John has captured bears in traps made from 55-gallon drums. he
some from the air.
darting a bear from the open door of a helicopter--held in by just a seat belt or climbing harness--
sounds challenging.
which is the best inference that can be made about this passage?
john is afraid of bears.
john is afraid of bears.
john is darting bears so that he may study them.
bears move too quickly to be darted.
john is hunting bears.

John is darting bears so that he may study them.

Explanation:

I read the passage.

The last option is the correct answer.

Explanation:

To infer means to get to a logical conclusion based on some information. In this case, we know who haunts the bears (John) and how he does it (the traps) as well as some risks involved in hunting bear from the open door of a helicopter. With this information, it is not possible to talk about John's feelings, so A is incorrect; B is also incorrect because it doesn't mention anything about studying the bears. On the other hand, we know that John is hunting bears even though we don't know why or his feelings about them or about the fact of hunting.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)