Holmes uses as many as eight musicians and two singers for weddings . He accepts turnover as a fact of running a band, but his current core lineup has, in the mercurial world of part-time performers , been fairly steady . Sam Brawner . the drummer., and Atiba Taylor, the sax player, have played with him for three and four years, respectively and Bruce Robinson . the keyboardist has played with him for 15. 10 Mohamed Fawzy -SAT & ACT English Speak the words "ice age," and the mind turns to Cro- Magnon mammoth hunters on windswept European plains devoid of trees.But the Little Ice Age (approximately A.D. 1300-1850) was far from a deep freeze . Think instead of an irregular seesaw of rapid climatic shifts , driven by complex and still little understood interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean. The seesaw brought cycles of intensely cold winters and easterly winds, then switched abruptly to years of heavy spring and early summer rains,mild winters . and frequent Atlantic storms, or to periods of droughts , light northeasterly winds, and summer heat waves that baked growing corn fields under a shimmering haze. The Little Ice Age was an endless zigzag of climatic shifts,few lasting more than a quarter century Today's prolonged warming is an anomaly. 9 The main point of this paragraph is that: A) Holmes often has to alter his musical style based on which band members are available to play a gig. B) Holmes typically needs more band members to play at weddings than he needs to play at private parties. C Holmes's core lineup of band members has been relatively consistent for a business with a high turnover rate. D)Holmes'; core lineup of band members is constantly changing because Holmes expects his musicians to travel long distances. Mohamed Fawzy SAT & ACT English The main idea of this paragraph is that the Little Ice Age: A) was a period defined by prolonged global cooling. B)occurred during the era of Cro-Magnon mammoth hunters. C was marked by frequent and short-tern climate shifts. D resulted from interactions between the atmosphere and ocean.

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Holmes uses as many as eight musicians and two singers for weddings . He accepts turnover as a fact of running a band, but his current core lineup has, in the mercurial world of part-time performers , been fairly steady . Sam Brawner . the drummer., and Atiba Taylor, the sax player, have played with him for three and four years, respectively and Bruce Robinson . the keyboardist has played with him for 15. 10 Mohamed Fawzy -SAT & ACT English Speak the words "ice age," and the mind turns to Cro- Magnon mammoth hunters on windswept European plains devoid of trees.But the Little Ice Age (approximately A.D. 1300-1850) was far from a deep freeze . Think instead of an irregular seesaw of rapid climatic shifts , driven by complex and still little understood interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean. The seesaw brought cycles of intensely cold winters and easterly winds, then switched abruptly to years of heavy spring and early summer rains,mild winters . and frequent Atlantic storms, or to periods of droughts , light northeasterly winds, and summer heat waves that baked growing corn fields under a shimmering haze. The Little Ice Age was an endless zigzag of climatic shifts,few lasting more than a quarter century Today's prolonged warming is an anomaly. 9 The main point of this paragraph is that: A) Holmes often has to alter his musical style based on which band members are available to play a gig. B) Holmes typically needs more band members to play at weddings than he needs to play at private parties. C Holmes's core lineup of band members has been relatively consistent for a business with a high turnover rate. D)Holmes'; core lineup of band members is constantly changing because Holmes expects his musicians to travel long distances. Mohamed Fawzy SAT & ACT English The main idea of this paragraph is that the Little Ice Age: A) was a period defined by prolonged global cooling. B)occurred during the era of Cro-Magnon mammoth hunters. C was marked by frequent and short-tern climate shifts. D resulted from interactions between the atmosphere and ocean.

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## Step 1The first question is about identifying the main point of a paragraph. The paragraph discusses Holmes's band and its members. The paragraph mentions that Holmes uses up to eight musicians and two singers for weddings, but his current core lineup has been fairly steady. The paragraph also mentions that Sam Brawner, the drummer, and Atiba Taylor sax player, have played with him for three and four years, respectively, and Bruce Robinson, the keyboardist, has played with him for 15 years. ## Step 2The second question is about identifying the main idea of a paragraph. The paragraph discusses the Little Ice Age, which occurred approximately A.D. 1300-1850. The paragraph describes the Little Ice Age as an irregular seesaw of rapid climatic shifts, driven by complex and still little understood interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean. The paragraph also mentions that the Little Ice Age was marked by cycles of intensely cold winters and easterly winds, then switched abruptly to years of heavy spring and early summer rains, mild winters, and frequent Atlantic storms, or to periods of droughts, light northeasterly winds, and summer heat waves that baked growing corn fields under a shimmering haze.

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