25 Which of the following summarizes the passage most accurately
and concisely?
A
Norman struggles through a long journey filled with danger.
B
Norman completes a long journey with more questions than
answers.
C С
Norman embarks on a long journey to discover the meaning
of courage
D
Norman embraces a long journey by connecting to his
ancestral heritage.

Which headline best matches the subject and language of the article? community efforts make dc dreams come true kids' fierce determination wows at splash and dash o youth group's successful car wash funds trip to dc splash and dash car wash supports local group

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.

Mohammed reads this sentence. we knew the runner was an amateur because experts can run much faster. based on the contrast clue, what prediction does mohammed most likely make about the meaning of amateur? it means "someone who likes running." it means "someone who dislikes running." it means "someone who has a lot of experience." it means "someone who has very little experience."