1.) read the passagesuddenly a clear rippling little sound broke out near her and she turned around. she was standing a few feet from a young apple-tree, and the robin have flown on to one of its branches and had burst out into a scrap of a song. ben weatherstaff laughed outright."what did he do that for? " asked mary."he's made up his mind to make friends with thee," replied ben."dang me if he hasn't took a fancy to thee.""to me? " said mary, and she moved toward the little tree softly looked up. which is the best evidence that mary is beginning to change? she was standing a few feet from a young apple-tree."what did he do that for? " asked mary. she turned around. she moved toward the little tree softly.2.) consider this passage from the secret garden"i'm lonely," she said. she had not known before that this was one of the things which made her feet sour and cross. she seemed to find it out when the robin looked at her and she looked at the robin. which theme from the novel is apparent in this passage? curiosity is a natural part of childhood. secrets can have unintended consequences. it is important to be open about your feelings. everyone needs human companionship.3.) read the passage. her hair was like curly silk and she had a delicate little nose which seemed to be disdaining things, and she had large laughing eyes. all her clothes were thin and floating, and mary said they were "full of lace." they looked fuller of lace than ever this morning, but her eyes were not laughing. they were large and scared and lifted imploringly to the fair boy officer's face."is it so very bad? oh, is it? " mary heard her say."awfully," the young man answered in a trembling voice. "awfully, mrs. lennox. you ought to have gone to the hills two weeks ago."the memsahib wrung her hands. which detail best supports the idea that mrs. lennox is worried? her hair is like curly silk. she ought to have gone to the hills two weeks ago. the memsahib wrung her hands. all her clothes were thin and floating.

Marking brainliestwhy does lysander stop loving hermia and begin loving helena? the magical flower juice was accidentally put in his eyes, making him fall in love with the first person he saw. hermia acts jealous and mean, causing lysander to rethink his feelings for her. helena confides hermia's secret plan to runaway with demeetrius. the magical flower juice has the opposite effect than what was expected.

(20 points) passage: this year will be a record-breaking year for storms 1it looks like 2012 will be a year for the record books. thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes have increased across the country. the storms' high winds and heavy rains are making history. early tornado and hurricane seasons 2in march, not usually a busy month for tornadoes, the south and midwest had a large number of twisters. warm weather made conditions ripe for the creation of tornadoes. on some days, twisters dropped from the sky by the dozen. 3hurricane season also came early. two tropical storms hit the southeast in may. two more strong storms followed in june. severe thunderstorms 4many states that have escaped tornadoes and hurricanes have had severe thunderstorms. these giant storms dumped several inches of rain and caused flooding across the northeast and midwest. 5the end of hurricane season is months away, and this year's storm count and rainfall amounts could leave 2011 in the dust. forecasters say the wet, windy weather might stick around until fall. labor day parade rained out 6there is no joy in green town, where the annual labor day parade was called off because of heavy rain. the town's mayor says the parade hasn't been rained out in fifty years. 7a strong band of thunderstorms hit green town on sunday. more than two inches of rain fell each hour. by monday morning, main street looked more like a creek than a parade route. mayor nora bell said she had to call off the parade. "the heavy rains have created a serious safety issue in green town," she said. 8the loss of the labor day parade is green town's second disappointment this summer. in may, the memorial day parade was also called off because of rain. "this must be one of the wettest summers in history," mayor bell said. 9according to the national weather service, mayor bell is right. this summer will break rainfall records in green town and across the country. question: who would obtain the most useful information from the passage? a) someone planning a holiday picnic. b) someone interested in documenting annual meteorological patterns. c) an advocate for the green town labor day parade. d) someone who wishes to do research on the alleged truth of the "global warming" phenomenon.

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich aspired to be part of the elite in society from a young age? a.ivan ilyich was  le phenix de la famille  as people said.  he was neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them—an intelligent polished, lively and agreeable man.b.  even when he was at the school of law he was just what he remained for the rest of his life:   a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty:   and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority.c.neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them.d.all the enthusiasms of childhood and youth passed without leaving much trace on him; he succumbed to sensuality, to vanity, and latterly among the highest classes to liberalism, but always within limits which his instinct unfailingly indicated to him as correct.e.at school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;