The correct verb to be used in the given sentence is ‘declines’, which according to the above sentence means to come down the steep ascent.
The action which follows after climbing a steep ascent is to go down or decline or descent the steep, meaning a sharp fall from the steep ascent.
The given sentence means that after a steep ascent, the bikers should decline on the slope of the ascent and reach a flat surface and race till it culminates at the finish line.
A- THE CORRECT ANSWER IS C but you wouldnt havw to correct any of them b- needs blowed, if you where going to do that sentence you need to say where blown away c- correct answer d- you dont need the was
An adverb clause would start with a subordinating conjuction, which in this case is <em>Whenever, </em>so the answer is<em> </em>Whenever Alex played the saxophone, the cat hid and hissed.
I'd say the answer is B, 'then soared to the uttermost reaches' - birds soar when they fly high, and it flies 'to the uttermost reaches', which clearly refers to a bird.