Question

an excellent public speaker with a likable personality, jim is ____ at getting others to see things from his point of view. on hot summer days in our small town, you can see many young __s operating their own lemonade or iced - tea stands. when we decided to get rid of our chickens, i offered our three white hens to a neighboring egg farmer, he refused them. he wanted to keep his all - brown flock ____.

Explanation:

1. For the first sentence, "adept" means skilled or proficient. Since Jim is an excellent public - speaker and good at getting others to see his point of view, "adept" is the appropriate word.
2. For the second sentence, "entrepreneurs" are people who start and run their own businesses. Young people running lemonade or iced - tea stands are entrepreneurs.
3. For the third sentence, "homogeneous" means of the same kind. The egg farmer wants to keep his flock all - brown, so he wants it to be homogeneous.

Answer:

1. adept
2. entrepreneurs
3. homogeneous