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he became the first person to break the sound barrier on his own without the help of any machine.

Answer:

As he broke the sound barrier, he became the first to ever do so without the help of a machine.

Explanation:

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I can't stand queuing in the bank.
I'm going to give up smoking tomorrow.
Are these two sentences grammatically correct?

A day with my grandparents

Which choice correctly uses a participle to combine the choppy sentences?


Jonah breezed through the test. Jonah was feeling confident.


A. Feeling confident, Jonah breezed through the test.

B. Confidently, Jonah breezed through the test.

C. To feel confident, Jonah breezed through the test.

D. The test was a breeze, Jonah felt confident

Which statement best expresses the main idea of paragraph 3? F Modern highways and bridges are often constructed with concrete. G Concrete was used by ancient Romans to build massive structures. H The demand for concrete has doubled in the last decade. J Concrete has been and continues to be an important building material.

What do you think is the function of the Polonius-Ophelia-Laertes family in this play? Compare and contrast their situation and that of the ruling family.

Read this excerpt from “After Apple-Picking” by Robert Frost. Which two lines are in iambic pentameter?
My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree
Toward heaven still,
And there's a barrel that I didn't fill
Beside it, and there may be two or three
Apples I didn't pick upon some bough.
But I am done with apple-picking now.
Essence of winter sleep is on the night,
The scent of apples: I am drowsing off.
I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight
I got from looking through a pane of glass
I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough
And held against the world of hoary grass.
It melted, and I let it fall and break.
But I was well
Upon my way to sleep before it fell,
And I could tell
What form my dreaming was about to take.
Magnified apples appear and disappear,
Stem end and blossom end,
Please help!

Which of the following situations show that the object is accelerating? I. A truck changing directions II. A car speeding up in a high way III. A moving motorcycle comes to stop IV. A rolling ball moving with a uniform speed.

a. I and II
b. I and III
c. I, II, and III
d. I, II, III and IV

Reread these lines from the
poem:

Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
And sawdust restaurants with oyster shells
Besides meter, which is another sound effect in these lines?

A. The description of nights as being "restless"

B. The image of sawdust on restaurant floors

C. The repetition of the word night in the first line

D. The settings in hotels and restaurants

The following question references the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.

Trifle- a matter, affair, or circumstance of little importance or significance. D'Artagnan reported to Athos that he had saved the Queen, been rewarded with a ring, and received favor from Madame Bonacieux. Athos replied "Trifles, nothing but trifles". D'Artagnan attributed this attitude to the fact that Athos had never been in love. Knowing that Athos had once been in love with and married to Milady, why do you think he reacted so nonchalantly to D'Artagnan?

 How Justice Wargrave planned the events that took place on Soldier Island.

I have read this question about 8 times and I’m still stuck on it

What is the purpose of the film 'Isle of Dogs' ?

Read this excerpt from We've Got a Job.
One of her grandmothers assured her, "You'll be fine."
Which point of view does Audrey's grandmother use in this excerpt?
first person
second person
third person
O fourth person

another word for enviable

: Determine Schlosser's tone in the description of the lab. Which words and phrases convey the tone? What does the tone imply about the author's purpose?

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Matthew 4:4: "Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

Why should parents be friends with their children?

Political debates are a chance for the candidates to use in order
to convince people to vote for them.
A. Cash
B. Cap
C. Satire
D.Rhetoric

Rewrite the sentences to make them more interesting using different sentence forms (simple, compound, complex,
compound-complex.)
My cat just ate. Now, my cat wants to eat again,

Which statements are true of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds? Select three options.

The novel takes place in the Middle Ages.
The novel was published in 1898.
The novel inspired science fiction writers.
The novel is based on real scientific theory.
The novel describes an alien invasion of Earth.

!Romeo and Juliet Question!

Whom or what does Mercutio blame for his death?

-fate
-chance
-people
-himself​

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It was official. Khufu had been crowned king of Egypt, and one of his first duties was to find a place to build his tomb. It would be his own special site, a new place that was away from the pyramids of the kings that had ruled before him. Khufu had plans to build an enormous complex, one that would include smaller pyramids for his mother and his wives, and many tombs for the rest of his family and the members of his court. To do so, he needed a very large area. He also had to follow religious tradition and choose a site that lay on the west side of the Nile River, in the direction of the setting sun. According to the ancient Egyptians, the sun died every night in the west and was born again in the east the next morning. Therefore, it was customary to bury people on the west bank of the river so that they could travel with the sun god through the night and be reborn with him at dawn.

Exactly What Was Needed

For the Egyptians, the desert was the perfect cemetery. As it lay beyond the reaches of the Nile's floodwaters, the tombs and bodies remained safe and dry. The desert was also the best place to find stone to build tombs. Equally important was the fact that by using the desert, the Egyptians kept the fertile strip of land along the eastern bank of the Nile for farmland.
But why pick Giza? When choosing a site, Khufu had had to keep other requirements in mind as well. The pyramid had to be near the city of Memphis, Egypt's capital at the time and the center of his government. Memphis traced its origins to the beginning of
Egyptian history. It had been founded by a king named Menes, who chose the area
because it was at the point where Upper and Lower Egypt met.
As the meeting point for many trade routes, Memphis was filled with government offices, temples, and houses for the officials who ran the country. The city's chief deity was Ptah, the creator god. The Egyptians also honored Ptah as the patron of craftsmen—the people who made pottery, carved statues, and painted the pictures that covered the walls of tombs and temples.

