Which situation is the clearest example of cause and effect in "The City Without Us"?A.Central Park has a garden that houses plants mentioned in Shakespeare's plays.B.Unheated buildings would result in a destructive freeze-thaw cycle.C.While suspension bridges will last a few centuries, truss bridges may last 1,000 years.D.Water in Manhattan's underground spaces has to be pumped out daily.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which sentence is an example of chronological structure in "The City Without Us"?A.Water in Manhattan's underground spaces has to be pumped out daily.B.Central Park has a garden that houses plants mentioned in Shakespeare's plays.C.While suspension bridges will last a few centuries, truss bridges may last 1,000 years.D.Unheated buildings would result in a destructive freeze-thaw cycle.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this excerpt from Alan Weisman's "The City Without Us":"When this pump facility shuts down," says [Paul] Schuber, "in half an hour water reaches a level where trains can't pass anymore."Which claim does the excerpt most clearly support?A.Without humanity's presence, New York City would quickly deteriorate.B.Natural disasters will ultimately lead to humanity's downfall.C.The human impact on the environment is permanent.D.Cities provide ecosystems just like forests and deserts.

Which detail from "The City Without Us" most clearly shows that nature is more powerful than it appears?A.The ocean waves that threaten to break the levees around New York CityB.The diseases and fungi that infect the trees in the New York Botanical GardenC.The great size of the trees that grow in the New York Botanical GardenD.The hurricanes that frequently pummel U.S. coastal citiesSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

If all the people in New York City were to disappear, what force of nature would cause the most damage to the city's infrastructure?A.WaterB.Invasive plantsC.Soil erosionD.WindSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this excerpt from Alan Weisman's "The City Without Us":The mature beech-oak-ash-ailanthus forest will be mowed down [by glaciers]. The four giant mounds of entombed garbage at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island will be flattened, their vast accumulation of stubborn PVC plastic and of one of the most durable human creations of all—glass—ground to powder.Which claim does the excerpt most clearly support?A.The human impact on the environment is permanent.B.Nature acts swiftly to reclaim abandoned urban areas.C.Nature is ultimately more powerful than humans.D.Without humanity's presence, New York City would quickly deteriorate.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS