A. choose the correct word from the brackets to fill in the blanks 1. Dirty drains and unclean surroundings diseases to spread.
(cause/causes) infectious
2. Everyone selected to serve on this committee
devote a lot of time to the activities. (have/has)
to be willing to
3. He seems to forget that there
graduate. (are/is)
things to be done before he can
4. There
(have/has)
to be some people left in the village in spite of the flood.
5. Three-quarters of the students
against the fee hike. (is/are)
6. Three-quarters of the student body
vacations. (is/are)
against shorter summer
7. The big dog
given birth to puppies. (has/have)

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explanation:

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself. 

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"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.