Read this excerpt from anne frank remembered. suddenly, what had been familiar about this man's voice clicked in my mind. he was speaking german with a distinct viennese accent. he spoke exactly like all my relatives, the ones i had left so many years ago. this man came back into my office, but his tone was changing, and i could see that he no longer regarded me as an innocent. obviously, he had figured out that i was also part of what had been secret. he came in and stood over me, saying, in a harsh voice, "now it's your turn." he reached down and took the keys that koophuis had given me. i stood up, coming face to face with this man. i could feel his hot breath, we were standing so close. i looked him right in the eye and said in german, "you are viennese. i am from vienna too." what is miep’s motivation in this excerpt? she hopes to discuss her friends and family whom he might know. she hopes to win his sympathy through their common ground. she hopes to plan an escape with the officer’s connections in austria. she hopes to recall pleasant memories from her youth abroad.

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes