The amazon rainforest is one of the most important ecosystems in the world. however, it is slowly being destroyed. areas of the rainforest are being cleared for farms and roads, and much of the wood is also being harvested and sold. there are several compelling reasons to protect this area. first, a significant number of pharmaceuticals are made from plants that have been discovered in the rainforest, and it's quite possible there are still important plants that have not yet been discovered. secondly, the rainforest provides a significant portion of the world's oxygen and also absorbs great amounts of carbon dioxide. without rainforests, global warming could accelerate.

the main purpose of the passage is

to explain why the amazon rainforest should be protected.
to discuss how the rainforest has in the development of medications.
to present the major reasons why the amazon rainforest is being destroyed.
to argue that rainforest destruction is a major cause of global warming.

I think it is the first answer choice " to explain why the Amazon Rainforest should be protected." Because that's what the passage is about. Someone explaining why the Rainforest should be protected and what will happen if it is destroyed.

the answer is letter c : ) hope this

answer: compare a myth legend, or classic work of literature of you choice to a modern work that reinterprets it.focus on the similarities in theme between the newer work and the original, and provide examples that illustrate these themes from both works. the modern work may be any novel, movie, play, short story, or other storytelling medium with which you’re familiars long as it is clearly inspired by a myth, legend, or classic work of literature.

short-response prompt  

read the following excerpt from “fish cheeks” by amy tannin which tan recounts a christmas eve dinner.  

i fell in love with the minister’s son the winter i turned fourteen. he was not chinese, but as white as mary in the manger. for christmas i prayed for this blond-haired boy, robert, and a slim new american nose.  

on christmas eve i saw that my mother had outdone herself in creating a strange menu. she was pulling black veins out of the backs of fleshy prawns. the kitchen was littered with appalling mounds of raw food: a slimy rock cod with bulging fish eyes that pleaded not to be thrown into a pan of hot oil. tofu, which looked like stacked wedges of rubbery white sponges. a howl soaking dried fungus back to life. a plate of squid, their backs crisscrossed with knife markings so they resembled bicycle tires.  

after everyone had gone, my mother said to me. “you want to be the same as american girls on the outside.” she handed me an early gift. it was a miniskirt in beige tweed. “but in side you must always be chinese. you must be proud you are different. your only shame is to have shame.”