Read the following passage. Then answer the questions that follow.
Who will be the winner bold?
Athletes from both far and near
Train and strain to be the best.
But who will win the medal gold?
Swimmers swivel, splash, and kick
Back and forth in a clear, blue pool;
Like fish at play in Neptune's sea.
Swimming relaxed, and calm, and free.
These stars like sharks cut the waves--
Their fin-like feet flap behind
Traverse the lane in record time.
Their performances are so sublime!
Arms reach out for more and more;
Mouths gulp air for burning lungs.
Hard, sure kicks surging to the fore
Like surfboards riding waves to shore.
Strong of body, heart, and mind,
The victors celebrate their feats.
Happiness now lights up a face;
Hard work wins the Olympic race.
Question: Use the passage to answer the question. All of the following lines from "The Olympic Swimmer" contain examples of alliteration except (1 point)
A. “Train and strain to be the best.”
B “Train and strain to be the best.”
C “But who will win the medal gold.” “But who will win the medal gold.” “Their fin-like feet flap behind.” “Their fin-like feet flap behind.”
D “Traverse the lane in record time.”
The correct answer is D. "Traverse the lane in record time."
Read the following sentences from "The Black Sheep."
Meanwhile, the ones who had become rich got into the honest man's habit of going to the bridge at night to watch the water flow by beneath it. This increased the confusion because it meant lots of others became rich and lots of others became poor.
Now, the rich people saw that if they went to the bridge every night, they'd soon be poor. And they thought: "Let's pay some of the poor to go and rob for us." They made contracts, fixed salaries, percentages: they were still thieves of course, and they still tried to swindle each other. But, as tends to happen, the rich got richer and richer and the poor got poorer and poorer.
In these sentences, the narrator seems to suggest that (1 point)
A. the people admire the honest man's hobbies.
B. most people try to cheat others in some way.
C. societal structures are built on values and hard work. societal structures are built on values and hard work.
D. society does not reward those who perform good deeds. society does not reward those who perform good deeds.
The correct answer is B. most people try to cheat others in some way.
To find the answer to this question, we need to look for examples of alliteration in the given passage. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Let's examine each line provided in the options:
A. "Train and strain to be the best."
This line contains alliteration with the repeated "t" sound in "train" and "strain."
B. "Train and strain to be the best."
This line is a duplicate of option A, so it also contains the alliteration mentioned above.
C. "But who will win the medal gold." "Their fin-like feet flap behind."
The first line in this option does not contain alliteration, as there is no repeated consonant sound at the beginning of words. However, the second line does contain alliteration with the repeated "f" sound in "fin-like" and "feet," as well as the repeated "b" sound in "behind."
D. "Traverse the lane in record time."
This line contains alliteration with the repeated "t" sound in "traverse" and "the," as well as the repeated "l" sound in "lane."
Based on the analysis, the correct answer is option C, as it contains the line without alliteration, while the others have lines that do contain alliteration.