Which statemeant is the most reasonable inference about one of the underlying meanings of this excerpt?

a. the german invasion caught the russian army completely by surprise
b. russia wasn’t prepared to fight germany, because its troops were fighting elsewhere
c. the russian army couldn’t fight because it hadn’t been training for war
d. russia wasn’t prepared for a german invasion, but its troops were too far from its frontiers

Central ideas are the most ideas in a text.

The story behind the story is a a human interest article b concerned with the feelings of people involved in a headline event ca kind of special feature d all of these e none of these

Read and key the following paragraph. 1"the final phase of franklin's public service is themost spectacular. 2after his return to america he waselected to the second continental congress and served withjefferson and john adams on the committee which drafted thedeclaration of independence. 3then, in 1776, he wasappointed one of the three commissioners to seek military andnaval assistance from france. 4for nearly ten years pariswas his center of operations, and, in large part because ofhis personal popularity, he secured the much-needed supportof france and spain and eventually negotiate thetreaty of paris (1783), by which england recognized americanindependence. 5when he returned to america in 1785 he wasold and ill, yet he found strength to serve as a delegate tothe constitutional convention, and to continue his work withmany humanitarian and scientific societies." type the key words for sentence's 2. 3. 4. 5.