Un correo electrónico (An e-mail).Read the e-mail that Marta wrote to her friend, and then answer the questions in English about what Marta said. 

Hola Lola:
Hoy es el primer día de clases en la universidad. Tenemos un profesor de historia muy inteligente que habla por horas. Mi amigo Aldo y yo compramos muchos libros de arte y también de literatura latinoamericana y francesa. Los dos padres de Aldo son profesores: su madre es profesora de inglés y su padre enseña español.Después de las clases, regreso a casa. No practico deportes ni tomo café con mis amigos porque tengo mucha tarea.¡Ahora tengo que estudiar!Te escribo más tarde. - M.


Why can't Marta play sports or hang out with her friends?
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What will be an ideal response?


Wording may vary. Possible answer:Because Marta has a lot of homework.?

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A. 8:20 B. 7:40 C. 20:08 D. 18:20

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Read each paragraph and respond to the questions that follow by choosing the letter of the correct answer.

(1) Janice Boucher, author of How to Love the Job You Hate, says it’s possible to recapture your love for a job gone bad. (2) One approach is to redesign your job so that it offers more challenge, more variety, or less stress. (3) For instance, you could delegate1 to someone else some task that you do not like to do, or you could develop a special project that gives your job greater meaning. (4) Also, you can do things that make you feel good about yourself and your job again. (5) As an illustration, a supermarket cashier might begin to pay genuine attention to customers in order to improve service, and a newspaper reporter pressured to emphasize sensationalism2 could establish higher standards for truth in reporting. 1. The topic sentence of this paragraph is a. sentence 1. c. sentence 3. b. sentence 2. d. sentence 4. 2. Which of the following sentences begins with a transition that signals a major supporting detail? a. sentence 1 c. sentence 4 b. sentence 3 d. sentence 5 3. Which of the following sentences begins with a transition that signals a minor supporting detail? a. sentence 1 c. sentence 4 b. sentence 2 d. sentence 5

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Marrow means

A) innermost part B) decaying part C) vital part D) living part

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