Read the sentence. Juanita used her affinity for numbers to help her design a computer program that relied on college-level
math formulas, even though she was only in middle school.

Based on the context clues in the sentence, what is the best meaning of "affinity"?

A. a talent for
B. an enjoyment of
C. a fondness for
D. an understanding of

Read the excerpt from it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference.the author’s purpose in this excerpt is to

Read the excerpt from martin luther king jr.’s “i have a dream” speech. the negro is still languishing in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. and so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. the emotional connotation of the underlined word king express his a. indecision. b. hopefulness. c. spirituality. d. outrage.

When hamlet shows his mother a picture of king hamlet and a picture of claudius, he tells her to look at the "counterfeit presentment of two brothers." in shakespeare's day, counterfeit meant a "portrait" or "picture." what does counterfeit mean today?