7. C His ears are rammed forward, stiff.
In literature,imagery refers to the use of figurative language in order to give visualization that describe a certain thing in the writing. It help transpire the idea of what the authors imagine in their head so the audiences could understand it.
8.D he watches young children doing it.
when he watch them, it evoke a feeling of curiosity whether he would ever felt again the feeling of freedom like he was children. He observed that the children managed to do various movement in the trees and yet the trees still maintain its structure. He tried to do the same and it's broke since it cannot support the weight of adults.
9.D "Broken across it, and one eye is weeping From a twig's having lashed across it open"
metaphor is used to compare or connect two different things that are not related with one another . The metaphor in option D is intended to create a strong image on the damage that is caused by the lashing twigs to the character.
10.A. a dark pool
The dark pool indicates the loneliness that felt by the warriors. After all of their efforts were done, the warriors left wondering whether their efforts, and all the killings actually meant something or if it's just a pointless brutes that did not achieve anything.
11. D. trees
The existence of trees actually reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the environment. They absorb it as an ingredients for their photosynthetic process and produce a clean oxygen along with h2o as the end result of the process.
12 A. .they trap more heat in Earth's atmosphere.
When this happen over time, the average temperature that all living organisms felt on earth would keep increasing. Because many organisms could not stand living in an environment with a certain heat level, they would eventually become extinct.
13.A. Children
Through the line, the author want to educate the children since early age regarding the danger that global warming might possess and encourage this children to start develop a habit that sustainable for the environment since early age.
14 .A. outside visible spectrum
Colors that belong in the visible spectrum have an electromagnetic portion that can be caught by human eyes. 'Darkness' is a situation when our eyes cannot caught any of the visible spectrum. So we can technically say that black or dark is not a color.
15. A. rupture in the Burma plate.
The rupture in the Burma plate creates an undersea megathrust earthquake on sea water that located on top of it. The earthquake created a wave that gradually move to the direction of Sumatra Island and eventually become the deadliest tsunami in history.
16. A. the large waves are very small when out at sea.
When Tsunami initially formed, its sized did not automatically become as big as it is when it arrive on lands. The waves started our very small and gradually get bigger as it got closer to the land, which make it became undetected from very far away.
17. A. they feel they are now the parents to these children.
The term 'Orphan' indicate that the children have no adult parents that they can relied on. Since the couple are willing and had been doing all the responsibilities of a parent to the children, they got offended when they hear the term.
18.B together with their new large family, they can rebuild their village
The couple and the children realize that people in their village live in a very harsh condition and many of the people who live there struggles every day and desperately hope for someone to help them. The Paramesvarans thrive to be the provider of that hope