Read the paragraph. Neighbors are already looking forward to the grand opening of the Englewood Aquatic Center and the recreation that the center’s Olympic-sized pool will provide. With proof of address, residents will be able to sign up for discounted swimming lessons and attend weekly open swim sessions for free. The new swimming facility will take two years to build. It will be state of the art.

Which revision uses a phrase to combine the last two sentences?

Constructing this new state-of-the-art swimming facility will take two years.
The two-year construction of the swimming facility will be state of the art.
Taking years to complete, construction of the state-of-the-art swimming facility will be complete.
Construction of the new swimming facility will take two years and be state of the art.

Constructing this new state-of-the-art swimming facility will take two years.

Explanation:

The phrase state of the art refers to the highest level of development of a product. Products described as state-of-the-art are based on the newest technology. When this phrase is used as an adjective, it's written with hyphens between words - state-of-the-art.

The correct way to revise the last two sentences is: Constructing this new state-of-the-art swimming facility will take two years.

The second and fourth options are incorrect because it is the swimming facility that will be state of the art, not the construction.

The third option is incorrect because the duration of the construction is not precisely stated.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)