The answer is: b. The Soviet Union fell apart
Before Gorbachev's reforms exist, several territories in soviet union was united under one principle of communism.
When the Gorbachev's reforms were created, the soviet union started to adopt some of democratic and free market value that adopted by countries in western hemisphere.
When this happen, the bind that united territories in the soviet union no longer exist. This became one of the factors that caused the soviet union to fell apart.
Answer:
b) remains
Explanation:
"Remains" is the grammatically correct word to occupy the white space shown in the question above.
That's because that word is related to the word "Optimism", which represents the pronoun "it" in that sentence. As we know, when using the pronouns "he, she, it" we must conjugate the verbs. The correct form of "remain" is "remains".
O. Be able to is the answer I think
I think it would depend upon the financial background of a student. A good family financial support does not need a big amount for education. The US offers part time job opportunities that are favorable for them. The percentage should still look into a financial assessment for school education and have a definite clustered support that is based on their capacity to go through the whole course.