Answer:
The Birling family and Gerald Croft are celebrating Sheila’s engagement to Gerald
• Although there are a few signs that not everything is perfect (Mr Birling is too anxious to impress Gerald, Eric
seems nervous and Sheila mentions that Gerald did not come near her the previous summer) there is a
happy, light-hearted atmosphere.
• Mr Birling makes arrogant speeches, telling the other characters his views on science, the Titanic and the
relationship between bosses and workers, saying that a man ‘has to mind his own business and look after
himself’
Answer:
The garden shed is where we keep rabbits.
Explanation:
Answer:
A "The spring of 1998 was the Halley’s Comet of desert wildflower years." (lines 1–2)
Explanation:
This is the excerpt from Barbara Kingsolver's scientific essey "Called Out". It describes events in the spring of 1998 and gives insight on magnificent and complex life cycle of desert plants.
The given sentence provides description of the highway medians suggesting that there were unusually many flowers, rarely seen before.
That provides evidence to answer A. which claims that that spring was the Halley's Comet of desert wildflower years. Halley's Comet is a rare phenomenon that happens only once every 76 years, so by making this comparison, the author claims that what happened that spring was a true botanical rarity.