Read the paragraph from the section "The Gender Gap." Cimpian said there has been much focus on getting girls interested in science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM). But even 12 years later, the gender gap is
still there. There also haven't been any changes in how teachers are seeing girls. He
called this "alarming."
How does this paragraph reflect a central idea of the article?

A) It suggests that schools have been making the changes needed to close the
gender gap.
B) It suggests that Cimpian thinks teachers do not want to learn how to teach girls
math.
C) It suggests that no matter what schools do girls will not be as good as boys in
STEM.
D) It suggests that the attempts to close the gender gap in math have not been
successful.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky