Read the passage. Mike’s campsite was on the other side of the raging river. Mike glanced at the setting sun and guessed that he probably had about half an hour of daylight left. After that, he was doomed to stumble around in the dark. On any other day, this wouldn’t have been a big problem. He would have easily crossed the river using the bridge made of ropes. But after many years of use, the ropes had finally given way. Now Mike was left stranded on the wrong side of the river. There was another bridge about a mile upstream, but it would take him more than an hour to get there. Not to mention, he was pretty sure that he would lose his way on the unfamiliar track. He had to make a decision soon.

Match each word from the passage with its connotation.

forceful

desperate

stranded

arrowRight

raging

arrowRight

d

explanation:

the pronoun reference replaces a noun, but you have to make sure there's no room for confusion.

in the first sentence "her" could be referring to shely or to the sister. the answer there is "shelly called her sister and told her about the new baby."

in the second sentence "it" could be referring to the roof or the floor. the answer there is "since the roof leaks on the family room floor, we need to repair the roof."

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.