Answer:
A "The spring of 1998 was the Halley’s Comet of desert wildflower years." (lines 1–2)
Explanation:
This is the excerpt from Barbara Kingsolver's scientific essey "Called Out". It describes events in the spring of 1998 and gives insight on magnificent and complex life cycle of desert plants.
The given sentence provides description of the highway medians suggesting that there were unusually many flowers, rarely seen before.
That provides evidence to answer A. which claims that that spring was the Halley's Comet of desert wildflower years. Halley's Comet is a rare phenomenon that happens only once every 76 years, so by making this comparison, the author claims that what happened that spring was a true botanical rarity.
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Answer:
The King his father keeps him company during his trying period.
Explanation:
The story is culled from Rustem and Sohrab, The Epic of Kings by Ferdowsi.
Rustem's horse is stolen from him whilst he slept.
This greatly unsettled him. He went to his father the King of who kept him company until Rakush was found. In between finding Rakush his war steed, he meets and married Tahmineh the daughter of King Samendan.
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Answer: A - agitation
Explanation:
We noticed synonyms in the passage as it calmed down, as it was not calm; convulsively - another synonym for agitation; an intelligible prayer - with a sense of agitation.
