Far away on the top of a gently sloping hill stands my house. On one side the hill slopes into a valley, the site of a large country town; on the other it descends into a forest, thick with lofty trees and green, growing things. Here in stately solitude amid such surroundings towers my dwelling; its dull red brick is barely visible through the thick ivy, but the gleaming tops of its irregular roof and sloping gables catch the day's sunlight and crown it with a crown of gold.     An irregular, rambling building is this house of mine, built on no particular plan, following no order save that of desire and fancy. Peculiarly jutting rooms appear and unsuspected towers and bay-windows—the house seems almost to have built itself and to have followed its own will in so doing. If there be any one distinct feature at all, it is that halls long and very broad traverse the various parts of the house, separating a special set of rooms here, making another division there. Splendid halls are these, with fireplaces and cozy armchairs, and delightful, dark corners, and mysterious closets, and broad, shallow stairs. Just the place in winter for a host of young people to gather before the fireplace, and with popcorn and chestnuts, stories and apples, laugh away the speeding hours, while the wind howls without.     The hall on the ground floor has smaller corridors that branch off and lead at their extremity into the garden. Surely, no garden of the East, perfumed with all the odors of Araby, was ever so fair as my garden! Surely, nowhere does the snow lie so pure and smooth and deep, nowhere are the evergreen trees so very tall and stately as in my garden in winter! Most glorious is it in late spring and early June. Out on the green, green sward, I sit under the blossoming trees; in sheer delightful idleness I spend my hours, listening to the blending of windsong with the "sweet jargoning" of little birds.8Which statement provides the best objective summary of the passage? A. A narrator describes the peculiarities of her stately home and the glories of her garden. B. A narrator describes her house on a gently sloping hill and its spectacular garden. C. A narrator describes her house's exterior and interior and its surrounding garden. D. A narrator describes how cozy her home is and how stunning her garden appears in winter.

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Pueblo Bonito is an example of construction at Chaco Canyon that ____________________ through its location at the base of a cliff.Correct Answer  Exaggerated the size of the building You Answered  Was highly defensible to attack   Creates the illusion of being completely round, rather than semi-circular   Was built directly into the “living rock” of the cliff   Does not align with any other features

My motto is invite nature in. I am proud to achieve a lot using minimalist lines. My designs have thick walls, and the stone and wood create a tranquil space.Based on your reading, who is speaking? Le Baron Haussmann Peter Zumthor Victor Horta Pit Wagner

Select the correct answer.Read paragraph 2.[2] In the province of Echigo, where was my home, winter usually began with a heavy snow which came down fast and steady until only the thick, round ridge-poles of our thatched roofs could be seen. Then groups of laborers, with straw mats over their shoulders and big woven hats that looked like umbrellas, came and with broad wooden shovels cut tunnels through from one side of the street to the other. The snow was not removed from the middle of the street all winter. It lay in a long pile, towering far above the house-tops. The laborers cut steps, for they were carrying snow at intervals all winter, and we children used to climb up and run along the top. We played many games there, sometimes pretending we were knights rescuing a snow-bound village, or fierce brigands stealing upon it for an attack.How does the author develop her points about the snowy climate in this paragraph? A. by describing villagers’ emotional reactions to the coming snowfall B. by explaining her feelings regarding the laborers' difficult work C. by giving details about how the villagers prepared for long winters D. by reflecting on the long winters her family had endured to that point

Something there is that doesn't love a wall,That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,And spills the upper boulders in the sun;And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.The work of hunters is another thing:I have come after them and made repairWhere they have left not one stone on a stone,But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,No one has seen them made or heard them made,But at spring mending-time we find them there.I let my neighbor know beyond the hill;And on a day we meet to walk the lineAnd set the wall between us once again.We keep the wall between us as we go.To each the boulders that have fallen to each.And some are loaves and some so nearly ballsWe have to use a spell to make them balance:“Stay where you are until our backs are turned!”We wear our fingers rough with handling them.Oh, just another kind of out-door game,One on a side. It comes to little more:There where it is we do not need the wall:He is all pine and I am apple orchard.My apple trees will never get acrossAnd eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.He only says, “Good fences make good neighbors.”Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonderIf I could put a notion in his head:“Why do they make good neighbors? Isn't itWhere there are cows? But here there are no cows.Before I built a wall I'd ask to knowWhat I was walling in or walling out,And to whom I was like to give offense.Something there is that doesn't love a wall,That wants it down.” I could say “Elves” to him,But it's not elves exactly, and I'd ratherHe said it for himself. I see him thereBringing a stone grasped firmly by the topIn each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.He moves in darkness as it seems to me,Not of woods only and the shade of trees.He will not go behind his father's saying,And he likes having thought of it so wellHe says again, “Good fences make good neighbors.”Readability and attributionHow does the speaker feel about the wall?Choose 1 answer:Choose 1 answer:(Choice A)   He’s thankful that it keeps his neighbors away.AHe’s thankful that it keeps his neighbors away.(Choice B)   He’s not confident it will stay up for long.BHe’s not confident it will stay up for long.(Choice C)   He’s not convinced that it’s necessary.CHe’s not convinced that it’s necessary.(Choice D)   He’s worried that it needs maintenance.DHe’s worried that it needs maintenance.What evidence best supports the answer to the previous question?Choose 1 answer:Choose 1 answer:(Choice A)   “Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the topIn each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.”A“Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the topIn each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.”(Choice B)   “We have to use a spell to make them balance:‘Stay where you are until our backs are turned!’”B“We have to use a spell to make them balance:‘Stay where you are until our backs are turned!’”(Choice C)   “My apple trees will never get acrossAnd eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.”C“My apple trees will never get acrossAnd eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.”(Choice D)   “And on a day we meet to walk the lineAnd set the wall between us once again.”D“And on a day we meet to walk the lineAnd set the wall between us once again.”