Part A: A: the bankers hasty thoughtless actions lead to trouble and despair for him.
Part B: B: “desperate gambling on the stock exchange, wild speculation and the excitability which he could not get over even in advancing years, had by degrees led to the decline of his fortune and the proud, fearless, self-confident millionaire has become a banker of middling rank, trembling at every rise and fall in his investments”
In Part A, A is the correct answer because the banker is constantly taking making quick decisions with his money. We see this in the supporting evidence of option B. It describes his gambling as desperate and him making decisions based on "wild speculation". We see the despair further on in the story when it says, "When he got home he lay on his bed, but his tears and emotion kept him for hours from sleeping.”
Hello. You have presented the excerpt to which this question refers, which makes it impossible to elaborate an answer with accuracy. However, I will try to help you in the best possible way.
To paraphrase the excerpt, it is necessary, first, that the excerpt be read. After reading it, you must rewrite it keeping the message he wants to pass on to the reader, but using other words. In short, a paraphrase occurs when a text is rewritten while retaining the original meaning, but using different words.
To explain how the author constructs the argument, you must observe the supporting sentences that he presents. So you can see the structure of the text and present how the author constructed his opinions.
The pronoun here is "me" and it's an object, not a subject (else, it would be "I"). "me" follows "to" actually, which is a preposition,(you could rephrase : to Brendan and to me) so the correct answer is <span>D. object of a preposition
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What is this question asking? Is it a matching question...? A True/False??
