Take a look at "hot, hot, hot." the article states:
in this case, the dome of high pressure also pushed the jet stream and its drier, cooler air, farther north than normal, into canada. meanwhile, hot, humid air from the gulf of mexico circulated clockwise around the dome, traveling farther inland than normal.

in the word circulated, the suffix –ate must mean?

a. to multiply
b. to oppose
c. to cease
d. to make

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. then, in 1958, when he was nine, his mother got a job as a dental assistant – and a raise. at about the same time, wash got a job, too. six days a week for eight years, he woke up by four o'clock in the morning to deliver milk. by the time he got to school each day, he'd already put in almost half a day's work. how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to his mother’s medical training by connecting readers to the milk-delivery business by connecting readers to wash’s academic success by connecting readers to wash’s daily work routine