Read the rough-draft paragraph. more than likely, fellow volunteers will have many common interests and ideals. after all, volunteers usually seek opportunities to use their time and talents for issues they care about, and this is often a good starting point for many friendships. as co-volunteers, hours will be spent together learning from one another and inspiring each other while working to achieve a common goal. teaming up with others to solve community problems and making changes for the better, not surprisingly, often leads to long-lasting bonds. which topic sentence should be added to this body paragraph? local community programs provide opportunities for volunteers to share their expertise. volunteering for local community programs enables people to establish new friendships. acquaintances made while volunteering for a project are rarely continued beyond the project’s conclusion. every community has programs that will gladly accept the services of enthusiastic volunteers.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky