Qul Which te of the following sentences from the article include CENTRAL Ideas of the article
* More recent at has grown into a method of keeping track of population demographics and
other social categories
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* At the same time, the consus is a useful informational tool for meeting people's needs, and
can iterally save lives.
* Knowing who is where also helps the government account for changes following a disaster.
1 and 3
(8)
1 and 4
2 and 3
(D)
2 and 4
Read the following paragraphs from the section "Natural Disasters."
For example, information about who lives where comes in handy when natural disasters strike.
Accurate date about local populations helps federal agencies be better prepared. For instance,
sensus data can alert officials that an area has a large number of Spanish speakers. Such
information may help emergency teams better communicate with local people.
The U. S. Census Bureau's On the Map online tool offers real-time information, providing
emergency organizations with the latest information. Census data is matched up with geographic
information to help manage immediate emergency response or create future emergency
preparedness plans. Knowing who is where also helps the government account for changes
following a disaster. Census data can track how people are doing - and where they are going -
after they are evacuated.
How is the CENTRAL idea developed in these two paragraphs?
(A)
by citing evidence to support combining census data and geographic information
(8)
by explaining the difficulty in using census data in times of natural disasters
(C)
by offering reasons that some people are suspicious of census workers
(D)
by providing examples of how census data can be used to help people
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What is the MAIN reason the author includes the section "In U. K. Religion Inspired By 'Star Wars'?
(A) to argue that the census data might not be useful for government agencies
(B) to explain the development of census data collection over the years
(C) to introduce the idea that the census can provide unexpected and unusual information
(D)
to show that many people do not take the census seriously
Read the introduction of the article (paragraphs 1-2).
How does the introduction develop the MAIN idea?
(A)
by citing the new types of information gathered through the census
by identifying how the intention of the census has developed over time
(B)
(C)
by presenting the methods used to conduct a census
by providing the rationale for conducting a census periodically
(D)
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