Lesson 10 unit 5 english 10 a

6. use the passage to answer this question.

which is the best paraphrase of the first stanza of "the olympic swimmer" ?

a athletes across the globe train to compete in the olympics but only one can win

b whenever an olympics event is held, there is always a question about who will be the champion.

c though olympic atheletes train all year long to compete, winning the gold medal is never a sure thing.

d olympic athletes try hard to do their best at every event but sometimes they walk away disappointed.

at the beginning of the story, elisa just has the small idea of wanting more attention, but as the story progressed, her desire for more attention grew larger. before she talked to the man with the wagon she was just focused on her chrysanthemums but when she talked to him and got some attention she enjoyed it, so she decided to get all dolled up for henry. but when they were on the way to dinner she was so upset because she saw the flowers on the side of the road and realized the man didn't take interest in her like she thought.

c is the answer because first she would blush to make the reader wonder why which they find out in the next line.