7. According to the text, what is the relationship between the American population and its
natural resources?
A. Only a small percent of wealthy Americans are increasingly exhausting resources for
private and business-related interests.
B. The American population requires increased use of national resources due to the rapid
industrialization of the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries.
C. The American public is generally unaware and disinterested in the environment.
D. Historically, the American people have valued and protected their resources,
which have brought the United States great economic wealth.

Which of the following describes the structure of this excerpt best? a.free verse b.sonnet c.ballad d.blank verse

Ineed .. read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. eye contact, also referred to as gaze, is how—and how much—we look at peoplewith whom we are communicating. eye contact has several purposes incommunication.its presence shows that we are paying attention. in addition, how we look at a person reveals a range of emotions such as affection, anger, or fear. moreover, intensity of eye contact may also be used to show dominance. for instance, we talk of someone “staring another person down.” finally, through ou reye contact we can check the effect of our communication. by maintaining our eye contact, we can tell when or whether people are paying attention to us, when people are involved in what we are saying, and what their feelings are about what we are saying. 1. eye contact can be a clue to what we feel and what our listeners feel. 2. our eyes are more important than our ears in effective communication. 3. eye contact can never reveal how much power one person has overanother. 4. sometimes a parent can control children just

Titinius.] why didst thou send me forth, brave cassius? did i not meet thy friends, and did not they put on my brows this wreath of victory, and bid me give it thee? didst thou not hear their shouts? alas, thou hast misconstrued everything! but hold thee, take this garland on thy brow. thy brutus bid me give it thee, and i will do his bidding. brutus, come apace, and see how i regarded caius cassius. by your leave, gods,—this is a roman’s part: come, cassius’ sword, and find titinius’ heart. which theme is best expressed by the text evidence in the excerpt? a. power corrupts those who achieve it. b victory has a high cost for both sides of a conflict. c. loyalty to one's superior is more important than life. d.people in power cannot recognize success.