Please please help! article: getting a college sports scholarship is a long shot

question 1- Read the following sentence from the article.

For example, the percentage of high school athletes who receive a scholarship for men's college basketball is less than 2 percent and for women's basketball is less than 2.5 percent.

How does this detail develop the article’s central idea?

a)It shows that more female college basketball players get scholarship money than male players.

b)It shows that just a few male and female high school athletes get a college basketball scholarship.

c)It shows that scholarship money for male and female basketball players is unequal at the college level.

d)It shows that female basketball players are playing a little bit better in college than male players.

question 2- Which sentence from the article would be MOST important to include in a summary of the article?

a) The college football season has started, so college sports are all over television and in the media.
b) Lots of kids (and their parents) dream of getting a scholarship to play sports in college.
c) These dreams of receiving scholarship money often drive kids to specialize in one sport.
d) Play to have fun, make friends and to learn to try your hardest no matter what the score is.

question 3- Read the sentence from the article.
For example, the NCAA allows a Division I baseball team to issue only 11.7 scholarships for its roster.
Which of the following words, if it replaced the word "allows" in the sentence above, would CHANGE the meaning of the sentence?
a) permits
b) authorizes
c) prefers
d) enables

question 4- Read the following selection from the article. Then, fill in the blank.
But don't count on an athletic scholarship to college. The numbers show that's a long shot.
The phrase "a long shot" in the sentence above tells the reader that .

a) it takes a lot of time to get an athletic scholarship to college
b) mostly basketball players get an athletic scholarship to college
c) it is difficult to get an athletic scholarship to college
d) much skill is needed to get an athletic scholarship to college

Check my grammar: dear mr. peter szulczewskisubject: loyal customer’s complainti visited wish.com last month and found a 2-terabyte hard drive for only $69.99, an alive aquarium piranha fish for $7.99 and an unlocked samsung galaxy s9 phone for $599.99. the price of such quality item got me to buy all three of them thinking it is exactly what the description and pictures shows it be.the items arrived today and i am for giving me an actual samsung galaxy s9 for a low price but i got lied about the two other items, i know it doesn't always happen but we are losing our trust everytime it happens. i got 500gb hard drive and a plastic sardine fish. i thought i saved money but a 500-gigabyte hard drive should only be worth $40 and i am ok that they gave me a plastic fish because it is only $8 but they gave me a sardine plastic fish which is a very uninteresting species of fish and i have no use for it. you again for the phone. i like buying in your website and admire the prices you give to your items. i will not ask for a refund for the fish and hard drive but you should tell your sellers to use a truthful descriptions of their products because if they keep deceiving us, you might lose a lot of loyal customers.sincerely,russell john javierloyal customer

An expository essay instructs, provides information, or explains. in this essay, you are presenting information and explaining why you think the ideas and work of the individual you chose had an effect on european thought. but before you begin writing the essay, you need to organize the information you’ve gathered by creating an outline. directions: your taking notes sheet should have you identify and organize the information you found while doing your research. now it is time to create an outline to organize the information in the way you will present it in your essay. you may decide not to use all the information you gathered, but be sure you do not leave out anything that you believe is important to support your thesis. your essay should include an introductory paragraph, supporting paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. each paragraph should cover one main topic and should correspond to a roman numeral (i., ii., iii.) on the outline. the main topics should cover: the person’s accomplishment and contributions, and the effect of his or her accomplishments or contributions on european thought. write a topic sentence for each paragraph of your essay. be sure it tells the reader what the section will be about and how the information relates to your thesis statement. your topic sentence for the introductory paragraph might say something like “johannes gutenberg’s invention changed the way people communicated.” a topic sentence for the second paragraph—the first main topic—might be something like "gutenberg’s printing press changed the way books were produced and the way knowledge was communicated.” decide which pieces of information you will use to support your topic sentences. (these ideas or groups of facts are called subtopics.) subtopics follow capital letters and periods (a., b., and c.) on your outline. add this information beneath your topic sentence. you can further divide subtopics into specific facts. in an outline, specific facts follow arabic numerals and periods (1. 2. 3. 4.) end your outline and essay with a concluding paragraph. write a concluding paragraph that summarizes the main ideas of your essay and restates your thesis statement in some way. write no more than four or five sentences. worth 241 points

Look at this dictionary entry: realize (ree-uh-lyz) v. to become completely aware of (something) as a fact; understand without a doubt to make (something desired or anticipated) occur to give real, definite or physical form to a plan, dream, or goal to earn (money or a profit) from a deal which sentence uses the word realize as it is described in the fourth definition? a. mike realized the gravity of the situation only when dalia explained it to him. b. only hard work and perseverance can people realize their dreams. c. he felt that his vision was realized when he finished reading the final draft of the narrative. d. fay's glass paintings are expected to realize a handsome profit. e. dan will realize his goal of going to an ivy league school only if he works hard.