10)
"Half of my employees have gotten sick lately," Lance Smith, the foreman, said, proceeding to show me a copy of the absentees from the last two weeks.
Which statement is an accurate paraphrase of the information given above?
A) "Half of my employees have gotten sick lately," Lance Smith, the foreman, said.
B) Lance Smith worked at the company for sixteen years before being appointed foreman.
C) Not everyone has reported quite as much catastrophic illness as foreman Lance Smith.
D) Foreman Lance Smith even reported that a large number of employees, perhaps as many as "half," had missed work due to illness.

What is significant about the language in this excerpt from our town? select all that apply. it lacks specificity. it creates an enthusiastic tone. it makes weddings seem dull and uninspiring. it encourages the audience to make inferences about weddings.

She took up a scalpel and slit the monkey's abdomen, making a slow and gentle cut, keeping the blade well away from her gloved fingers. the spleen was puffed up and tough, leathery, like a globe of smoked salami. she did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. she had expected that the monkey's interior would be a lake of blood, but no, this monkey looked all right, it had not bled into itself. if the animal had died of ebola, this was not a clear case. she opened up the intestine. there was no blood inside it. the gut looked okay. then she examined the stomach. there she found a ring of bleeding spots at the junction between the stomach and the small intestine. this could be a sign of ebola, but it was not a clear sign. it could also be a sign of simian fever, not ebola. therefore, she could not confirm the presence of ebola virus in this animal based on a visual inspection of the internal organs during necropsy.

Hich of the following headlines is a fact? a. president vetoes bill as predicted b. hardworking teacher fired over student grades c. election in one western town makes mockery of democracy d. freedom fighters overthrow evil regime