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i say the organization pattern is problem and solution as the problem it that cobra has escaped and the solution is that zoo keepers have to wait until the cobra is comfortable to move because in the passage Mr. Breheny states that the cobra is near mechanical systems and would not come out until its comfortable, the zoo keepers have to wait.
summery
in a zoo in the bronx a a 20-inch female Egyptian cobra had escaped but it is nowhere to be found, which sparked interest in the people and the news. But the zoo keeper of the zoo that it escaped from said the she could be near the reptile section where there is machinery, so the zoo keepers said they have to wait until she comes out to capture her.
A gerund is basically a verb that ends in ‘ing’
For example : James loves singing.
a.news reports of people who lost their homes in the recession
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The answers are B, D, and E. (: