English, 13.01.2021 07:10 markitakimbrough69

PLEASE PLEASE HELP ILL AWARD YOU THERES MORE ON MY PROFILE PLEASE 5. The paragraphs below, excerpted from Barry Lopez's essay "Flight," have been scrambled. Which paragraph flows logically?
(a) It cost Morehouse-Martens of Columbus $5,000, but they made a profit of more than $1,000 by cutting the fabric up into small pieces and selling them as souvenirs to customers at their dry-goods store. Standing there on the ramp I asked my companion if he knew about the first shipment of airfreight, in 1910. No, he didn't. It was 542 square yards of silk, I said, carried sixty miles from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio.
(b) Standing there on the ramp I asked my companion if he knew about the first shipment of airfreight, in 1910. It was 542 square yards of silk, I said, carried sixty miles from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio. No, he didn't. It cost Morehouse-Martens of Columbus $5,000, but they made a profit of more than $1,000 by cutting the fabric up into small pieces and selling them as souvenirs to customers at their dry-goods store.
(c) It was 542 square yards of silk, I said, carried sixty miles from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio. It cost Morehouse-Martens of Columbus $5,000, but they made a profit of more than $1,000 by cutting the fabric up into small pieces and selling them as souvenirs to customers at their dry-goods store. Standing there on the ramp I asked my companion if he knew about the first shipment of airfreight, in 1910. No, he didn't.
(d) Standing there on the ramp I asked my companion if he knew about the first shipment of airfreight, in 1910. No, he didn't. It was 542 square yards of silk, I said, carried sixty miles from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio. It cost Morehouse-Martens of Columbus $5,000, but they made a profit of more than $1,000 by cutting the fabric up into small pieces and selling them as souvenirs to customers at their dry-goods store.
(e) None of the above
6. Which of the following is the least appropriate thesis?
(a) Nothing in history rivals in importance the development of the internal combustion engine.
(b) The so-called safety features added to automobiles in the last ten years, in response to requirements by the federal government, have served to increase cost, not safety.
(c) U. S. manufacturers design automobiles to suit the public images Americans want to project, not to satisfy the demands of science and common sense.
(d) Automobile manufacturers in the U. S., who are overly concerned with the freedom of the nation to import oil, have covertly pressured the federal government to use the military in support of their interests.
(e) The popularity of automobiles has led to the construction of superhighways.
7. Assume that you're writing an essay on high school athletics. Your thesis is as follows:
"To prevent an unhealthy distinction between teams that produce large revenues for schools and teams that do not—a distinction that always works for male athletes and against female athletes—we should insist that schools charge no admissions for any games, and we should be prepared to pay higher taxes to support high school athletics."
Which of the following is the topic least appropriate for your essay?
(a) The importance of women's soccer teams in the U. S.
(b) Seating capacities of high school gyms and stadiums
(c) The appeal of football
(d) Determining the members of a board of education by appointment, not election
(e) The scheduling of track and field events

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