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when they had laughed at beth's story, they asked their mother for one, and after a moment’s thought, she said soberly, "as i sat cutting out blue flannel jackets today at the rooms, i felt very anxious about father, and thought how lonely and we should be, if anything happened to him. it was not a wise thing to do, but i kept on worrying till an old man came in with an order for some clothes.

which of the following sentences uses a word with a similar meaning to soberly as used in the passage above?

a)my family abstains from eating chocolate during lent.
b)lacking a sense of humor, our math teacher takes all of our jokes literally.
c)nichole showed maturity and composure beyond her fourteen years at the awards reception.
d)unbeknownst to the theater-goers, the film’s star made an impromptu appearance at the premiere.

Consider the text and its central idea. informational text: one privilege that many teens look forward to is the ability to earn a driver’s license. driver’s licensing requirements are not the same in every state. in some states, young people can be fully licensed before their sixteenth birthday. in other states, the privilege to drive has some restrictions until the driver is eighteen years old. in every state, driver education is a required step in earning a license. students might earn a permit, or provisional license, and spend six months to a year driving with an adult in the car. since states are very different based on population, development, and roadways, the laws are different, too. central idea: states makes different laws about licensing drivers with some similar requirements. what supporting detail is most important to include in a summary of this text? teens get excited about learning to drive. in some states, kids can get their license on their birthday. some states are heavily populated, with dangerous roads to navigate. every state includes driver education as part of licensing requirements.