Question

Read the sentence and answer the following question:

I have many beliefs about how the traffic light system could perform better.

Which revision would make this sentence more precise?

I believe small changes to the timing would improve this traffic light system.

I have some changes that I believe would make the traffic light system work better.

If the traffic light system can be addressed, I have some ideas that would make it better.

The traffic light system would perform better if my beliefs were heard.

Answer 1

I have some changes that I believe would make the traffic light system work better.

Answer 2

The Fall of the House of Usher
By Edgar Allan Poe

Shaking off what must have been a dream, I scanned more narrowly the real aspect of the building. Its principal feature seemed to be that of an excessive antiquity. The discoloration of ages had been great. Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior, hanging in a fine tangled web-work from the eaves. Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary dilapidation. No portion of the masonry had fallen; and there appeared to be a wild inconsistency between its still perfect adaptation of parts, and the crumbling condition of the individual stones. In this there was much that reminded me of the specious totality of old wood-work which has rotted for long years in some neglected vault, with no disturbance from the breath of the external air. Beyond this indication of extensive decay, however, the fabric gave little token of instability. Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely perceptible fissure, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction, until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn.

Read this line from Fall of the House of Usher:

I scanned more narrowly the real aspect of the building.

What action does the narrator describe in this line?

Speaking to his friend

Leaving the house

Arguing with his friend

Looking around the house

Answer 3

Looking around the house

Answer 4

Read the sentence below and answer the following question:

Emory was entranced by the beautiful Delacroix paintings in the museum.

What does entranced mean?

Angered

Confused

Delighted

Distracted