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CAHSEE 10.5 Passage Drill. According to the article, why is it surprising that nine percent of undergraduate students participate in international travel?
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by shocking statistics Did you know that ninety percent of
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a gn shocking statistics air neglected everyday All right you
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done reading Yeah really don't have time to read this
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late site that's part of a trick What site about
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re reading All right you done reading Yeah i really
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don't have time to read this to me like you're
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lake site beginning really don't know how many times i
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read this really really excited trick Psyched about re reading
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hungry it's A trick What Psyched about re reading According
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to the article why is it surprising that nine percent
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of undergraduate students participate in international travel and hear the
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potential answers All right so the point is the author
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is shocked that such a small percentage of american students
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take advantage of study abroad opportunities while she had her
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way She'd drag every single student america to foreign countries
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whether they liked it or not Oh let's see which
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answer best goes along with the speakers Sense of shock
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and awe All right wilby is easy to eliminate This
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speaker is so revved up about foreign travel she wouldn't
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care what kind of grades a student had from a
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plus student to the kid who bubbles in anarchy signs
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on his standardized test the author would shift each and
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everyone off for a year Overseas option d misses the
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point as well This answer makes it sound like the
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speaker is shocked that so many students were ableto handle
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the stress of studying abroad In reality the speaker things
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more students need to suck it up and deal with
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the stress Option a is so random it's barely worth
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talking about What would the connection between travel and grades
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have to do with the author's shock over how few
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americans study abroad Answer Absolutely nothing choice See is the
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best answer The speaker is surprised by the load nine
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percent statistic because she fiercely believes all students ought to
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get out there in the world and broaden their horizons
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well our horizon is actually a two broads so way
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Put them on the cave man So
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