Read the passage and answer the question. The bone marrow produces millions of normal blood cells every day. These cells come in three varieties: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. The red cells are important carriers, transporting oxygen to all body cells and removing waste products from the cells. White blood cells are the defenders of the body as they protect it from infection and illness. Platelets are small cells which help the blood to clot and prevent hemorrhages. 1 Select the correct answer. What does the author imply in this paragraph?

A. Normal production of blood cells is a necessity for a healthy body.
B. The bone marrow produces three types of blood cells.
C. The three varieties of blood cells are interdependent.
D. Great problems occur when the normal production of blood cells is interrupted.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt