C. might be the correct answer.
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Smell - The garbage was so putrid and rotten that it made me gag.
Taste - As I bit into the strawberry, my mouth filled with tartness.
Sight - The flames kissed the sky with flickers of red, yellow and orange.
Touch - The music vibrated the floor and shook the walls.
Sound - The scraping of snow shovels drowned out the generator's dull hum.
Although gerund and participle look the same, when this type of verbal is used as a subject (as it is the case in this example - <em>running </em>is the subject of this sentence), then it has to be gerund. The correct answer is gerund.
Infinitive looks completely different from gerund/participle. The infinitive of <em>running </em>would be <em>to run. </em>
Yes. I hope that Angelou would get the conductorette job for the simple reason that a Black person is also entitle to the rights and privileges a White person enjoys.
Being hired to do a job should not be dependent on the skin color, instead it should be based on the capabilities and acumen of the applicant. Angelou exhibited a passion of doing the job of a conductorette and the only barrier of attaining her dream job is the discrimination she is experiencing as a black person.