People who have ear buds in their ears simply cannot hear danger approaching. all they hear is the pretend soundtrack of their lives. people walking with ear buds in cannot hear a dog dashing up behind them nor can they hear the footsteps of a thief or murderer sneaking up behind him or her either. people who drive their cars with ear buds plugged in their ears (an act that is considered a traffic violation in many states) cannot hear a child screaming or a horn blowing in warning. cell phones are known to be a factor in many car accidents. i won’t even mention how distracting ear buds plugged into a cell phone can be for a student in a classroom setting! we basically have handed a device to students that invites them to not pay attention to the real world around them. how could the author strengthen his argument about how ear buds are dangerous when used in a car? a) by telling us about what kind of car he drives b) by talking about how many car accidents cell phones have caused c) by making a list of the fatal accidents that occurred last year d) by adding some statistics from accident reports that involved ear buds

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich aspired to be part of the elite in society from a young age? a.ivan ilyich was  le phenix de la famille  as people said.  he was neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them—an intelligent polished, lively and agreeable man.b.  even when he was at the school of law he was just what he remained for the rest of his life:   a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty:   and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority.c.neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them.d.all the enthusiasms of childhood and youth passed without leaving much trace on him; he succumbed to sensuality, to vanity, and latterly among the highest classes to liberalism, but always within limits which his instinct unfailingly indicated to him as correct.e.at school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;