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The document contains excerpts from various texts, including a novel by Carolyn Wells that highlights a character's envy and desire for a different lifestyle, research on insect parasites by Dr. Edward Assmuss regarding their host selection, and studies on carrot growth by Darian and colleagues. It also includes a poem by Langston Hughes reflecting on the American Dream and a summary of Julia Alvarez's focus on immigrant experiences and health care inequality in her writing. Each section presents distinct themes related to human emotions, biological research, agricultural practices, and social issues.

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The document contains excerpts from various texts, including a novel by Carolyn Wells that highlights a character's envy and desire for a different lifestyle, research on insect parasites by Dr. Edward Assmuss regarding their host selection, and studies on carrot growth by Darian and colleagues. It also includes a poem by Langston Hughes reflecting on the American Dream and a summary of Julia Alvarez's focus on immigrant experiences and health care inequality in her writing. Each section presents distinct themes related to human emotions, biological research, agricultural practices, and social issues.

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‭1)‬ T‭ he following text is adapted from Carolyn Wells’s 1905 novel‬‭Patty in the City‬‭.

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‭The dining-room, too, excited Ethelyn’s admiration. The soft thick carpets, and daintily‬
‭laid tables, each with its vase of flowers, seemed suddenly to her far more desirable than the‬
‭well-appointed dining-room in her own home at Villa Rosa.‬
‭Ethelyn was of an envious disposition, and though she was indulged and petted by her‬
‭parents, she always wanted the belongings of someone else. She determined right then and‬
‭there to coax her father to close up Villa Rosa and come to New York for the winter, though she‬
‭had little hope that he would do so.‬
‭2)‬ T
‭ here are a number of ways insect parasites overtake their hosts. Biologists had‬
‭believed that parasites attack when their hosts are most vulnerable, during the egg‬
‭stage. However, Dr. Edward Assmuss and his team believed that many parasites may‬
‭wait until the insect host is further developed or grown, therefore providing more‬
‭potential nourishment to the parasite. To prove this hypothesis, the team placed‬
‭members of a group of parasitic flies known as Phora in an enclosure with honeybees at‬
‭different stages of life. Some of the honeybees were still in the egg stage, while others‬
‭were in the larval stage of development, which occurs after the hatching of the egg.‬
‭3)‬ C
‭ arrots are a part of the Apiaceace family. They are biennial, which means they grow‬
‭their taproot, or main root, the first year and then flower and go to seed the second year.‬
‭Because the carrot’s taproot is essential to healthy carrot growth, this area needs great‬
‭attention during the growing process. Carrots that are grown in compact soil often‬
‭struggle and do not produce a robust taproot. Darian and her colleagues are researching‬
‭the proper medium for growing carrots and grow two varieties, the Bolero and the‬
‭Nantes, in both sand and clay. They hypothesize that carrots grown in sand, which is‬
‭non-compact, will be longer than those that are grown in clay.‬
‭4)‬ “‭ Let America Be America Again” is a poem written in 1939 by Langston Hughes, who is‬
‭recognized as one of the most famous Black poets, playwrights, novelists, and social‬
‭activists. This poem conveys Hughes’s conflicting viewpoints on what is promised by the‬
‭American Dream and what American life really is.‬
‭5)‬ B
‭ orn in the Dominican Republic and fleeing from that country at a young age, writer Julia‬
‭Alvarez focuses much of her writing on her experience as an immigrant, her bicultural‬
‭identity, and the role of women in public life. Her novels explore the apathy revolving‬
‭around the lack of accessible health care in countries with a high rate of poverty, helping‬
‭readers to become aware of this inequality and seek change to correct it. In an essay, a‬
‭student states that specific aspects of Alvarez’s work help to introduce this inequality to‬
‭readers in an accessible way.‬

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