Question 1: read the following passage about computer files. then read the passage again, and identify the nouns you find. all the information on a computer system is stored in computer files. to give you a better understanding of what a computer file is and how it’s stored by your computer, let’s look at a typical paper file system. most people store a variety of information, such as bills, receipts, special instructions, and manuals, either at work or at home. these items are kept for future use. now, if we scatter these items across a table or desk, the information is very hard to find. therefore, most people store items in individual file folders. people often attach labels to each folder, so it’s easy to determine what’s in each file folder. the name on the label represents the information in the file. labeling this way makes it easier to find information. computer files are like paper files. information that’s used by a computer is stored in electronic files. each file folder is given a name by the user. the name given to each computer file is called the filename.

These are the nouns:

information ,  computer  system  ( compound noun made up of two nouns); computer files ( compound noun); understanding, computer file (compound noun), computer,  paper file system ( compound noun ; paper-file is working as a compound noun  and as a modifier of system); people,information, bills, receipts, instructions, manuals, work, home, items, use, items ,table, desk, information, people,items, file folders (compound noun); people, labels , folder, file folder, name, labels ,information, file ,labeling , way, information, computer files (compound noun); paper files ( compound noun); information, computer,  files, file folder, name, user, name, computer file (compound noun), filename.

Explanation:All the information on a computer system is stored in computer files. To give you a better understanding of what a computer file is and how it’s stored by your computer, let’s look at a typical paper file system. Most people store a variety of information, such as bills, receipts, special instructions, and manuals, either at work or at home. These items are kept for future use. Now, if we scatter these items across a table or desk, the information is very hard to find. Therefore, most people store items in individual file folders. People often attach labels to each folder, so it’s easy to determine what’s in each file folder. The name on the label represents the information in the file. Labeling this way makes it easier to find information. Computer files are like paper files. Information that’s used by a computer is stored in electronic files. Each file folder is given a name by the user. The name given to each computer file is called the filename.

leader, general, man, president

girl, woman, female

city, state

day

month

city

newspaper, periodical, publication

singers, rock group, band

Early in April, Paula and Harry Jones left on their trip.  

They drove their Volvo to Old Bass Lake.

On their way to the lake, they stopped in Toledo, Ohio, and in Chicago, Illinois.

The Volvo was loaded with supplies, which included a tent, a stove, fishing gear, sleeping bags, and canned food.

During their trip, Paula and Harry read magazines.

Harry took copies of Reader’s Digest, Popular Mechanics, and Sports Illustrated.

Time and Newsweek were the magazines Paula liked.

On their return trip, they planned to visit the home of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.