Read this excerpt from "mad cow, furious farmer” and consider the resource provided at the end of the passage. eventually, in 1997, governments began to ban farmers from feeding their livestock high-risk meat and bone mixtures. with that ban, the epidemic quickly peaked, and by 2010 had largely disappeared. over the years, half a million cows and two hundred people had been killed by prions. in the end, the bse epidemic was a watershed moment, or turning point, in public health. citizens were enraged at their governments for having kept prions a secret. governments, who had lost the public trust, struggled to find the best way to communicate health risks without creating unnecessary panic. the passage "mad cow, furious farmer” was written after 2010. what is the most likely reason an article about the disease from 2000 was included in the passage?
a. to provide the first writings about the disease
b. to show where all of the information in the passage came from
c. to illustrate people’s ideas about the disease when it was still a danger
d. to convince the reader that the government’s policies were correct.

The correct answer to the question: What is the most likely reason an article about the disease from 2000 was included in the passage, would be, A: To provide the first writings about the disease.

Explanation:

In fact, when reading this particular piece of the passage, the reader immediately gets the idea that he/she is being given all the background, and historical information, about how Mad Cow disease began, and how it was handled in the beginnings, as well as the progress that was achieved through different actions and plans established by governments, as of 2010. Basically the article about such an event, that happened so long before, has the purpose of giving a background, and also a progress report, on the issue. This is why the answer is A.

the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]

it for the workers lik if you have a job thats what its for

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