The poor are wise, more charitable, kinder, more sensitive than we are. 2In their eyes, prison is a tragedy in a man's life, a misfortune, a casualty, something that calls for sympathy in others. 3They speak of one who is in prison as of one who is 'in trouble' simply. 4It is the phrase they always use, and the expression has the perfect wisdom of love in it. 5With people of our own rank, it is different. The main idea of the paragraph is best expressed in sentence number . 1 2 3 4 5

How are the two arguments made in the passages different? a. the first passage claims that pets in class will children with health problems; the second passage says pets will make some health problems worse. b. the first passage claims that students’ nervousness will decrease around pets; the second says that students’ nervousness will increase around pets. c. the first passage claims that pets will make the teacher’s work easier by keeping students busy; the second passage says pets will make the teacher’s work harder. d. the first passage claims that pets in school will be good for kids’ mental health; the second passage says pets will be bad for kids’ mental health.

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

1. how can culture change when it encounters new ideas and members?