Part 4 - paragraph comprehension
question:
in the beginning, there is always the crunch. bite into a red apple or a green one, a red one streaked with yellow, a yellow one
with a rosy blush, a round or oblong one, baseball size or softball size, and before the flavor, before even the tang of acidity,
there is the crunch. at least, there had better be.
it can be inferred from the passage that the author considers the most important characteristic of a good apple to be its
a color.
b
crispness.
c
shape.
d
size.

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