By the time we reached the zoo, Jimmy and I were out of breath. Sweat was trickling into my eyes and soaking my T-shirt. “Where . . . is . . . she?” he asked in short gasps as we looked around the main entrance. I was dizzy from running so hard, so I didn’t notice her until she gave me a little wave. There she was, in a short-sleeved green uniform, smiling warmly under the shade of a big oak tree. She looked just like her picture on the website. Her white curls were peeking out from under a straw hat. Select the group of sentences that would follow the given passage most logically.

The following is a paragraph from an informational essay about chewing gum. Read the paragraph, and then answer the question that follows. Everyone knows how hard it is to get gum off your shoe when you step on it, and cities face the same problem with sidewalks. Chewing gum that people throw on the ground has become a serious problem for many towns and cities. One way to remove this gum is to chill it so it is easier to peel away. Another way to get rid of it is to put some oil on it to make it softer and easier to remove. But none of these “things” is perfect. Which word is the clearest and most specific substitute for “things” in the last sentence: But none of these "things" is perfect.

Have you seen pictures of Uncle Sam? He is a skinny man with a long white beard and a top hat. He usually wears the colors of the American flag: red, white, and blue. He has been a symbol of the United States for about two hundred years. Some people think that there was actually a real Uncle Sam, named Samuel Wilson. He lived in Troy, New York, in the early 1800s, he ran a business that delivered meat to the United States Army. The meat was delivered in barrels stamped “U.S.” The “U.S.” stamp was to show that it belonged to the United States government. The people delivering the meat knew that it came from Sam Wilson. They joked to the soldiers that the “U.S.” on the meat barrels stood for “Uncle Sam.” The joke spread. Soon, all over the country, “Uncle Sam” became another way of saying “United States.” Select the correct way to revise the sentence: “He lived in Troy, New York, in the early 1800s, he ran a business that delivered meat to the United States Army.”

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