Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya's essay "take the tortillas out of your poetry
tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct
cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures,
we become freer and freer.
i don't know anyone who doesn't like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as
many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more
about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and
that activity can be justified by no one.
which phrase from the excerpt best the reader identify the author's purpose?
a)"i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings"
b) “i don't know anyone who doesn't like to sample different ethnic foods"
c) "many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world"
d) "we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures"

Read this excerpt from "herd about the flu." the flu shot prevent huge numbers of infections. even when it doesn't fully prevent infection in every person, the shot makes any flu infection less serious. on a global scale, the vaccine can reduce the number of infections only if most people in the community take it. that's because vaccines need to reach enough people to achieve a "herd immunity," the level of immunity needed to prevent the virus from spreading. if too few people get the vaccine, the people who receive it may not be well protected against infection. so the next time you are at the drugstore, and you see no flu shots available, think about the reasons behind it. drug makers are scared to make too many flu shots because they could lose too much money. they then make fewer flu shots and the effect of the flu shots becomes weaker because not enough people take it. people become more reluctant to take the flu shot since they don't think it will fully work. the demand goes down further and the flu companies make even fewer shots the next year. this could continue until the community changes its mind and we all get the flu shot. "that is a community responsibility," says the president of merck, one of the two remaining flu vaccine manufacturers. which argument best supports the passage's claim that more people should get the flu vaccine to stop the virus from spreading? 1.if too few people get the vaccine, the people who receive it may not be well protected against infection 2. so the next time you are at the drugstore, and you see no flu shots available, think about the reasons behind it. 3.people become more reluctant to take the flu shot since they don’t think it will fully work. 4.drug makers are scared to make too many flu shots because they could lose too much money.