Answer:
"Going for the gold"
Explanation:
Gerund is a kind of verbal that works both like a verb and a noun.
It can function as a simple word or as a phrase.Again, phrase is the combination of words that doesn't have a subject or verb but works like a single parts of speech when used in a sentence.
Here"going for the gold"is a gerund phrase as the structure is=verb+ing
And it's a phrase because it doesn't has subject or verb.Rather it's consist of some words supporting the gerund "going"
The most important sign to recognize wether it is gerund or not is the verb following it and the verb "was" is singular.
A gerund always functions like a noun.Such as-
"Walking" is a good exercise.
Here walking has used as noun as it is a name of an exercise.as we know the name of something is considered as a noun.
"Going for the gold" was the team's motto.
In this sentence, "going for the gold"is a single task and it's also the name of the motto the team wanted to accomplish.So it's a Gerund and noun.
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Definition of Altruism ;
is the belief that the well-being of others is equally, if not more, important than the well-being or survival of the self. Further, altruism involves selfless acts or undertakings that put the welfare of others before one's own.
An example of altruism in a sentence would be , Politicians are not necessarily motivated by pure altruism.
It's definitely D.
It's for sure not C. And I've never read the full story, but this passage doesn't indicate a depressing mood of foreshadowing danger. And the vocabulary in the writing doesn't impact the story itself.