Highlight all the words that make up the complete subject of the sentence. Doing the tango was SpongeBob SquarePants's best party trick.

The complete subject would be SpongeBob SquarePants's best party trick.

Explanation:

The subject, or thing completing the action, is SpongeBob SquarePants. But the complete subject would be his best party trick because it gets into one of his distinct attributes.

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)

synonim for get by is to survive, therefore, the answer is survive.