Our first cycling stage in Holland will be a 38mile (60km) ride from Bunnik to Amsterdam. Bunnik lies in the centre of the Netherlands surrounded by rolling woodland winding rivers picturesque houses and fields of tulips. For part of the journey, we’ll be cycling along side the ‘CrookedRhine’ river. Admittedly the bends will slow us down abit, but in the later stages there are several long straights on which we’ll be able to make up time.

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Explain how dave’s search for adulthood in ,the man who was almost a man” reflects the africa-american desire to escape the poverty of the south at the time the story was written.

What is the narrator's main conflict in this passage? a. he doesn't like someone mispronouncing his name. b. he has a history of beating up kids he doesn't like. c. he has a violent temper that he cannot control. d. he doesn't like "the kid" he mentions in the paragraph.