Excerpt from: Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
THERE was no use in arguing with a person like this. I promptly put such a strain on my memory that by and by even the shoal water and the countless crossing-marks began to stay with me. But the result was just the same. I never could more than get one knotty thing learned before another presented itself. Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. So he began—
What conclusion can you make from the first paragraph?
A) Mr. Bixby dislikes the narrator.
B) The narrator is angry with Mr. Bixby.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
D) Mr. Bixby thinks the narrator is stubborn.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
Though there are no italicized words in any of the sentences. I would assume that the correct answers are either letter A or letter B.
In letter A, Washington Post, can be italicized to connote a name of the Newspaper in the sentence. In letter B, South Pacific, can be italicized to emphasize the title of the Broadway Musical in the sentence. Either A or B is the answer to your question.
The answer is option A (conceptual skills).
Explanation:
Conceptual skills are natural abilities or a talent a person may have. These skills are the ones that allow us to solve complex issues and to be creative when addressing any situation of a certain level of complexity.
The correct one is b. innocent child
