Even though you do not provide the underlined part of the quotation from paragraph 10, the answer to this question is quite easy to pinpoint due to advanced knowledge of the English language.
The best sentence is the one which offers a syntactic inversion, because it is the one that produces a more emphatic result. And being that the main purpose of inversions, it seems quite an obvious pick.
So, the final answer for this question is:
B) ‘seldom does a sight more grand and more striking meet a person’s eyes, as when he sees the Overland train slowing…’
This sentence provides more emphasis as well as a better and clearer grammatical construction.
The author gives a clearly biased opinion on the value of school students wearing uniforms and develops her argument logically giving the pros and cons of using uniforms The author says the students "will have more time to devote to studies" if not worrying about clothes,"be more focussed on learning and less on appearance" , "up front costs" and in the long term saving on money and "encouraging a greater sense of community" .
<span>[ Only to wonder at unlawful things, ]
</span><span>[ forward wits To practise more than heavenly power permits ]
</span><span>He wanted to learn more than was allowed.
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