Answer:
Skills that many people used to have, like making their own clothes and doing home repairs, are now disappearing in many countries.
Explanation:
Paraphrasing is the process required when we want to use information from a text from another authorng without directly quoting the source material.
The resulting sentence whould be a personal version of the essential information from the source, presented in a new way. Although it´s important the the new sentence is not a copy of the original text, it´s necessary to correctly express the original information accurately, as it´s our responablity to safeguar the intelectual property of the source´s author.
The correcte answer is: "to emphasize the threat posed by Japan"
Rossevelt asked that it be a short speech that did not exceed five hundred words and focused on the essential message to reach as many Americans as possible: that the United States had been attacked by Japan by surprise and without a previous declaration of war and that the United States was willing to defeat him no matter what it cost.
Answer:
1. the answer is b; the passage is mostly about living walls and how they help
2. the answer is d; the sentence before talks about 'high rise buildings'
3. the answer is a; air conditioners are an example of energy use
4. the answer is d; the first three words are 'containers holding soil'
5. the answer is d;
6. the answer is d;
i'm not sure on all of these so you may want to check my answers before using them(if you do decide to)