Read the following paragraph, and answer the question. 1over forty years ago, a doctor at the mayo clinic wrote that four out of five times he'd find out what was wrong sooner if he started by examining the patient's home life, his job, and his bank account instead of his heart, his digestive system, and his kidneys. 2many of his colleagues thought he was crazy or was at least playing a joke on them. 3he was neither crazy nor was he playing a joke. 4he had come to understand what few doctors at that time did: that bodily functions are affected by spiritual and emotional phenomena as well as by physical influences. the main idea of the paragraph is best expressed in sentence number 1 2 3 4

Read this passage from alan weisman's "the city without us": he props his running shoe against the whitish bark of a chinese amur cork tree, growing among the last of the hemlocks. "this may sound blasphemous, but maintaining biodiversity is less important than maintaining a functioning ecosystem. what matters is that soil is protected, that water gets cleaned, that trees filter the air, that a canopy regenerates new seedlings to keep nutrients from draining away into the bronx river." now read this passage from jared diamond's "the ends of the world as we know them": both the shoguns and the japanese peasants took a long-term view: the former expected to pass on their power to their children, and the latter expected to pass on their land. . today, despite having the highest human population density of any large developed country, japan is more than 70 percent forested. what common theme of green literature is most strongly evident in both passages? a. in order to thrive in coming centuries, people must find viable alternatives to fossil fuels, such as coal. b. with careful and intelligent management, ecosystems can still thrive after human beings have changed them. c. in order meet their goals, environmentalists must people develop a personal desire to protect nature. d. there is no excuse for damaging the natural world, and anyone who does so will pay a steep price.