_______________________Read the following and answer the questions below: We are aggressively pursuing the agents of terror around the world, and we are aggressively strengthening our protections here at home. This week we established America’s new Office of Homeland Security, directed by former Governor Tom Ridge. Americans tonight can know that while the threat is ongoing, we are taking every possible step to protect our country from danger. Your government is doing everything we can to recover from these attacks, and to try to prevent others. We’re acting to make planes and airports safer, rebuild New York and the Pentagon. We must act to stimulate a slow economy, to help laid-off workers. And we must fund our military. U.S. president George W. Bush, one month after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, 2001. 18. What is the purpose of the Office of Homeland Security? A. to help rebuild the economy B. to strengthen domestic protection C. to rebuild the Pentagon D. to build alliances against terrorism ______________________Read the following and answer the questions below: The Queen has reigned already twenty-six years, and during her reign Parliament has never been held. This year she enters her fifty-third year, as it is said, and she has sent orders through the whole realm to convoke Parliament. The principal cause is, I am told, that the English do not wish the King of Scotland, who is the next to the throne, to be King of England, and wish to know who after the queen’s death is to wear the crown. I have forgotten the exact date, but I believe the opening of Parliament took place on November 25th.” Leopold von Wedel, 1584 19. According to this passage, why did Queen Elizabeth order Parliament to meet? A. to discuss the next heir to the throne B. to discuss plans for war C. to discuss financial matters D. to discuss a recently passed law
_______________________Read the following and answer the questions below: We are aggressively pursuing the agents of terror around the world, and we are aggressively strengthening our protections here at home. This week we established America’s new Office of Homeland Security, directed by former Governor Tom Ridge. Americans tonight can know that while the threat is ongoing, we are taking every possible step to protect our country from danger. Your government is doing everything we can to recover from these attacks, and to try to prevent others. We’re acting to make planes and airports safer, rebuild New York and the Pentagon. We must act to stimulate a slow economy, to help laid-off workers. And we must fund our military. U.S. president George W. Bush, one month after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, 2001. 18. What is the purpose of the Office of Homeland Security? A. to help rebuild the economy B. to strengthen domestic protection C. to rebuild the Pentagon D. to build alliances against terrorism ______________________Read the following and answer the questions below: The Queen has reigned already twenty-six years, and during her reign Parliament has never been held. This year she enters her fifty-third year, as it is said, and she has sent orders through the whole realm to convoke Parliament. The principal cause is, I am told, that the English do not wish the King of Scotland, who is the next to the throne, to be King of England, and wish to know who after the queen’s death is to wear the crown. I have forgotten the exact date, but I believe the opening of Parliament took place on November 25th.” Leopold von Wedel, 1584 19. According to this passage, why did Queen Elizabeth order Parliament to meet? A. to discuss the next heir to the throne B. to discuss plans for war C. to discuss financial matters D. to discuss a recently passed law