Read this excerpt from Never Had It Made. Winning his directors' approval was almost insignificant in contrast to the task which now lay ahead of the Dodger
president. He made certain that word of his plans did not leak out, particularly to the press. Next, he had to find the
ideal player for his project, which came to be called "Rickey's noble experiment." This player had to be one who
could take abuse, name-calling, rejection by fans and sportswriters and by fellow players not only on opposing
teams but on his own. He had to be able to stand up in the face of merciless persecution and not retaliate.
On the other hand, he had to be a contradiction in human terms; he still had to have spirit. He could not be an Uncle
Tom. His ability to turn the other cheek had to be predicated on his determination to gain acceptance. Once having
proven his ability as player, teammate, and man, he had to be able to cast off humbleness and stand up as a full-
fledged participant whose triumph did not carry the poison of bitterness.
Which is the central idea of this excerpt?
Rickey is frustrated with the cruel treatment of his players.
Rickey needs a strong man of purpose to represent integration.
O Rickey hopes to find a player willing to fight members of the press.
Rickey wants to interview athletes to assess their personalities.
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Read the passage, then answer the question that follows. no one could have seen it at the time, but the invention of beet sugar was not just a challenge to cane. it was a hint—just a glimpse, like a twist that comes about two thirds of the way through a movie—that the end of the age of sugar was in sight. for beet sugar showed that in order to create that perfect sweetness you did not need slaves, you did not need plantations, in fact you did not even need cane. beet sugar was a foreshadowing of what we have today: the age of science, in which sweetness is a product of chemistry, not whips. in 1854 only 11 percent of world sugar production came from beets. by 1899 the percentage had risen to about 65 percent. and beet sugar was just the first challenge to cane. by 1879 chemists discovered saccharine—a laboratory-created substance that is several hundred times sweeter than natural sugar. today the sweeteners used in the foods you eat may come from corn (high-fructose corn syrup), from fruit (fructose), or directly from the lab (for example, aspartame, invented in 1965, or sucralose—splenda—created in 1976). brazil is the land that imported more africans than any other to work on sugar plantations, and in brazil the soil is still perfect for sugar. cane grows in brazil today, but not always for sugar. instead, cane is often used to create ethanol, much as corn farmers in america now convert their harvest into fuel. –sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos how does this passage support the claim that sugar was tied to the struggle for freedom? it shows that the invention of beet sugar created competition for cane sugar. it shows that technology had a role in changing how we sweeten our foods. it shows that the beet sugar trade provided jobs for formerly enslaved workers. it shows that sweeteners did not need to be the product of sugar plantations and slavery.

The function described as consumption and the absorption of energy through photosynthesis is called a. respiration b. energy absorption/food consumption c. excretion d. re-charge