Why is there no water between the rails in the rebuilt section of the subway tunnel? A. The channel under the rails is carved with smooth right angles and has places for the
water to drain.
B. There are no splintered wooden rail ties that would give way under the weight of a
subway car.
C. It has not been raining long enough for water from the thunderstorm to reach the
rebuilt section of the tunnel.
D. There used to be water there, but the critters that live under the rail ties drank it all.

How does the narrator describe her parents treatment of nnamabia following his various crimes and wrongdoings

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.

Which is the most engaging way of describing how to prevent eyestrain? o a. the medical term for eyestrain is asthenopia, and is caused by the contraction of the ciliary muscle. o b. to prevent eyestrain, people should not look at screens for as long as they often do. o c. the human eye tires after staring at close objects, such as computer monitors, for too long. o d. remember the 20/20/20 rule: every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds