The ups, downs, and 12 turns inside the tube absorb riders as they slide. The thrill of the slide takes up all their attention! Sliding lasts 40 seconds when the weather is sunny and dry. If the air is damp, the mat gets sticky and the ride takes longer. Complete the chart. What does "absorb" mean in this passage?

A. to soak up a liquid.

B. to hold someone's full interest.

C. to cause to move quickly.

D. to create a feeling of sickness.​

A

Explanation:

B. to hold someone's full interest

Explanation:

By process of elimination we can eliminate the rest of the answers.

A. There is no information telling us that the slide can soak up liquid.

C & D. Absorb means neither of these in any context.

The answer is B. We can infer this from the next sentence after "absorb" is used. "The thrill... takes up all their attention!"

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

hot and dry

i need 20 things so this was just randomly added. hot and dry is the answer