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select the correct texts in the passage.
which two phrases in the excerpt help the reader understand the meaning of the word careening?

excerpt from rogue heart
by axie oh

stepping from the embrace, she smoothly extracts the broom from my grip.
o more of this. take it easy until closing. ill set the bots to roam.\ she slips through the beaded curtain to the kitchen, presumable to hang up her apron and apply a sweep of cherry gloss across her lips. a few minutes later, she returns with the steady drone of the dust bots as they awaken and shift listlessly through the curtain. theyre old models, mid-twenty-second century, that tingting bought at a junk auction last fall and restored by watching instructional videos on the net. one bumps into my toe before careening off into a corner stand. we usually dont take them out. tingtings parents, ms. chen and aurin, are traditionalists and prefer lowtech amenities. still, its a constant war against the dust that sweeps across the city limits, piling worst in dead ends and cul-de-sacs, like the one that shelters the alchemy of dreams.

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rogue heart
by axie oh

the dreamers gather in neo beijing’s starlight district. the wanderers and the thrill seekers. those with poetry in their souls and secrets in their hearts. all those racing toward the bright, and those running from the painful and unforgive.

if you listen carefully, you can hear the song of the city. it’s in the sharp, raucous laughter of the kids barreling down the crowded streets, in the heavy electronic beats ringing like great beasts from basement clubs, in the wind whistling through dark alleys, and in the rain as it drops on to the dirty windows of tiny flats.

two years ago, i stumbled into the city, half starved and afraid, and i couldn’t hear the song. my heart beat louder than a jackhammer, and i memento rose unbidden—of pain, of loss, of a handsome face so beloved yet turned from me. i place a hand against my throat until the rapid pulse steadies. the past is in the mind, as dr. koga used to say. let it go. let it be.

the future is in the heart.

tonight, the song is a light patter of droplets on the windowpane. i listen for a moment before turning back to the cafe, broom in hand. the alchemy of dreams lies in the labyrinth of shops surrounding the moon court. the proprietors for the shop with their university-bound daughter, tingting.

i believe at first they hired me out of pity—a girl, just sixteen, who couldn’t understand their language, let alone speak it, who had but the clothes on her back and—according to tingting—a haunting in her eyes. but after these two years i’ve wedged my way into their hearts. they undoubtedly have in mine.

a few patrons linger at the small, round tables dotting the dim interior, lit with strands of fairy lights. at the back of the café is the counter, beside which stands tingting.

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Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze context clues for "careening":

Step 1: Analyze "bumping into my tea before careening off into a corner"

The phrase "bumping into my tea" suggests a forceful, uncontrolled movement. "Careening" here likely involves a sudden, unsteady motion as the object (a model) hits the tea and then moves toward a corner.

Step 2: Analyze "sweeps across the city limits, piling worst in dead ends and cul - de - sacs"

The dust "sweeps" across the city, implying a forceful, uncontrolled movement. The phrase "careening off" (from the first phrase) and the dust's sweeping motion both suggest a sense of uncontrolled, rapid movement. The model's movement (bumping into tea then careening) and the dust's sweeping (piling in dead ends) share the idea of unsteady, forceful motion, helping us understand "careening" as a wild, uncontrolled movement.

The two phrases are:

• "bumping into my tea before careening"
• "sweeps across the city limits, piling worst"

(Note: When selecting in the passage, these are the key phrases that provide context for "careening" by showing uncontrolled, forceful movement.)

Answer:

To solve this, we analyze context clues for "careening":

Step 1: Analyze "bumping into my tea before careening off into a corner"

The phrase "bumping into my tea" suggests a forceful, uncontrolled movement. "Careening" here likely involves a sudden, unsteady motion as the object (a model) hits the tea and then moves toward a corner.

Step 2: Analyze "sweeps across the city limits, piling worst in dead ends and cul - de - sacs"

The dust "sweeps" across the city, implying a forceful, uncontrolled movement. The phrase "careening off" (from the first phrase) and the dust's sweeping motion both suggest a sense of uncontrolled, rapid movement. The model's movement (bumping into tea then careening) and the dust's sweeping (piling in dead ends) share the idea of unsteady, forceful motion, helping us understand "careening" as a wild, uncontrolled movement.

The two phrases are:

• "bumping into my tea before careening"
• "sweeps across the city limits, piling worst"

(Note: When selecting in the passage, these are the key phrases that provide context for "careening" by showing uncontrolled, forceful movement.)