Which sentence from the article best illustrates how the author views kitesurfing? “‘The idea of kiteboarding flashed into my mind and my imagination ran wild.’”

“Kitesurfers ride the waves on a board like surfers do, but they’re towed along by large
kites flying in the wind.”

“This adventurous sport is sure to provide an adrenaline rush as you enjoy the freedom
of the wind blowing in your face.”

“After all, you could find yourself flying 40 feet in the air at a fairly frightening rate
of speed.”

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

What does the following advertisement most clearly reveal about the views of its intended audience? a. the audience worries about the health of pets. b. the audience owns both puppies and kittens. c. the audience has a soft spot for cute animals d. the audience wants to buy a dog or cat.

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." those tests were constructed around items like fill-in-the-blank sentence completion, such as “even though tom was mary thought he was ” and the correct answer always seemed to be the most bland combinations of thoughts, for example, “even though tom was foolish, mary thought he was ridiculous.” well, according to my mother, there were very few limitations as to what tom could have been and what mary might have thought of him. so i never did well on tests like that. how does tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt? tan discusses the types of questions on achievement tests to support the idea that the tests limit students’ ability to write well. tan explains a question on a language achievement test to support the idea that the tests should include more interesting content. tan gives an example of her experience with achievement tests to support the idea that they are not always accurate measures of language ability. tan considers how her mother might answer a question on a test to support the idea that nonstandard english limits a person’s ability to communicate.