Which line from president reagan’s address at moscow state university is a fact?

a democracy is the standard by which governments are measured.
b throughout the world, free markets are the model for growth.
c the key is freedom—freedom of thought, freedom of information, freedom of communication.
d every four years the american people choose a new president, and 1988 is one of those years.

D Every four years the American people choose a new president, and 1988 is one of those years.

The last option is the only one that can be considered a fact. This is because the statement tells us about something that can be proven right or wrong and that does not depend on opinion. On the other hand, options A, B and C give statements that depend completely on ideology. Many governments and politicians around the world would not agree that democracy is how you measure a government, or that free markets are the model for growth, or that freedom is the key to all problems. This arguments rest on opinion, therefore, they are not facts.

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.

answer :

the idiom "pride goes before a fall" means that being too proud causes one to make mistakes that eventually lead to failure or downfall.

in the stranger's story in the "the storyteller," bertha had won three medals for obedience, punctuality and good manners. she was really proud of her medals and pinned them to her dress and wore them everywhere she went so that everyone would know how good she was. in the end, these symbols of her excessive pride cost her her life. when she was hiding from the wolf in the bushes, it was the clinking of her medals that alerted his attention towards her presence and lead to her death.