Which sentence describes the theme in “Alexandra's Lesson”? A. Rising early makes for a productive and active day.

B. Interacting with animals always lifts someone's spirits.

C. A person should always treasure time spent with family.

D. Having time alone is as important as spending time with others.

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.

your answers are correct.

hello,

define the following word using the meaning of the suffix. use your dictionary if you are uncertain of the definition.

pretentious

suffix is -ous

answer - d. pertaining to pretension

pretentious - "attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed."

pretention - "a claim or the assertion of a claim to something."

pertaining - "be appropriate, related, or applicable."