(1) College seems like a lifetime away when you’re in high school. (2) However, preparing for college is best done at the beginning of high school. (3) Many colleges look for the best and the brightest students to make up their student population. (4) Even though preparing for college takes a lot of time and effort, it will help you gain access to the best schools and to greater knowledge. (5) In high school, you should focus on making yourself stand out in academics and in community involvement. (6) Making the grades in high school shows that you are not only bright but hardworking. (7) Joining clubs and organizations that are meaningful to you also shows colleges that you’re a passionate person. (8) These qualities will help you make a good impression on the college of your choice.
(9) Preparing for college takes a lot of work on your part. (10) Although this may seem like a chore, your efforts will benefit you when you are attending college. (11) Gaining a college education will help you explore different avenues in learning. (12) Different college courses may teach you about subjects that you might have never noticed on your own. (13) Therefore, college can broaden your knowledge.
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Which of the following states the controlling point of the entire passage?
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If you had a chance to change the past would you? why or why not?

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich: her attitude towards him and his diseases is still the same. just as the doctor had adopted a certain relation to his patient which he could not abandon, so had she formed one towards him—that he was not doing something he ought to do and was himself to blame, and that she reproached him lovingly for this—and she could not now change that attitude. "you see he doesn't listen to me and doesn't take his medicine at the proper time. and above all he lies in a position that is no doubt bad for him—with his legs up." she described how he made gerasim hold his legs up. the doctor smiled with a contemptuous affability that said: "what's to be done? these sick people do have foolish fancies of that kind, but we must forgive them. . " they all rose, said good-night, and went away. when they had gone it seemed to ivan ilyich that he felt better; the falsity had gone with them. but the pain remained—that same pain and that same fear that made everything monotonously alike, nothing harder and nothing easier. everything was worse. again minute followed minute and hour followed hour. everything remained the same and there was no cessation. and the inevitable end of it all became more and more terrible. based on the excerpt, how is praskovya fedorovna a character foil to ivan ilyich? a. she is kind and takes care of ivan, which is why he feels guilty about how he treated her for most of their married life. b. she is vindictive toward ivan while pretending to be worried about him, thus reminding him of how his family has never forgiven him. c. she plays the part of the worried wife without any real feeling, symbolizing the false propriety ivan upheld but now hates. d. she is young, healthy, and beautiful—everything ivan can never be again and wishes he could return to. reset next

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