Select the best answer to the question: Which behavior might you expect from a nonconformist? * checking his or her stock investments
following the most recent fads
joining many clubs
listening to music that no one else in school has heard of

i believe the answer is d

i think the best answer would be d allowing 30 seconds between response would give time for what was already said to sink down in your mind.

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)

the answer is true.

the international phonetic alphabet (a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the international phonetic association) is composed of one or more elements of two basic types, letters and diacritics.