I'd choose dark, inaccessible, and comfortless. The other words don't really pin down the tone ("draperies"? "General"?).
Answer: Fabio's attitude changed because he'd be in the parade.
Explanation: Fabio is excited to be able to participate in the parade. The focus of the question isn't on why he'd be in the parade or how? But on what makes his attitude change. Every other factor mentioned corroborates that he'd be participating in the parade.
The sentence that sounds the best when you read it out loud is:
C. Summer vacation came as a relief to the student, who was tired of studying and writing research papers.
If you read all the sentences out loud they all sound weird except for this one.
The author is trying to convey that in recent years, the
extinction rate for many animal species has significantly increased. He began
his point in the first sentence of the excerpt: “Species are disappearing at an
accelerating rate through human action, primarily habitat destruction but also
pollution and the introduction of exotic species into residual natural
environments.” Then, he further emphasizes his point in the sentence: “As the
last forests are felled in forest strongholds like the Philippines and Ecuador,
the decline of species will accelerate even more.” Which is immediately followed
by another sentence that supports his argument: “In the world as a whole,
extinction rates are already hundreds or thousands of times higher than before
the coming of man.
<span>D. Arsat’s brother was holding their pursuers off with a gun.
According to the excerpt the brother wanted Arsat to continue on so he could keep the people away. He says that they do not have a gun and they'd be intimidated. He says that once he has "fired all the shots" he will catch up since he's a strong runner.
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