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Inveterate in statement 1 means habitual as the definition says always existing, practice, etc. In statement 2, pensively means thoughtfully as the definition says dreamily or suggestively. In statement 3, banal means trite as its definition also says not original or not fresh.
The tone of the given passage is Pessimistic.
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A pessimistic tone can be described as a tone in which the author or speaker expects the worst to happen. It is when the speaker believes that evil outbreaks the good and believes that the bad or evil things are more likely to happen.
In the given passage the speaker is afraid of the hawk and hopes that something bad will happen to him.
Therefore the correct option is pessimistic.
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A is the answer for a fact
1. It is true that scientific words often come from Greek or Latin.
2. It is false that coherence in writing results when all of the sentences in some way prove the controlling idea. In fact, that is called unity.
