Read the sentences from the "ellis island oral history project" excerpt.
oh, i, it was so beautiful to see her. ten years i didn't see her. i mean, she looked different, and i was so grown up. i was only eight years old when she left and then i was eighteen. i was young lady. well, i came and she was hugging me. we both cry.
what is the central idea of the sentences?
it is not easy to avoid those closest to us.
time does not affect one's overall appearance.
reunions awaken memories and emotions.
it is possible to remember childhood events.

The associated press is a wire service in of news around the world. 1.portable 2.importer 3.reporter 4.transport which will fill in the blank need plz

Read the passage below my men came pressing round me, pleading: 'why not take these cheeses, get them stowed, come back, throw open all the pens, and make a run for it? we'll drive the kids and lambs aboard. we say put out again on good salt water! ' ah, how sound that was! yet i refused. i wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer – no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends. -the odyssey, homer what inferences can be made about odysseus based on his choice to stay and see the cyclops? check all that apply. a.odysseus does not care about his crew. b.odysseus is curious about what the cyclops is like. c.odysseus wants to see if the cyclops will give him anything. d.odysseus is scared of the cyclops. e.odysseus needs to show who is in charge by not following what his men say.

For i assure you (what credit my assurance may have with you, i cannot tell, but what credit it shall deserve to have, the sequel shall declare) i will never in that matter conclude any thing that shall be prejudicial to the realm. for the weal, good and safety whereof, i will never shun to spend my life . . –response to parliament's request that she marry, queen elizabeth i what is queen elizabeth's purpose in this passage? to inform her audience about new safety measures she wishes to take to protect england to entertain her audience by providing details about the sequel to a famous play to persuade her audience that she will not make any personal choices that harm england to inform her audience that she has made the decision to get married