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Adolescents also report being happier on days when they help their families. Studies have shown that students who are helpful, cooperative, and sharing tend to be more popular than those who use fear or intimidation to gain status, providing another incentive to contribute. This is particularly crucial to adolescents, who, thanks to hormonal changes beginning at the onset of puberty, are ...
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I believe the answer is the second choice. "He was in one of his moods, for the day.." the first and third choices are definitely out, no doubt. And the fourth is the runner up. I'd have to say the second is the best choice. Key words are 'unprofitable' and 'unsatisfactory' followed by the notion that he wishes he could start over. This gives the impression that he was idle rather than ambitious.
The answer is B, tatters and matters tend to have the same “atters” as well almost the same sound when the words are spoken out loud.