Read the following paragraphs and respond to the questions that follow by choosing the letter of the correct answer.
Because news services now use satellites and computer terminals instead of the original telegraph
machines, cooperative and for-profit news gathering has become virtually instantaneous. Most American newspapers and broadcast news operations subscribe to at least one news service, such as AP. Many other news services send stories and broadcasts worldwide: Agence France-Presse (France), Reuters (Great Britain), ITAR-TASS (Russia), Agenzia-Nationale Stampa Associate (ANSA; Italy), Deutsche-Presse Agentur (Germany) and Xinhua (China).
The two patterns that organize the paragraph are
a. sequence and list .
b. definition and list.
c. cause/effect and comparison/contrast.
d. list and cause/effect.
c. cause/effect and comparison/contrast.
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Complete the following sentences, using the present indicative of the verbs in parentheses. When necessary, separate multiple answers with a comma (example: uno, dos). Yo ____________________ (conducir) el coche de mi papá y ____________________ (traer) a mi hermano a la universidad.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Noi non puliamo la nostra stanza.
Cambiate il verbo per adattarlo alla forma loro. (Change the verb to the form of loro.)
Why does the other cashier "shake open a paper bag as gently as peeling a peach"?
What will be an ideal response?
How old was Maliszewski’s grandmother when her grandfather died?
a) 70 years old b) years old c) 35 years old d) 62 years old