<span>The answer is option B
Nowadays, water scarcity is a problem for 1.2 billion people, almost one fifth of the world's population (7 billion). According to reports from United Nations Development Programme, in 2025,
this problem will reach 1.8 billion suffering total water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world's population might be living under water-stressed conditions.</span>
The correct answer is A. The captain said, "But he needn't come round when you are on watch, Mr. Brown."
Explanation
There are many rules for correct writing. One of them states that when quotation marks are used, the period at the end of the sentence must be placed within quotation marks. On the other hand, another grammar rule states that when an introductory sentence is given, it must be separated from the quotation by a comma. According to the above rules, the correct answer is A. because the introductory part "The captain said" is separated from the second part of the sentence using a comma. Also, the second part of the sentence that is between the quotation marks, places the final period within the quotation marks. So the correct answer is A. The captain said, "But he needn't come round when you are on watch, Mr. Brown."
The correct answer is The meter is fixed, drawing attention to the end rhyme.
Both lines have the same number of syllables and the accent pattern is identical in both, which means it is a fixed meter. Not every syllable is stressed however, only the ones that are required for the pattern.
Every six years, the United Nations-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) releases a massive and influential study
detailing the state of Earth's climate. Every citizen on the planet
should take the 20 minutes needed to read the Summary for Policy Makers (PDF File)
issued in February 2007. In their fourth report since 1990, the IPCC
offered its strongest language yet that Earth's climate is warming and
humans are largely responsible:
