Answer:
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Explanation:
The author's purpose is to show how the women and blacks have been able to prove wrong the racist and sexist assumptions of the American Aviation by ensuring that they continue to remain relevant in the aviation industry. The sole aim is to prove that performance is not limited by sex or skin color.
The women and African - Americans did not allow the wrong sexist and racist assumptions upon which the American aviation was based to debar them from making their marks in the aviation industry.
This is evident from the author's statements "American aviation was from its very beginnings marred with sexist and racist assumptions" and "...Yet despite these prevailing prejudices, the dream and the desire to fly stayed alive among women and African-
Americans." and
Sentence provides commentary information for elaboration of a concrete detail.
D) It was a good idea to wear short sleeves and a light jacket that could be taken off easily in the afternoon.
The concrete detail:
short sleeves and a light jacket
The commentary information for elaboration of the concrete detail:
that could be taken off easily in the afternoon.
I think it is answer A.
I may be wrong don't quote me!!
I know this is late but the answer was The fire ate through the forest because in that sentence it was like the fire was living
