1. C. The paragraph gives a brief overview of mad cow disease.2. It's a site where anyone can modify the content. The wiki part of the address tells you this is true.3. The evidence supporting a claim about the benefits of water conservation. 4. Scientific American- it's a scholarly periodical.5. how to set up the yards... The last sentence in the passage introduces this part.6. evidence about the number of people killed during the Spanish flu pandemic.7. .com is the most unreliable as it's the least regulated.8. a fact about the drought9. Today's farm machines can milk more than 100 cows an hour. This fits best because it follows a sentence stating the the milking process is superior. This fact makes that seem true.
The exposition is the answer.
The correct answer is d as in dog
The final line (For oft, when on my couch I lie) uses inverted syntax.
The first three sentences use normal syntax: subject first, then verb.
The final sentence, however, uses inverted syntax and places the object (my couch) before the subject and verb.