Read the sentence. The fire truck’s siren woke me. Which is the best way to revise this sentence using descriptive detail and sensory words?The fire truck’s loud siren woke me early in the morning. The blaring siren from the bright red fire truck woke me from my deep sleep. The siren from the fire truck had awakened me from my comfortable sleep. The sound of the siren was so loud that it woke me up. Which sentence would best resolve this series of events in a descriptive narrative?In no time, I had a garden of giant golden flowers soaring toward the sky. Every morning, I dragged the hose across the yard to water the seeds. Occasionally, I checked the airtight tin to see if the seeds were dry. I waited to plant the seeds until after the final frost of winter had passed.

Read this passage from alan weisman's "the city without us": he props his running shoe against the whitish bark of a chinese amur cork tree, growing among the last of the hemlocks. "this may sound blasphemous, but maintaining biodiversity is less important than maintaining a functioning ecosystem. what matters is that soil is protected, that water gets cleaned, that trees filter the air, that a canopy regenerates new seedlings to keep nutrients from draining away into the bronx river." now read this passage from jared diamond's "the ends of the world as we know them": both the shoguns and the japanese peasants took a long-term view: the former expected to pass on their power to their children, and the latter expected to pass on their land. . today, despite having the highest human population density of any large developed country, japan is more than 70 percent forested. what common theme of green literature is most strongly evident in both passages? a. in order to thrive in coming centuries, people must find viable alternatives to fossil fuels, such as coal. b. with careful and intelligent management, ecosystems can still thrive after human beings have changed them. c. in order meet their goals, environmentalists must people develop a personal desire to protect nature. d. there is no excuse for damaging the natural world, and anyone who does so will pay a steep price.