Whale Watching For 800 years, humans hunted whales. Now they watch them. Whale watching, first practiced in the 1960s, is now a multimillion-dollar industry. Argentina, Australia, Canada and the United States are among the more than 40 countries where tourists can watch whales.

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Select the correct answer.
Click on the best question to ask before reading the rest of the passage.
A:where in the world can people watch whales?
B:when did people first start watching whales?
C:What do whale watchers see whales do?
D:How many whales can be seen in Canada?

Read the excerpt from pat mora’s essay "the leader in the mirror." i hoped that most of the students were going to enroll in college. the confetti would be for their private celebrations, those solitary moments when they had passed a test that worried them, finished a difficult paper at 2 a.m., found a summer internship. sometimes, even when no one else is around, it’s important to celebrate when we have struggled and succeeded—to sprinkle a little confetti on our own heads. what is the author’s purpose in using confetti as a symbol? the confetti represents celebration. the author uses confetti to encourage her audience to celebrate success. the confetti represents celebration. the author uses confetti to teach the students how to plan a celebration party. the confetti is a symbol of college graduation. the author uses the symbol to reward college graduates. the confetti is a symbol of summer internships. the author uses the symbol to encourage signing up for summer internships.

What does the machinery in the hospital represent to the army major in the story? support your answer with textual evidence.

Is "they" an unstressed or stressed syllable?