Which of the following is the best substitute for the word emit in this sentence: “the heart monitor machine was set to emit regular beeps”?
a. send out
b. register
c. calculate
d. sustain

Read the excerpt from part 2 of “to build a fire.” to build the fire he had been forced to remove his mittens, and the fingers had quickly gone numb. his pace of four miles an hour had kept his heart pumping blood to the surface of his body and to all the extremities. but the instant he stopped, the action of the pump eased down. which words from the excerpt provide context clues for the underlined word?