Answer:
The claim that the excerpt most clearly supports seems to be:
D. Without humanity's presence, New York City would quickly deteriorate.
Explanation:
This excerpt taken from Alan Weisman's "The City Without Us" discusses how the human presence keep New York from becoming a disastrous chaos. As the author explains, without power and people to pump the water out, the subway systems of New York would be completely flooded. If it rains, it would only take some hours for it to be underwater; if it doesn't, just a couple of days. The author is showing readers that the city only functions because of the people who work to ensure it. If humans were to disappear, it wouldn't be long before the world became wild and nature claimed everything man has ever built.
Answer: Women's rights and racial minorities
Anna Julia Haywood Cooper was an American author, educator, scholar, sociologist and activist. Born into slavery, she was the fourth African-American woman to earn a PhD. She is also considered the mother of "Black feminism."
An accomplished writer and educator, her work focused on the importance of female education in order to improve the lives of African Americans. She argued that educated women would be able to better support underprivileged communities, and at the same time, contribute to the development of knowledge. She wrote on many other topics, such as race, gender, socioeconomic inequality and religious matters.
Answer:
1. Acumen most likely means “an ability to make good and wise decisions"
2. Tempestuous most likely means “explosive"
3. Auspicious most likely means “favorable"
Explanation:
The given words from the passage means the following:
Acumen - it most likely mean that the Senator had the ability to make good decisions or judgments.
Temptestuous - it most likely mean that the Senator wasn't "explosive" in anger.
Auspicious - it most likely mean that the Senator was favorable.
The sentence would be "I know well enough that a step like that is improper and might be misconstrued".
Look at the word choice in the sentence: "improper" and "misconstrued."
Misconstrued means to interpret someone's actions or words in a way that was not the original meaning.
The narrator knows that society will look at her as odd if she jumps out the window, so she doesn't.
