More than 30 million acres of tropical rain forest are destroyed each year. an area as small as 1,000 acres of primary rain forest contains as many as 600 species of flowering plants, 280 species of trees, and 40 types of reptiles. what if one of these plants or animals contained the cure for cancer but was lost forever when its home was destroyed? that acre of rain forest could have saved millions of people, including the lives of innocent children.

what sentence best sums up the author’s viewpoint on the world’s rain forests?

a. the destruction of the rain forests must be stopped.

b. the rain forest must be cut away to make room for development.

c. the cure for cancer might be found in the tropical rain forest.

d. a small area of the tropical rain forest contains many different types of species.

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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)