Excerpt from Farming It by henry a. shute.

Which can be inferred about the town from the descriptions in the first two paragraphs of the passage pn pages 1-2

a. the town has so few inhabitants it is practically abandoned

b. the town has recived very little rain for quite some time

c. the town is experiencing an economic depression

d. the town is located in a desert where there is little water

d

Explanation:

The sun blazes like a hot oven...

A blaze of sunlight, a yellow gleam of dusty roads

The above lines in paragraphs indicate that the town is located in the desert where there is little water.

go

explanation:

because it can't be a slow, i would say possibly whoa, but there's nothing too surprising about orange juice, and because it tastes awesome it's a go drink, not food.

to and without are prepositions, so a, b, and d are prepositional phrases. the adverb phrase is c, about the surprise.

explanation: