine forest b. a cow farm c. an apple orchard d. a rabbit nursery