Read the text It can be hard for visitors to Berlin to imagine where the Berlin Wall once separated Germany's communist East from
the U. S.-friendly West. Today, commuters run to catch a metro where trains stood for nearly 30 years. Curried sausages
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are sold… in empty warehouses just feet from where East Germans were shot by their own countrymen as they tried to
cross the border to the west.
2 Next week, Germany will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. At first glance, it seems as if the
country is more united than some nations that were never split.
3 But numbers and images illustrating differences in lifestyles and problems between East and West Germans tell a
different story. While 75 percent of Germans who live in the east said they considered their country's reunification a
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success in a recent survey only half of western Germans agreed. And that's not the only distinction showing that the
separation of the past continues today.
4 The photo illustrated was taken by astronaut André Kuipers from the
International Space Station in 2012. It shows one division of Berlin: While
the yellow lights are in east Berlin, the green parts mark the western part.
5 Daniela Augenstein, a spokeswoman for Berlin's department of urban
development, explained that each side historically used different
streetlights. The lights themselves reflect another difference: The
streetlamps used in West Germany were much more environmentally
friendly, reflecting the development of the western German environmental
movement in the 1970s and 1980s. At that time East Germany was still
heavily polluting, and relying heavily on coal. ...Viewed from space, the
historic differences still define Berlin's nightly appearance.
6 Data reveal further divides between east and west.
7 After the fall of the Berlin Wall, formerly government-controlled eastern German companies and factories suddenly had
to compete with their much more efficient western counterparts. Many eastern German companies went bankrupt and
some regions never recovered from the shock. Until today, income levels
are much lower in the east than in the west.
8 Germany's unemployment rate made headlines when it hit a two-decade
low this summer. But that rate is not evenly spread: former West German
states still have far better employment levels than their eastern neighbors.
That's in part because more young people have moved from rural eastern
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areas to the west. This has also decreased the amount of job-seeking
eastern Germans.
9 Finally, if you travel to Europe and you see two German groups at a
campground, you might easily be able to distinguish them. Eastern
Germans usually sleep in tents, while western Germans prefer to travel
with trailers. We did not find a scientific explanation, but one might think that it's rooted in western Germans' longer
experience traveling the world. Furthermore, many young eastern Germans couldn't even afford a car under
communism. Trying to buy a trailer would have been more expensive and nearly impossible for most eastern
Germans. While those in the west were able to explore beyond their borders, eastern Germans remained practically
imprisoned by their government for nearly 30 years -- until 25 years ago.
10 Despite the prevailing differences, many consider the German reunification a successful role model
This question has two parts. Answer Part A first, then answer Part B.

1. Part A: Which two claims below does the author of Passage 1 use to support the idea that East and West Germany are still separate? (RI.3.8)

A. The divide is displayed through the differences in streetlights.

B. The divide is visible through the appearances of East versus West Germans.

C. The divide is disclosed by the money East and West Germans spend on food.

D. The divide is exhibited by the health of Germans living in the East versus the West.

E. The divide is shown by differences in the earning levels of East and West Germans.