Near a God's City

The pyramid also needed to be near Heliopolis. Located on the east bank of the Nile, the city was sacred to the sun god Re, the most important deity in Egypt at the time. Re was worshipped in a temple at Heliopolis that was surrounded by statues and obelisks. Obelisks are tall pillars that are topped by small pyramids and acted as symbols of the sun. The Egyptians often covered the tops with gold so that they would reflect and shine in the sunlight. Egyptologists think that there might have been a special large obelisk in the temple at Heliopolis. Perhaps Khufu thought that his pyramid had to have a view of the temple and its obelisk.
Giza, however, was not the only site in the western desert that was near Memphis and had a view of Heliopolis. Khufu chose Giza because it had a large, flat plateau that was high above the floodplain and because there was a lot of good-quality building material in the area. Giza was also close enough to the Nile for Khufu's construction teams to transport additional building materials and supplies to the site by boat. Excavations offer evidence that workers dug a huge harbor at the foot of the Giza Plateau so that the imported goods could be brought as close as possible to the pyramid site.

A Family Affair

While his own tomb complex was being built, Khufu planned for the burials of his family and courtiers. Three small pyramids were erected to the east of his pyramid, perhaps for his mother and two of his wives. Two huge cemeteries were laid out like miniature towns to the east and west of Khufu's pyramid. Arranged in rows along narrow streets, the tombs were houses for the dead. Members of Khufu's immediate family were given tombs in the eastern cemetery. The western cemetery was mostly for courtiers. The tombs in these cemeteries are solid rectangles with sides that slope inward. Egyptologists call them mastabas, because they look like benches (mastabas in Arabic) found outside traditional Egyptian homes. The mastabas were built of limestone, just as the pyramids were. The small rooms inside were decorated with images of the dead person in front of tables piled high with food. Relatives of the dead person came to these rooms to visit their loved ones, to say prayers for their souls, and to bring their spirits more food and drink. The bodies of the deceased were placed in huge stone coffins that were in rooms dug into the stone below the mastabas. Khufu ordered the construction of a great many tombs in these two cemeteries. Only after they were built did he assign them to specific people: Some were family members, others were courtiers and officials who had proved themselves worthy of a burial site near that of the king. Every person who was given a tomb then placed his or her name in the tomb chapel and chose the decorations. After Khufu died, the cemetery remained in use for hundreds of years.

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PART A: Which of the following best identifies the article’s central idea?

‏You won a prize! Write an email to a friend in another country to tell him/her about it.

Which transition would best fit in the blank
One quality the soccer coach looks for in a team is speed. (___), he hopes to find players who have a positive attitude.
Answers
A. Lastly
B. Another
C. Likewise
D. Additionally

Read the passage from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.

In the 1950s, Khrushchev predicted: "We will bury you." But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of health, even want of the most basic kind—too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still cannot feed itself. After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor.

And now the Soviets themselves may, in a limited way, be coming to understand the importance of freedom. We hear much from Moscow about a new policy of reform and openness. Some political prisoners have been released. Certain foreign news broadcasts are no longer being jammed. Some economic enterprises have been permitted to operate with greater freedom from state control. Are these the beginnings of profound changes in the Soviet state? Or are they token gestures, intended to raise false hopes in the West . . . ? We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.

What type of rhetorical device does Reagan use when referring to freedom in this passage?
exclusive language
repetition
emotional appeal
inclusive language

Michael Pollan conducted extensive research in The Omnivore's Dilemma. What research question was he trying to answer throughout his journey?

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 4.

PORTIA. I prithee, boy, run to the Senate House;
Stay not to answer me, but get thee gone.—
Why dost thou stay?

LUCIUS. To know my errand, madam.

PORTIA. I would have had thee there and here again5
Ere I can tell thee what thou shouldst do there.
[Aside] O constancy, be strong upon my side;
Set a huge mountain 'tween my heart and tongue.
I have a man’s mind, but a woman’s might.
How hard it is for women to keep counsel!10
[To LUCIUS] Art thou here yet?

LUCIUS. Madam, what should I do?
Run to the Capitol, and nothing else?
And so return to you, and nothing else?

PORTIA. Yes, bring me word, boy, if thy lord look well,
For he went sickly forth; and take good note15
What Caesar doth, what suitors press to him.
Hark, boy, what noise is that?

LUCIUS. I hear none, madam.

Which conclusion does this excerpt best support?

Portia knows of Brutus’ plan and is having a difficult time waiting for news.
Portia is still ignorant about Brutus’s plans.
Portia is a spy for Caesar and his followers.
Portia is concerned about the illness Brutus reported.

Which revision corrects one or more spelling mistakes in this sentence? I think your going to chose the movie about the aliens. A. I think your going to chose the movie about the aliens. B. I think you're going to chose the movie about the aliens. C. I think you're going to choose the movie about the aliens. D. I think your going to choose the movie about the aliens. ​