Question

meaningful monday
the young woman did not enter the museum and did not see how the thieves took the famous painting. however, she was still charged for abetting the thieves because she drove their getaway van and served as the lookout.
what does the word abetting mean?
a. to steal
b. to help someone do something illegal
c. to vandalize
d. to tell the cops
synonyms or antonyms?

1. subtle, obvious antonym

2 gush, trickle antonym

1. wrath, calmness antonym
2. urgent, crucial synonym
3. utmost, greatest synonym

andrea walked out to the stage and found her position. with her head high and her shoulders square, she prepared to let out the first note of her song. as she looked out into the audience, she felt an intense wave of nausea. while she thought only a handful of students would be present at the audition it was quite the opposite. there had to be hundreds of her peers staring right back.
what point of view is used above?
a. first person
b. third person
how does andrea feel at the beginning?
a. she feels nervous about singing.
b. she feels confident about singing.
c. she feels awkward about singing.
d. she is annoyed with the audience.
text structure tuesday
stephen hawking was a famous physicist known for his work on black holes. he was born to highly educated parents. his father wanted him to become a medical doctor, but stephen wanted to pursue mathematics. however, oxford university did not have a mathematics program, so he took physics instead. after graduating, he pursued further studies to earn his doctorate degree.
when he was about 21 years old, stephen started falling and tripping. he had problems with his speech. he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or als. doctors told him he only had a few years to live. he had gotten depressed at first but decided that he still wanted to do a lot of things. despite being confined to a wheelchair, hawking earned his degree and produced significant work in physics. he lived 55 more years after his diagnosis. in 2018, he died at age 76.
what does the second paragraph contribute to the overall text structure?
a. it summarizes the big bang theory.
b. it shares how hawking overcame the challenges of his disease.
c. it questions stephen hawking’s credibility as a scientist.
d. it lists the achievements in hawking’s work of physics.

Explanation:

1. The word "abetting" means helping someone do something illegal as the woman drove the getaway van and was a lookout for thieves.
2. The text uses third - person point of view as it uses pronouns like "she" to refer to Andrea.
3. Andrea appears confident as she has her head high and shoulders square while preparing to sing.
4. For the Stephen Hawking text, the second paragraph shows how he overcame the challenges of his disease by earning his degree and doing significant work despite being in a wheelchair.

Answer:

1. b. to help someone do something illegal
2. b. third person
3. b. She feels confident about singing.
4. b. It shares how Hawking overcame the challenges of his disease.